Born in Northern Ontario, E. M. Williams (Elizabeth) has written all her life. Chaos Calling: Book I of The Xenthian Cycle is her first published novel. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Arts in Literary Theory…

Ian Williams is a poet and fiction writer. He is the author of Reproduction  (novel, Random House, 2019), Personals (poetry, Freehand, 2012), Not Anyone's Anything (stories, Freehand, 2011), and You Know Who You Are (poems, Wolsak and Wynn, 2010). He is the winner of the 2011…

Rebekkah Williams, RP, MA, Ex.A.T, TIR, is a Registered Psychotherapist, Writer, and Expressive Arts Therapist specializing in the treatment of trauma for over thirty four years.   She is the Co-founder and Director of Nemesis Group, her private practice, contracting with…

David Yerex Williamson is a university instructor and poet living on Treaty 5 territory in Norway House, Manitoba, on the bank of the historic Nelson River. His work has appeared in The Dalhousie Review, Prairie, Fire, Contemporary Verse 2, Aesthetica, The New Quarterly and…

Dave Williamson was born in Winnipeg, and studied at the University of Manitoba. He was the advertising manager of The Bay (Saskatoon), before joining Red River Community College in Winnipeg as an instructor in advertising, communications and creative writing. He founded the…

Tamara is a captivating storyteller whose talents transcend traditional boundaries. A published author, award-winning playwright, successful painter, and touring musician, she effortlessly weaves her creativity into various art forms. Blending her immense passion for the arts…

Janet Wilson is an award winning author of non-fiction and creative non-fiction books for children. She has illustrated over fifty picture books in her thirty-five year career. She welcomes the opportunity to give inspirational talks on the power of young activists.

Writer: Seen Reading (p: Freehand; e: HarperCollins) WIP: a collection of linked pieces about life as an ageing queer with a focus on housing precarity (Canada Council Explore and Create grant and receipient of a Woodcock Fund grant from the Writers' Trust of Canada) Recent…

K. R. Wilson is a Toronto-area writer. His novel An Idea About my Dead Uncle won the inaugural Guernica Prize in 2018, and his novel Call Me Stan: A Tragedy in Three Millennia was long-listed for the 2022 Leacock Medal. His work has also appeared in The Temz Review, The…

Jia Qing Wilson-Yang is a Toronto based writer. Her debut novel, Small Beauty, won the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Fiction and received and Honourable Mention in the 2016 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. Her short fiction and poetry has…

David A. Wimsett's works include newspaper and magazine articles, blogs, corporate writing, short stories and novels that range from historical fiction to fantasy and science fiction. He is also a film maker, photographer and composer. The stories he writes follow characters as…

Jason Winders is a writer, editor, journalist, ad man, and father living in London, Ontario, Canada. His first book, George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, was published in September 2021.

Carol Windley lives in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. She is the author of the short story collections Visible Light, shortlisted for a Governor General's Award and a B.C. Book Prize, and Home Schooling, short-listed for the Giller Prize and winner of the Ethel Wilson Award for…

Nicola Winstanley is the author of  five picture books, including How To Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps, nominated for the Governor General's Award in 2019, and Cinnamon Baby, shortlisted for the TD Picture Book Award and recipient of an honor prize for the Ezra Jack…

Mark L. Winston is that rare individual, a scientist who can speak eloquently to the public. Recognized as one of the world’s leading expert on bees and pollination, Mark has had an illustrious career researching, teaching, writing and commenting on bees and agriculture,…

Wendy Monica Winter, M.Ed., is an award-winning children's book author who lives with her family where the mountains meet the sea on the west coast of Canada. Wendy enjoys bouncing around like Mamma Kangaroo. In fact, you can spot her on the local mountains bouncing on her…

Dr. Kari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning children’s author, playwright, performer, and academic scholar. Thirty-three of her picture or poetry books have been published or are in press. An experienced teacher of writing, Kari-Lynn has worked with students across Canada and the…

Michelle Winters is a writer, painter, and translator born and raised in Saint John, NB. Her debut novel, I Am a Truck, was shortlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize. She is the translator of Daniil and Vanya, and Kissing the Undertow (coming June 2024) by Marie-Hélène…