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Gwalchmai, Robert

Hackinen, Meaghan

Kelowna

Meaghan

Hackinen

Kelowna

Meaghan Hackinen is a writer and cyclist whose two-wheeled adventures have taken her from Haida Gwaii to Mexico’s high plateaus, across Canada and the United States, and, most recently, from North Cape to Tarifa along some of Europe’s highest paved roads. Her writing…

Hageman, Jordan

Stoney Creek

Jordan

Hageman

Stoney Creek

Jordan lives in Southwestern Ontario with her husband, Josh, their three kids, and Theo the dog. They love traveling and taking an annual family vacation. Jordan loves to read. She has terrible posture. She exercises so she can eat more chocolate.

Hagen, Jamella

whitehorse

Jamella

Hagen

whitehorse

Jamella Hagen’s first collection of poetry, Kerosene, was published by Nightwood Editions in 2011. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from UBC, has worked as an executive editor of PRISM international, has been a guest editor for the Northern Review, and has…

Hahnel, Lori

Calgary

Lori

Hahnel

Calgary

Lori Hahnel is the award-winning author of five books of fiction. Her latest novel, Flicker, was published in the University of Calgary Press’ Brave & Brilliant Series in 2023 and shortlisted for the Douglas Barbour Award for Speculative Fiction in the 2024 Alberta Book…

Haigh, Jerry

Saskatoon

Jerry

Haigh

Saskatoon

I am a wildlife veterinarian, author and storyteller. I have published 6 non-fiction books about my career and the animals I have worked with in Africa, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and Mongolia. They species include giraffe (my first case), rhinos, elephants, lions, hippo, a…

Haigh, Ken

Clarksburg

Ken

Haigh

Clarksburg

Ken Haigh has lived in China, Bhutan, and on Baffin Island. He has written two books, a memoir of life as a teacher in eastern Bhutan, Under the Holy Lake, and an account of walking the Pilgrims' Way in England, On Foot to Canterbury, which was a finalist for the Hilary…

Hailemariam, Solomon

Toronto

Solomon

Hailemariam

Toronto

Solomon Hailemariam is a writer, translator, journalist, academic and was the founder and president of PEN Ethiopia. Solomon attended his higher education in Addis Ababa University, University of South Africa, The Venice Academy of Human Rights in Venice, Italy, and Åbo Akademi…

Halas-Moulton, Katherine

Targettville

Katherine

Halas-Moulton

Targettville

Katherine Melanie is a debut novelist who released her first novel Her in 2023. Before that she focused on academic writing as part of her two bachelor’s and her master’s degree. She is an award-winning teacher who instructs in both French and English on writing skills,…

Hale, Amanda

Hornby Island, BC

Amanda

Hale

Hornby Island, BC

Amanda Hale began her writing career as an immigrant in 1970s Montréal. She has published four novels, two poetry chapbooks, and two collections of short stories set in the village of Baracoa, Cuba. Her work has appeared in many Canadian & US literary magazines. She won the…

Hale, Michael

Elora

Michael

Hale

Elora

Michael Hale lives in Elora, Ontario. He was born in Liverpool, England, and at the age of seven emigrated with his family to Canada. He grew up in Aurora, Ontario before moving to Toronto to attend The University of Toronto and the New School of Art. In the early eighties,…

Hall, Phil

PERTH

Phil

Hall

PERTH

Phil Hall was raised in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario. He attended the University of Windsor. He has taught writing at York University, Ryerson Polytechnical University, Sage Hill Writing Experience, The Toronto New School, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. He has been…

Hall, Patti M

Bradford

Patti M

Hall

Bradford

Patti M. Hall is a writer, book coach, and publishing manager.

Halton, Carissa

Edmonton

Carissa

Halton

Edmonton

Carissa Halton is an awarding-winning writer whose creative non-fiction has appeared in the Post-Media Newspapers, Today’s Parent, Alberta Views, The Tyee, Globe and Mail, CBC. Her book of essays, Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood, was…

Halton, Phil

Saint John

Phil

Halton

Saint John

Phil Halton is a veteran and author of "Blood Washing Blood: Afghanistan’s Hundred-Year War" and two novels, "Every Arm Outstretched" and "This Shall Be a House of Peace." His latest work is the satirical graphic novel, "The Sandbox." His writing has appeared in the …

Hamazaki, Terrie

Vancouver

Terrie

Hamazaki

Vancouver

Terrie Hamazaki (she/her) holds a Master of Arts Degree in Creative and Critical Writing (UK). She performed her plays at the Fringe and Women in View Performing Arts Festivals. Her writing has appeared in Swelling with Pride: Queer Conception and Adoption Stories (Caitlin…

Komoka

Sylvia D. Hamilton is an award-winning Nova Scotian artist known for the documentaries Portia White: Think on Me, The Little Black School House, Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia, and Black Mother Black Daughter, among others. Her 2014…

Hamilton, Jane

Vancouver

Jane

Hamilton

Vancouver

Jane Silcott’s first collection of essays, Everything Rustles, published with Anvil Press, was a finalist in the Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize in the 2014 BC Book Prizes. She is co-editor, with Fiona Tinwei Lam, of the anthology Love Me True: Writers Reflect on the Ins, Outs,…

Fort Smith

Fort Smith

Patti-Kay Hamilton writes, paddles, skis,coaches and hunts on the lands of the NWT Metis Nation and Salt River First Nations. Home is Fort Smith in the heart of Wood Buffalo National Park where the Slave River rapids rumble even in the winter and whooping cranes soar…

Hammond, Josephine

Garden Bay

Josephine

Hammond

Garden Bay

Jo Hammond.Born a stone’s throw from the English Channel in Bognor Regis, Jo Hammond’s first job was as a dairy farmer. After studying Music and Science in a Liverpool teacher’s college, she became a secondary and elementary school teacher, also a member of the Royal Liverpool…

Hannaford, Susan Doherty

Toronto

Powell River

Powell River

Coming from generations of English blue water sailors, Heather Harbord arrived in Canada in 1963. She lived in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia before returning to British Columbia in 1977. She now makes her home in Powell River, B.C. in a house overlooking…