Mary Byers was born and educated in Toronto and graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in 1954 and an M.A. in 1976. Her volunteer work commenced in 1966 for the Faculty of Architecture at the U of T in Inventory of Historic Buildings, established by the Province of…

K.R. Byggdin is the author of Wonder World (Enfield & Wizenty 2022), a book that explores the possibilities of queer belonging in small-town Canada. The novel won the 2023 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and was a finalist for the ReLit Award for Fiction. K.R. holds a…

Jake Byrne is a poet, editor, and copywriter who lives in Tkaronto, on lands belonging to the Haudenosaunee peoples and governed by the Dish with One Spoon/Wampum Covenant. He won CV2's Foster Prize for Poetry in 2019, and he has full-length works of poetry forthcoming with…

Esmeralda Cabral was born in the Azores, Portugal, grew up in Alberta, and now lives and writes in Vancouver. She is a graduate of The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of King's College in Halifax. Her…

Noah Cain (M.Ed.) is a multimodal artist, teacher, critic, workshop facilitator, and arts organizer. His creative work, criticism, and academic research has been featured in publications, symposiums, and conferences across North America. He facilitates workshops on writing,…

Born and raised in Toronto, Andrew Calderone wrote Borders in the Sand while roaming Central America and the Dominican Republic. His first novel, Thirsty Scholars, was crafted at the Humber School for Writers before writing and co-directing the award-…

Barry Callaghan was born in Toronto in 1937. He has been a professor at York University since 1966. From 1966 to 1971, he was literary editor of Toronto Telegram; a producer and war correspondent for CBC's Public Affairs from 1968-71; a commentator on CTV network, 1976-1982; and…

Megan Callahan is a writer, French-to-English translator, and language enthusiast. She holds a BA with Honours in Linguistics and an MA in Translation Studies from Concordia University. Her stories have appeared in various Canadian and American publications, most recently in…

Mark Callanan is the author of three full-length poetry collections, Romantic (Biblioasis, 2021), Gift Horse (Véhicule Press, 2011), and Scarecrow (Killick Press, 2003), as well as two poetry chapbooks, Skylarking (Anstruther Press, 2020) and …

Andreae Callanan is a poet and essayist in St. John's, NL.

BERNINI'S ELEPHANT, Jane’s debut novel published by Guernica Editions is available May 1 2023. Her short stories appear in Grain Magazine, Montreal Writes, Spadina Literary Review, CV7 Short Fiction Anthology Series and White Wall Review.  Her non-fiction appears…

In 2011, Mark turned his attention to writing after a 20-year career in the software industry. While homeschooling two kids and dabbling in a variety of contract and volunteer positions, Mark self-published two books: Goodnight Sunshine (2015) and 17 Weddings (…

Heather is an award-winning children’s author, journalist, editor, and translator. Her two middle-grade novels, Clutch and The Other Side, received Skipping Stones Honor Awards and nominations for Forest of Reading, among other honors. Clutch was also…

Miji Campbell is a writer and teacher. Her memoir Separation Anxiety: A Coming of Middle Age Story was her first book and winner of the 2016 Whistler Independent Book Award for Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Calgary Through the Eyes of Writers, Women’s Words: An Anthology…

Ashlee is a poet, preacher and mama who spends her days writing stories and feeding people in Toronto. Born in Niger, to a Peruvian Mama and Canadian Dad, Ashlee dreams in English, Spanish and French.