Member Directory
Browse our members’ profiles to learn more about them. Please note: If you're searching for a specific member, it is most effective to search using their first or last name only.
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Toronto
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Pointe Claire
Vancouver
Vancouver
Iraqi-Canadian author Hasan Namir graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BA in English and received the Ying Chen Creative Writing Student Award. He is the author of God in Pink (2015), which won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction and was chosen as one of the…
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Vancouver
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Surrey & Sooke
Surrey & Sooke
HI! MY NAME IS MARGARET JEAN ADAM FLORCZAK. WELCOME TO MY TWUC WEBSITE.
I write to explore the life experiences that create personal growth. Every person's life is interwoven with telling moments, times when humility, courage, kindness, incredible strength and commitment are…
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Ottawa
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Vancouver
Vancouver
Caroline Adderson is the author of five novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky Is Falling, Ellen in Pieces, A Russian Sister), two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased To Meet You). She is also the editor and co-contributor of a non-fiction…
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Saskatoon
Shuniah
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Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Parastu Ahang Mehdawi has been a prose poetry writer since a very young age. Her unique, descriptive style and colourful imagery, along with her hunger for first-person narratives, earned her the title of author.
A Quest for Identity is her voice…
Toronto
Toronto
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Oakville
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Vancouver
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Ottawa
Ottawa
Stephen Aitken is an author, an award-winning artist/illustrator and science writer. Inspired by the wonders of nature. His articles and books have reached readers of all ages. Stephen has written and illustrated over 10 books on the impacts of climate change on living species.…
Kelley
Halifax
Mississauga
Mississauga
Professor Alaa Al Tamimi, an Iraqi-Canadian citizen, received his B.Sc, M.Sc in
Civil Engineering from Baghdad University in 1972,1979 and his Ph.D. in
Structure Engineering from Sorbonne University (SUPM) in Paris, France (1985).
He was exiled from Iraq in 1996 and immigrated…
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Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
Award winning Canadian artist, Eleanor Albanese has spent her life immersed in theatre and writing. Her recent historical fiction novel published by Latitude 46 Publishing and titled "If Tenderness Be Gold" won first place in the category of First Novel with Next Generation…
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Bowen Island
Bowen Island
Susan Alexander’s poems have appeared in Canadian and international anthologies and literary magazines, such as The Southern Review, Pangyrus, Arc and Grain. Her most recent publication is a limited edition, handbound chapbook titled Berberitzen (2024) with Raven Chapbooks. She…
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Oakville
Oakville
Chris Alexander is an award winning Canadian writer, author, editor, music composer, teacher and filmmaker. He is the former editor-in-chief of the iconic American horror film magazine FANGORIA and is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of DELIRIUM magazine. He is the writer,…