Member Directory
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Calgary
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Penticton
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Main-a-Dieu, Nova Scotia, Canada
Main-a-Dieu, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sean Howard is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently Trinity: Tribute Sequences for Robert Graves (Gaspereau Press, 2022) and Unrecovered: 9/11 Poems, Then as Now (Gaspereau Press, 2021). His poetry as been widely published in Canada, as well as the US, UK and…
Orillia
Orillia
Michael Howell was born in Sarnia, Ontario in 1957. He studied architecture at the University of Waterloo and earned a Bachelor of Education at the University of Calgary. As a high school teacher he is known for his creative leadership programs. In 1998 his grade 9 Autonomous…
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Terence Bay
Terence Bay
Joseph Howse writes fiction and poetry, as well as technical books on computer programming and image analysis. He lives in a Nova Scotian fishing village, where he chats with his cats and nurtures an orchard of hardy fruit trees.
Joseph's debut novel, The Girl in the Water, has…
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Toronto
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Rothesay
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Chilliwack
Chilliwack
Taryn Hubbard’s poetry, fiction, reviews, and interviews have been included in journals such as Canadian Literature, Room magazine, The Capilano Review, Canadian Woman Studies, CV2, filling Station, carte blanche, subTerrain, and others.
Hubbard lives, writes and teaches in the…
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Dieppe
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Bay of Fundy
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Halifax
Halifax
DAVID HUEBERT has won the CBC Short Story Prize, The Walrus Poetry Prize, and was a finalist for the 2020 Journey Prize. Huebert’s first story collection, Peninsula Sinking, won a Dartmouth Book Award and was runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, among other accolades.…
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Orillia
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Edmonton
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Vancouver
Vancouver
It was while riding a motorcycle across British Columbia for over a decade that Trevor Marc Hughes began writing about the history of his home province in Nearly 40 on the 37 and Zero Avenue to Peace Park. He then developed late B.C. naturalist Hamilton Mack Laing’s account of…
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Toronto
Toronto
Susan Hughes is a writer and editor, specializing in children's materials. Susan has loved reading and writing since she was a child. When she was in grade five and six, she and several friends had a writing club. "We'd gather with our most recent poems and stories and read them…
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Breslau
Breslau
Carolyn is an elementary teacher who loves to visit other schools to share her love of reading and writing. She lives in Breslau, Ontario with her husband and two children. Her debut picture book, The Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain, was a 2018 Blue Spruce Honour Book, and…
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Lambton Shores
Lambton Shores
Phyllis Humby and her husband retired to the municipality of Lambton Shores, Ontario, where she continues to indulge her passion for writing. From 2012 to 2022 she penned a humorous monthly column, Up Close and Personal, for First Monday magazine. In addition to her column, she’…
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Vancouver
Vancouver
Margaret Anne Hume, a former librarian at Concordia University in Montreal, received her education from the universities of New Brunswick and McGill. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she spent most of her early growing-up years in Moncton, New Brunswick, and was an adoring young…
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Catherine Hunter is a poet and novelist. Her short story "Calling You," published in Prairie Fire in 2020, won a Gold National Magazine Award. Her books with Signature Editions include the poetry collections St. Boniface Elegies, 2019 (winner of the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry…
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Thornhill
Thornhill
Bruce Hunter was born in Calgary, Alberta but has lived for the past thirty years in Southern Ontario. Currently, he lives in Thornhill, Ontario. His novel, In the Bear's House, won the 2009 Canadian Rockies prize at he Banff Mountain Book Festival. His memoir essay “This is …
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North Vancouver
North Vancouver
Crystal Hurdle grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, and Victoria, BC, where she obtained a BA and MA in English Literature, as well as certification for teaching high school students and English as a Second Language. Since 1985, with her husband, she has made her home in North Vancouver…
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Toronto