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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Clinton
Perth
Perth
AMANDA WEST LEWIS is a writer, theatre creator, calligrapher and teaching artist who grew up in New York City and Toronto. She has published eight books for young readers and holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, with a…
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Toronto
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Gabriola
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Vancouver
Vancouver
Catherine Lewis (she/her/hers) is a Chinese Canadian writer and poet. Her debut queer poetry chapbook Zipless, published by The /tƐmz/ Review’s 845 Press in 2021 and now in its fourth printing, is a finalist for the Bisexual Book Award for Poetry.
She is a finalist for the…
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Toronto/ Vancouver
Toronto/ Vancouver
Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li is a queer writer, editor, musician, director, emerging filmmaker, aspiring actress, and interdisciplinary artist. Her poetry and/or fiction is published or forthcoming in The League of Canadian Poets Chapbook Series: In the Storm/Struggle, The Fiddlehead,…
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New Westminster
New Westminster
Li Charmaine Anne (she/they) is the author of Crash Landing (Annick Press '24). Charmaine resides on the traditional, unceded, and stolen lands of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tseil-Waututh) Peoples. Short works by Charmaine can be…
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Toronto
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Whitehorse
Whitehorse
Joanna Lilley's fifth book and third poetry collection, Endlings, was published by Turnstone Press in 2020 and won the Fred Kerner Book Award. Joanna is also the author of a novel, Worry Stones (Ronsdale Press), which was longlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award, and a short…
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Toronto
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Vancouver
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Markham
Markham
N. J. Lindquist is an award-winning writer and blogger whose published work includes The Manziuk and Ryan Mysteries (as J. A. Menzies), eight young adult books, a middle grade fantasy (as J. Alana Menzies), a Christmas play, and many articles and columns. She has also edited and…
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Conception Bay South
Conception Bay South
I'm a Newfoundland and Labrador writer who enjoys research and finding the little known past and bringing it back in story.
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Toronto
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Toronto
Toronto
Melanie Little grew up in Timmins, Ontario and has lived in a lot of other places since. She writes fiction and non-fiction for adults and teens and has taught creative writing at Dalhousie University and at workshops across Canada. She was the founding editor of Freehand Books…
Toronto
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Toronto
Toronto
For author S.D. Livingston, it’s all about history, mystery, and books. Her first novel was published by Avalon Books in 2008, and she soon followed that up with several self-published novels, including Kings of Providence (a political thriller) and A Queen’s Revenge. She writes…
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Waawiiyaatanong/Moravian of the Thames
Waawiiyaatanong/Moravian of the Thames
D.A. Lockhart is the author of multiple collections of poetry and short fiction. His work has been shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award, Raymond Souster Award, Indiana Author’s Awards, First Nations Communities READ Award, and has been a finalist for the ReLit Award. His work…
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Toronto
Toronto
Brooke Lockyer holds a BA from Barnard College and an MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. She was the winner of the 2009 Hart House Literary Contest and a co-recipient of both the Peter S. Prescott and the Lenore Marshall Barnard prizes…