Ele Pawelski has lived in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Bosnia, Kenya, Uzbekistan and Kosovo. She has climbed in the Himalayas, walked the Camino and hiked in Newfoundland. Now living in urban Toronto with her husband, she’s always planning for her next travel adventure. Her stories…

LOGHAN PAYLOR is a queer, trans author who lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their short fiction and essays have previously appeared in Room and Prairie Fire, among others. Paylor has a Master's in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, and a day job as a…

Jessica is a writer, poet, gardener and interdisciplinary artist. Her creative practice explores identity, wildness, art, grief, memory, love, survival and the natural world.    She’s the recipient of a HA&L Short Works Prize in literary nonfiction and her poem EMERG E was…

Molly Peacock is the author of six volumes of poetry, including The Second Blush (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems (W.W. Norton), a memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece, and a one-woman show in poems, “The Shimmering Verge,” produced by Louise…

ANDREW PEACOCK was born in Toronto and raised in the town of Kapuskasing in northern Ontario. He worked in a mixed animal veterinary practice in rural Newfoundland from 1982 until 2010. His book Creatures of the Rock was long listed for the 2015 Leacock medal for humour and won…

Kit Pearson was born in Edmonton, Alberta and acquired degrees in English, Librarianship and Children's Literature before she finally began writing childrens novels. She lives in Victoria, B.C. with her partner Katherine Farris and two lively dogs.

Frances Peck wrote fiction and poetry until her early twenties, when the realities of adulthood and rent steered her toward a career as a ghostwriter, editor and instructor. As a professional wordsmith, Frances worked with clients and authors to make their material as polished…

My work has been published in Canadian magazines and anthologies. I love writing stories with elements of whimsy, but also enjoy working on non-fiction pieces. 

Jon Peirce is a labour and social historian, essayist, playwright, fiction-writer and memoirist who lives and writes in Gatineau, Quebec. In 2011, he retired from an eleven-year career as a labour relations officer and researcher with the Professional Institute of the Public…

Nasreen Pejvack is a published author, with her novel “Amity” published by Inanna Publications, on October 15th 2015.  Soon after, Amity was shortlisted for BC’s Ethel Wilson Fiction Book Prize.  Aside from her successful novel Amity, Nasreen has published three other books…

Abby Pelaez writes about diaspora, anti-capitalism, and explorations of platonic and romantic love. She has read her work at the Vancouver Writer’s Festival, and excerpts from her in-progress food memoir are published in Room Magazine, Hungry Zine, and emerge22. She completed…

Doreen Pendgracs is an award-winning Manitoba-based non-fiction freelance writer and author. Doreen is working on her fifth book--the second volume in the Chocolatour series. Doreen specializes in writing about chocolate travel, but also has a strong interest in culinary and…

Jean E. Pendziwol is the author of books for both adults and children, including the bestselling novel The Lightkeeper’s Daughters, translated and published in more than 20 countries around the world. Her children’s books include the Governor General Literary Award shortlisted…

Chapters:"Dotting the Ice," inThe Palgrave Handbook of Arctic Policy and Politics, edited by Ken S. Coates - Carin Holyroyd, Palgrave MacMillan, 2019."Nation to Neighbour", in Canada's Arctic Agenda: Into the Vortex, Centre for International Governance Innovation, edited by John…

A.S. Penne is the author of the creative nonfiction memoir Old Stones (Touchwood Editions, Horsdal & Schubart, Victoria2002). Her writing has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic, including the UK’s Ian St. James Award (1996, 1994), the Writers’ Digest award (1994), and…

Cristina is passionate about art and Italian culture.  Born in Orsara di Puglia, she immigrated to Canada with her parents as a toddler.  A Vancouver based visual artist, writer and pediatric diabetes educator, Cristina is also a member of the Association of Italian Canadian…