Member Directory
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Winnipeg
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Saint John
Saint John
Luke Francis Beirne was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1995. His debut novel, Foxhunt, was published by Baraka Books in 2022. His second novel, Blacklion, will be published in September 2023. He has also published short fiction, essays, and reviews.
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Vancouver
Vancouver
Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author based in Vancouver. His first book, The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization was a finalist for a PEN/E.O. Wilson Award and a California Book Award. You can learn the basic ideas behind the…
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Ottawa
Calgary
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Lunenburg
Victoria
Victoria
Doris Belusic is a poet, nonfiction writer, and editor of The Blind Canadian magazine. She received her BA in writing from UVic in 2019 as a blind, mature student. Her biggest thrill was having her first book published, I Am Blind (Beech Street Books, 2024), a children's grade 3…
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Toronto
Toronto
Award-winning freelance writer and book author Lisa Bendall grew up near Ottawa and was educated at the University of Toronto. Her articles have appeared in many of Canada's top magazines such as Reader’s Digest and Zoomer. Lisa often writes on health and family topics, and has…
Burlington
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Toronto
Toronto
Gail Benick is a writer and educator.. Her debut novel, The Girl Who Was Born That Way, was published by Inanna Publications and Education in 2015. Benick earned ann M. Phil. from the City University of New York and an M.Ed. from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of…
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Brockville
Brockville
Writer and comedian Carolyn Bennett cut her teeth performing at Yuk Yuks and hasn't stopped bleeding since. Selected TV credits include This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC COMICS, Chilly Beach and The NHL Awards. Produced radio plays include Mixed Media, and Pure Convenience. Produced…
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Steven Benstead has published two novels,The Wooing of a Lady (1978) and Driving Blind (1998). His short fiction has appeared in The Fiddlehead, The Dalhousie Review, The Journey Prize: Stories 25, Grain Magazine, Prairie Fire, and The Antigonish Review. He also wrote the text…
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Nanoose Bay
Nanoose Bay
The author has lived in Bermuda, Canada and South Africa while enjoying a global career as a banker and corporate executive. An enthusiastic sailor, scuba diver, and occasional art collector, he draws on the experiences from his travels, business, and recreational pursuits to…
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Foothills
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P.O.Box 128, Charlottetown, NL, A0C 1L0
P.O.Box 128, Charlottetown, NL, A0C 1L0
Sharon Berg released two books in September 2019 and two more in September 2020. She writes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, book reviews, and articles.Sharon released her debut collection of short fiction called 'Naming the Shadows' (Porcupines Quill. 2019). Next, was a cross-genre…
Nepean
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7816 Fairview Road, St. Thomas N5P 3S8
7816 Fairview Road, St. Thomas N5P 3S8
Julie Berry has published three collections of poetry – worn thresholds (Brick) 1995, reprinted 2006, the walnut-cracking machine (Buschek) 2010, and most recently, the chapbook, I am, &c. The Gilbert White Poems (Baseline Press) 2015. Poems have appeared in Arc Poetry…
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