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…

I was born in Brampton, Ontario on February 1, 1948.  When Prime Minister Diefenbaker destroyed the Canadian branch of AVRO by cancelling the Avro Arrow in 1959, my father moved his family to Massachusettes, where he found employment at RCA in Burlington.  After spending ten…

Born in the coastal BC town of Powell River, Sheila Peters moved inland to the mountains near Smithers in northwestern BC in 1977. She married and raised two sons while working as a journalist, weaver, college instructor, environmental and human rights activist. Her work has…

Shelley Peterson was born in London, Ontario and studied theatre at Dalhousie University, the Banff School of Fine Arts, and Western University. She's worked as an actress in theatre, film and television since childhood. Currently she's working on a new novel, and raises and…

Born in the UK, Lois Peterson was raised in England, at a Cornish boarding school, and in Iraq. She came to Vancouver in 1971 via Paris, London and New York. In BC she raised a daughter, Holly, and worked for 40 years in a public library. Meanwhile, her short stories, articles…

Rachel Phan was born and raised in a small town in Southern Ontario, where she was one of only two racialized people in her class. Seeking escapism from her provincial life, she discovered her love of the written word through daily visits to the library, contraband Harlequin…

Wendy Phillips is a writer of young adult novels in verse.  Her first novel, Fishtailing, won the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's text in 2010.  Her second novel, Baggage, was published in 2019, and was short-listed for the Ontario Library Association's White…

Dorothy Anne Phillips, graduated from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Alberta. A social psychologist, she retired from a research career in the federal civil service in 1996. Living in Ottawa, she took advantage of Library and Archives Canada to find records…

Sandra Phinney is an award-winning journalist and photographer whose by-line and photos have appeared in over 70 publications. Her stories focus on everything from business to health, the environment, lifestyle and travel. She’s contributed to four travel guides including…