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Barker, Michelle
Vancouver
Michelle
Barker
Vancouver
Michelle
Michelle Barker’s most recent publication is Fake Query Letters by Dead Authors, co-authored with David Griffin Brown (2026). They have also teamed up to write Story Skeleton: The Classics (2025) and Immersion and Emotion: The Two Pillars of Storytelling (2023). Michelle's novel…
Barkhouse, Janet
Mahone Bay
Janet
Barkhouse
Mahone Bay
Janet Barkhouse is a poet and writer. Salt Fires, her debut book of poetry (Pottersfield Press, 2018) follows on two chapbooks, Silence (2015) and Sable Island Fieldnotes: poems by Janet Barkhouse, photographs by Zoe Lucas, which launched in 2017. Her publications for…
Barlow, Kate
Oakville
Kate
Barlow
Oakville
Kate
I have just completed my second book and like the rest of the world of writers am now actively seeking a publisher for THE FOUNDLING AND THE BASTARD, a reimagining of the true story of my great-great-grandparents who lived in and around Bath, Somerset during Regency times…
Barlow, Maude
Maude
Barlow
Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, Canada’s largest citizen’s advocacy organization with members and chapters across Canada as well as the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which works to stop commodification of the world’s water. She is…
Barnard, Jayne
Calgary
Jayne
Barnard
Calgary
J.E. Barnard has two novel series and many short stories in print. They’ve won CWC Award of Excellence, Alberta Book of the Year, Saskatchewan Writers Guild award, and shortlistings for the UK Debut Dagger and the Prix Aurora. She’s a developmental and structural editor and a…
Barnes, Lilly
Lilly
Barnes
Lilly Barnes was born in Russia, studied at the University of Toronto and the University of Vienna, and worked for many years as an arts journalist and scriptwriter for CBC Radio and Television, including, for its entire run, the "Mr. Dressup" show for which she was awarded a…
Barnhardt Kawatski, Deanna
Celista
Deanna
Barnhardt Kawatski
Celista
Deanna
Born in Salmon Arm, B.C., Deanna Kawatski travelled extensively in her twenties, her wandering financed by tree planting back in B.C. In 1974 she studied writing with George Ryga and in 1975 with W.O. Mitchell. Later Deanna spent thirteen years leading a pioneer existence in the…
Barrett, Sylvia N.
Kingston
Sylvia N.
Barrett
Kingston
Sylvia Barrett
Sylvia N. Barrett was born in Whitehorse, Yukon. A Ryerson journalism graduate, she spent a decade working as a daily newspaper reporter before moving to magazines. Sylvia has been senior editor at The Walrus and Canadian Geographic, founding editor of Ottawa Magazine,…
Barrett, Gavin
Toronto
Gavin
Barrett
Toronto
Gavin Barrett is a poet and creative entrepreneur, and the author of Understan, a new collection of poems published by Mawenzi House in June 2020. Gavin was born in Bombay, of Anglo-Indian and Goan East African parentage. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from St…
Barris, Ted
Uxbridge
Ted
Barris
Uxbridge
Ted Barris is an accomplished author, journalist and broadcaster. As well as hosting stints on CBC Radio and TV Ontario, and regular contributions to the Globe and Mail and the National Post, Barris has authored 20 non-fiction books, including a dozen bestsellers on Canadians in…
BARROW , KAREN
Okanagan Falls
KAREN
BARROW
Okanagan Falls
Karen Barrow is a Trinidad-born Canadian author. Her post-secondary studies brought her to Canada, where she eventually settled. Years later, Karen fulfilled a lifelong dream by combining a love of storytelling with her passion for travel to inspire her historical fiction…
Bartels, Alice
Bartlett, Brian
Halifax
Brian
Bartlett
Halifax
Brian Bartlett (1953-     ) grew up in New Brunswick, lived for 15 years in Montreal, and has been a Halifax resident since 1990. His publications include 7 collections and 7 chapbooks of poetry, 3 books of nature writing, and a compilation of his prose on poetry. As…
Barton, Bob
Toronto,
Bob
Barton
Toronto,
Bob Barton was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1939 and was educated there. He attended McMaster University and, after a career in teaching and with the Ontario Ministry of Education, he became a professional storyteller in association with the Storytellers School of Toronto. He…
Barton, John
Victoria
John
Barton
Victoria
John
John Barton is a poet, essayist, editor and writing mentor. His twenty-eight books, chapbooks, and anthologies include For the Boy with the Eyes of the Virgin: Selected Poems, Polari, Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay-Male Poets, The Malahat Review at Fifty, We Are Not…
Barwin, Gary
Hamilton
Gary
Barwin
Hamilton
Gary
Gary Barwin is a writer, composer, and multidisciplinary artist and the author of 29 books including Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy which won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award and Bird Arsonist (with Tom Prime)…
Bass, Karen
Hamilton
Karen
Bass
Hamilton
Karen has always been an avid reader and for many years reading satisfied her love of story. That changed when she was hired to manage the local library and the desire to write took root. Since then her stories and articles have been published in local newspapers, magazines and…
Bassnett, Madeline
London
Madeline
Bassnett
London
Madeline Bassnett's first full-length collection, Under the Gamma Camera, was published by Gaspereau Press in 2019, and was longlisted for the Royal City Literary Arts Society Annual Fred Cogswell Award in 2020. She is also the author of two chapbooks, Pilgrimage (Baseline…
Basu, Arjun
Montreal
Arjun
Basu
Montreal
Arjun Basu has written three books. His first book, a collection of short stories, Squishy (DC Books, 2008) was shortlisted for the ReLit Award. His first novel, Waiting for the Man (2014, ECW) was longlisted for the Giller Prize (and though an honour, being longlisted for…
Bateman, Debbie
Duncan
Debbie
Bateman
Duncan
Debbie Bateman is a graduate of The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University. Her short stories and personal essays have been published in anthologies and literary magazines. She works as an editor for Thompson Rivers University and was formerly the fiction interviews editor…
Bates, Judy
Judy
Bates
Judy Fong Bates is the author of China Dog and other Tales from a Chinese Laundry, a collection of short fiction, published by Sister Vision Press. Her short stories have been broadcast on CBC radio and published in Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly, This Magazine and the Canadian…
Batiz, Martha
Richmond Hill
Martha
Batiz
Richmond Hill
Featured in Latinos Magazine among the Top Ten Most Successful Mexicans in Canada, and named also one of the Top Ten Most Influential Hispanic-Canadians, Martha Bátiz was born and raised in Mexico City, but has been living in Toronto since 2003. Her…
Bator, Diane
Airdrie
Diane
Bator
Airdrie
Diane Bator writes mystery, fantasy, and working on some YA novels. She has been a part of many anthologies and is the host of Escape With a Writer, a blog she uses to promote fellow authors of all genres. Diane is also an editor and Book Coach, as well as mentor to many authors.
Batt, Sharon
Halifax
Sharon
Batt
Halifax
Sharon Batt is a writer and women's health activist currently living in Halifax. In the 1970s, she was one of the editors of the feminist magazine Branching Out and was a vice-president for three years of the Canadian Periodical Publishers' Association (now Magazines Canada).…
Bauer, Nancy
Nancy
Bauer
Nancy Bauer holds a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and immigrated to Fredericton in 1965. She was married to Bill Bauer, writer and retired professor, who died in 2010. Nancy was the publisher of 25 New Brunswick Chapbooks, founded the Maritime Writers' Workshop and was a…