Shane Joseph is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers. He began writing as a teenager living in Sri Lanka and has never stopped. He is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories. His work has appeared in several literary journals and magazines…

M. C. Joudrey is an award winning Canadian writer, artist and designer. His second novel Of Violence and Cliché was released September 2013, followed by his collection of short stories Charleswood Road: Stories in August 2014, which was nominated for a 2015 John Hirsch…

Mere Joyce is a Canadian author of books for young adults. Her writing includes contemporary tales, high-action mysteries, and her personal favorite–ghost stories. When she’s not writing, Mere can be found teaching library studies, or spending time at home with her family in…

Kathy Kacer is a children’s author whose focus is historical fiction and true stories about the Holocaust. She is dedicated to writing about the Holocaust in a way that is sensitive to the age and stage of development of a young reader. Although she has been writing for many…

Elaine Kachala is the award-winning author of Superpower? The Wearable-Tech Revolution. It is an NSTA/CBC Best STEM Book for K-12 (2023), a Finalist for the Middle Grades AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books (2024), and for the Red Cedar Book…

Michelle Kadarusman is originally from Australia and Indonesia and often shares her cultural background in her work. She is twice-nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award and her books have been translated into Spanish, German, Japanese and Turkish. Her middle-grade…

Dr. Joanna Kafarowski FI'21 FRCGS FRGS has a passion for  writing about the lives of forgotten polar women. She is currently completing her latest book about women's exploration in Greenland which will be published in 2026 by Princeton University Press. She is the author of…

Robert Kakakaway I am from White Bear First Nations, near Carlyle SK. I currently live on the Whitecap Dakota First Nation south of Saskatoon, SK. I married Vanessa Little Crow on September 21, 2002, and we have eight children and numerous grandchildren. As the…

Joseph Kakwinokansum is a writer, creator, and storyteller. A member of the James Smith Cree Nation, Joseph grew up in the Peace Region of northern BC.  Joseph is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio and The Writer’s Studio Graduate…

Judith Kalman was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1954, and grew up in Montreal. Her B.A. is from Concordia University and her M.A. is from the University of Windsor where she studied creative writing with Joyce Carol Oates and Alistair Macleod. She has lived in Windsor, London,…

Elaine Kalman Naves was born in Budapest, Hungary, and immigrated to Canada in 1959 as a child. She attended McGill and Bishop's Universities, and worked as an editor and researcher at the Centre d'Etude de Québec during the 1970s. She now writes a book column and literary…

Natasha Kanapé Fontaine is a writer, poet and multidisciplinary artist from Pessamit, on the Nitassinan (North Shore, Quebec), Turtle Island. She lives in Tio’tia:ke, known as Montreal. Her critically acclaimed poetry, essays and works of fiction are widely taught and…

A recipient of the BC Medal of Good Citizenship, Donna Kane’s poems, short fiction, reviews, and essays have been published widely. She is the author of the non-fiction book Summer of the Horse and four books of poetry including Orrery, a finalist for the 2020 Governor General’s…

My fifth book, Midlife Solo: writing through chaos to find my place in the world, a memoir-in-essays, was launched in November 2023. I spent my twenties as a professional actress, but in 1980 left the stage to take an MFA in Creative Writing at UBC, delivering my …

Chris Kaposy is the author of The Beautiful Unwanted: Down Syndrome in Myth, Memoir, and Bioethics (McGill-Queen's, 2023) and Choosing Down Syndrome (MIT Press, 2018). He works in the Centre for Bioethics at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland…

Kees Kapteyn has a published chapbook 'Temperance Ave.' through Grey Borders Books as well has been published in such magazines as Camel Magazine, NonBinary Review, Flo Magazine, Blank Spaces, Wordbusker, Dear Booze and various other publications. His short story “A Hierarchy of…

Irena F. Karafilly is a Montreal writer and journalist. She obtained an M.A. in English from McGill and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. Her work has been broadcast, anthologized, and published in both literary and consumer magazines, and in…

Adeena Karasick http://www.adeenakarasick.com is an internationally acclaimed and award winning poet, media-artist and author of seven books of poetry and poetic theory: Amuse Bouche: Tasty Treats for the Mouth (Talonbooks 2009), The House That Hijack Built (Talonbooks, 2004),…

Gary loves reading and writing fantasy and horror thriller stories. His frequent trips to the mystical mountains, the dramatic sea cliffs, spooky urban settings, and visits to eerie archeological sites are ingrained in his stories. An adventurer and a curious creature, Gary…

Daniel is the author of I jak inni (O Like the Others or A like Another) (WL, 1998), and Fikcja(Fiction) (WL, 2000), which were both nominated for the Nike Literary Award, the most prestigious Polish book prize. An audiobook of “I jak Inni” is an official promotional material…

Tracy Kasaboski was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, but grew up in the town of Deep River, Ontario. She has been a writer since the age of five, around the same time her mother bought her a plastic typewriter. She is the author of Mr Isbister's Marvellous Ride, a novel set…