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Oliva, Peter

Peter

Oliva

Peter Oliva writes mostly fiction. To support that habit, he has worked as a cook's flunkie, a Santa Claus (in Japan), and a dog trainer. In 1994 he opened a bookstore, called Pages on Kensington, where he ran a reading series and hosted 600 author events in six years before…

Oliver, Alexandra

Burlington

Alexandra

Oliver

Burlington

Alexandra Oliver was born in Vancouver, BC. She is the author of three collections published through Biblioasis: Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway (2013; recipient of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award), Let the Empire Down ( 2016), and Hail, the Invisible Watchman (2022…

Qualicum Beach

Qualicum Beach

George was co-founder of the magazine that is currently called “Recreational Flyer”. He was the main contributor of articles and fictional stories, as well as the Editor. While traveling on business during his career, George wrote numerous short stories and many filmscripts,…

Orchard, Treena

London

Treena

Orchard

London

Treena Orchard is an anthropologist, author, and activist who researches sexuality, gender, and the politics of health among marginalized groups and within the context of her own life. She is currently an Associate Professor & Undergraduate Chair in the School of Health…

Orford, Emily-Jane

North Gower

Emily-Jane

Orford

North Gower

Emily-Jane Hills Orford is a country writer, living just outside the tiny community of North Gower, Ontario, near the nation’s capital. With degrees in art history, music and Canadian studies, the retired music teacher enjoys the quiet nature of her country home and the…

Oron, Judie

Halifax

Judie

Oron

Halifax

Judie Oron is a Canadian/Israeli journalist who was born in Montreal, moved to Israel in 1967 and returned to Canada in 2004. She was a feature writer at ‘The Jerusalem Post,’ including a four year stint as a weekly columnist. Later, she directed the newspaper’s charitable Funds…

Winnipeg

Wendy Orr was born in Edmonton, but with a father in the RCAF, grew up in France and Colorado as well as Red Deer, Toronto and Middleton, Nova Scotia. She studied occupational therapy in London, married an Australian farmer while in college, and returned to Australia with him…

Osborne, James

Vernon

James

Osborne

Vernon

James Osborne is a writer and book editor with more than 30 years experience. He is a former senior editor for a national news service and has edited books of fiction, non-fiction and memoirs. He is also a bestselling novelist and author of more than 120 short…

Osmond, Rosalie

Lunenburg

Rosalie

Osmond

Lunenburg

Rosalie Osmond is a writer and lecturer who was educated at institutions in three countries (Acadia University, Bryn Mawr College, and Cambridge University) and has spent her life divided between the two sides of the Atlantic. She has taught English literature in universities in…

Ostrowski, Margaret

Vancouver

Margaret

Ostrowski

Vancouver

I was born up the west coast in Ocean Falls BC but my formative years were in Port Credit Ontario. I am a retired lawyer and a retired registered psychologist. My book "Lost Legacies", just released in August 2024, focuses on our immigration past. I weave a lot…

Ottoni, Christine

Toronto

Christine

Ottoni

Toronto

Christine Ottoni is a writer based in Toronto. Her short fiction has appeared in the pages of untethered, The Nashwaak Review, The Alaska Quarterly Review, Riddle Fence, Exile Literary Quarterly, and PRISM international. She was short-listed for PEN Canada's nomination to the…

Oughton, John

John

Oughton

John

Born in Guelph, Ontario, John has lived in Egypt, Iraq and Japan and then settled in Toronto. He has a BA and MA in English from York U., and non-credit writing courses at the jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, where he worked closely with Allen GInsberg and Anne…

Ownman, Paul

Paul

Ownman

Paul Ownman has been an educator, coach, and parent for over thirty-five years. His father, who was a welder, had a wonderful gift for writing which greatly influenced Paul. However, it was a pig farmer from Johnson township that really got the ball rolling when he…

Page, Kathy

Kathy

Page

Born in London, England, Kathy Page now lives in BC. She gained her BA at York (England) and her MA in writing from the University of East Anglia. A versatile writer, Page has a long-standing interest in complex characters who struggle with their own natures and…

Pagé, Lucie

Toronto

Lucie

Pagé

Toronto

After graduating from Theatre Performance at Humber, Lucie received top honours in English and French Literature at UofT and somehow ended up working in I.T. She subsequently attended Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre as a screenwriting resident. Since then,…

Toronto

Toronto

Rajinderpal S. Pal is a writer and performer based in Toronto. Pal's debut novel, However Far Away, was published by House of Anansi in August 2024 and was long-listed for CBC's Canada Reads 2025. Pal’s first collection of poetry, pappaji wrote poetry in a language i cannot…

TORONTO

TORONTO

Biography Lamara hails from a richly diverse heritage, with roots in Canada, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia and Syria. She is an accomplished scholar, holding a degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Arts. Lamara has also explored comparative literature at the University of…

Parameswaran, Uma

Uma

Parameswaran

Born in Chennai, India, Uma Parameswaran (nee Ganesan) was educated at Jabalpur (B.A.), Nagpur (Dip journalism and M.A), Indiana University (M.A. creative writing), and Michigan State University (Ph.D). Married to a mathematician, she has lived in Winnipeg since 1966. She joined…

Parchewsky, Carol Ann

Calgary

Paré, Arleen