Member Directory
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Winnipeg
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Brampton
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Toronto
Toronto
Kelli Deeth’s acclaimed second collection, The Other Side of Youth, published by Arsenal Press, was short-listed for a ReLit Award. Kelli Deeth’s acclaimed first story collection, The Girl Without Anyone, published by HarperCollins, was chosen as one of The Globe and Mail’s Best…
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Sechelt
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Bewdley
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Sorrento
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Ottawa
Ottawa
John Delacourt is an Ottawa writer whose fiction has appeared in numerous publications in Canada and the U.S. . His criticism and commentary have appeared in the Literary Review of Canada, the Rover, the Ottawa Review of Books, Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Life. He studied at the…
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Montreal
Montreal
Jennifer DeLeskie (she/her) lives in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Her work has appeared in Exile Quarterly, The Dalhousie Review, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and elsewhere, and been nominated for the Carter v. Cooper Exile Award (CVC10) and the Fish Publishing Short Story Prize. She is…
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg
I was born in Durham City UK, then attended the University of London, and studied psychology before becoming a teacher and moving to Winnipeg I studied Advanced Creative writing with Pulitzer prizewinning author, Dr. Carol Shields, then became a professional novelist and…
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St. John’s
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Toronto
Toronto
Kristen den Hartog is a novelist and non-fiction writer whose novels have won the Alberta Trade Fiction Book of the Year and been shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award and the Trillium Award. She is the co-author (with her sister Tracy Kasaboski) of two non-fiction books: The…
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Delta
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Edmonton
Edmonton
From Montreal,living in Edmonton since 1993, Dolly Dennis is a published author whose work has appeared on stage, in literary journals, newspapers, corporate newsletters, anthologies and the CBC. She has also been on the short-list for an Alberta literary Award. Her first novel…
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Toronto
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Nelson
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Katepwa Beach
Katepwa Beach
Born in Saskatchewan, Ingrid Deringer returned to her roots a few years ago and now lives in Katepwa Beach after having lived on the East Coast, West Coast and everywhere in between. Born into a large family with enough fire in her astrological chart to light up the night sky,…
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VICTORIA
Hamilton
Hamilton
JACLYN DESFORGES is the author of Danger Flower (Palimpsest Press/Anstruther Books), one of CBC's picks for the best Canadian poetry of 2021. She's also the author of a picture book, Why Are You So Quiet? (Annick Press, 2020), which was nominated for a Chocolate Lily Award.…
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Pender Island
Pender Island
Bill Deverell was a journalist for seven years while working his way through university, graduating in law in 1963. As a trial lawyer he both defended and prosecuted and was counsel in over a thousand criminal trials including thirty murder cases. His fields of practice also…