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Macdonald, Frank
MacDonald, Mary
Mary
Mary
MacDonald
Mary
Mary
Mary MacDonald is a poet and writer with a Ph.D. from UBC. She has written poetry for 
ballet, public art, and libretto. Her work has appeared in Room Magazine and Pique Magazine. Her chapbook, Going In Now, was published in 2014 by NIB Publishing. She is
a member of the…
MacDonald, Kathryn
Amherstburg
Kathryn
MacDonald
Amherstburg
Kathryn MacDonald’s poetry has been published in Room, FreeFall and other Canadian literary journals and anthologies, as well as internationally in the U.K., U.S., and other countries. She has a new poetry collection coming in 2026 with Frontenac House. Liminal Spaces is a…
MacDonald, Tanis
Waterloo
Tanis
MacDonald
Waterloo
Tanis
Essayist, poet, critic, free-range literary animal. Author of Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female, and six other books of nonfiction and poetry. Prairie-born, Ontario-dwelling, grateful guest on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory.
MacDonald, Hugh R.
Sydney Mines
Hugh R.
MacDonald
Sydney Mines
Hugh R. MacDonald is a graduate of Cape Breton University and recently retired from a career in the human service field. He has been a member of the Writers' Union of Canada for many years, as well a long time member of the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia. After a number of…
MacDougall, Moira
MacEachern, Jessi
Tiohtià:ke/Montréal
Jessi
MacEachern
Tiohtià:ke/Montréal
Jessi MacEachern (she/her) lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, where she teaches English literature at Dawson College and Université de Montréal. She is the author of the poetry collections Cut Side Down (2025) and A Number of Stunning Attacks (2021). New poems…
Macher, Gloria
Montreal
Gloria
Macher
Montreal
Gloria Macher is a representative of contemporary humanist literature. She writes poetry and fiction by exploring social, political, ecological, and existential themes that fuel reflection on our human condition. The author has published five novels, a collection of short…
MacIntyre, Wendy
Carleton Place
Wendy
MacIntyre
Carleton Place
Wendy MacIntyre lives in Carleton Place, Ontario where she supports herself as a freelance writer and editor. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and has a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. In addition to the novels listed below, she has published short…
MacIntyre, Shawne Yukimi
Vancouver
Shawne Yukimi
MacIntyre
Vancouver
Shawne Yukimi MacIntyre is a Canadian writer of Japanese and Scottish descent and calls the Pacific Northwest of Canada, home. She explores ancestry, folklore, art and mixed-ness in her fiction, non-fiction and children's literature. Shawne is represented by Westwood Creative…
MacIntyre, Roderick
Christina Lake
Roderick
MacIntyre
Christina Lake
R.P. MacIntyre works primarily as a fiction writer and editor although he has also written for radio, television and the stage. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1947 and makes his home in Christina Lake, B.C. and La Peñita de Jaltemba, Nayarit, MX with Sharyn. He has…
MacKay, Elly
Owen Sound
Elly
MacKay
Owen Sound
Elly MacKay is the author and illustrator of several picture books, such as Frostfire, Red Sky at Night, Butterfly Park and If You Hold A Seed. She is known for her light filled illustrations and stories that focus on nature. She lives in Owen Sound, Ontario with her family.…
Mackey, Cynthia
Victoria
Cynthia
Mackey
Victoria
Cynthia Mackey’s poetry appears in The Toy, The Dirigible Balloon and Little Thoughts Press,Hit the Road magazine. Her debut picture book, If a Bumblebee Lands on Your Toe releasedwith Picnic Heist Publishing in May 2025 and her second book, Butterfly Sea will be out in 2026…
Mackie, Richard
Vancouver
Richard
Mackie
Vancouver
Richard Somerset Mackie has an honours M.A. in mediaeval and modern history from the University of St. Andrews. He is the publisher of The British Columbia Review in Vancouver. 
MacLean, Jill
Bedford
Jill
MacLean
Bedford
Two of Jill MacLean's novels for middle-grade readers ("The Nine Lives of Travis Keating" and "The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy") won The Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children's Literature, as did her YA free verse novel, "Nix Minus One." Her third middle-…
MacLean, Jennifer
Calgary
Jennifer
MacLean
Calgary
Jennifer currently lives in Calgary, Alberta Canada and calls herself an "Accidental Author." She is the author of "An Ode to Myself: Poetry Written for Cats, by a Cat", a humorous poetry collection that explores life, ego, affection, and the intricacies of cardboard boxes…
MacLean, Ruth
Riverview
Ruth
MacLean
Riverview
Ruth MacLean loves to write, and has been a full time writer for over twenty years. She was Writer in Residence at Vancouver Public Library in 2018. She was first published in 2008 and has gone on from there to publish books of both fiction and non-fiction. Ruth reads…
MacLean, Donald
Gabarus Lake
Donald
MacLean
Gabarus Lake
       
MacLean, Andrew
Douglas Harbour
Andrew
MacLean
Douglas Harbour
Andrew MacLean is the creator of Backyard History, a series of three books about obscure and forgotten stories from Atlantic Canada's past, the Backyard History column which appears weekly in 20+ newspapers, the popular Backyard History Podcast, and the Backyard History TV Show…
MacLean, Kathryn
MacLean, Wendy Jean
Brockville
Wendy Jean
MacLean
Brockville
Wendy Jean
Wendy has been blissfully free to follow the Spirit wherever it leads. This has taken her in and out of conventional roles, from her birth in Toronto and childhood in the suburbs of Montreal, to a bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University in English and Classics and training in…
Maclear, Kyo
Kyo
Maclear
Kyo Maclear is an essayist, editor, novelist and children’s author. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages, published in over twenty-five countries, and garnered nominations from the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the Governor General’s…
MacLeod, Kirsteen
Kirsteen
MacLeod
Kirsteen
Kirsteen MacLeod is a writer and movement teacher (yoga, Feldenkrais Method), who leads 'body-centred writing' workshops. She recently completed her first book of poetry. Her nonfiction book, In Praise of Retreat, won a Gold Independent Book Publishers' Award in 2021, and…
MacNair, Erin
North Vancouver
Erin
MacNair
North Vancouver
Erin MacNair (she, her) is a Wisconsinite now living in North Vancouver, B.C., on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh people. Her work can be found in Best Canadian Stories 2026, The Baffler, The Walrus, Conjunctions, and others. A Canada…
Macpherson, Margaret
Deep River
Margaret
Macpherson
Deep River
Margaret
Margaret Macpherson (she/her) has lived and written in Yellowknife, Halifax, Bermuda, Edmonton, Vancouver and Nelson, BC. She has recently decamped  to Eastern Ontario. She is the author of eight books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her newest work …