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…

    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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Cheryl Parisien is a Red River Métis writer who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Treaty 1 territory. Her ancestors lived on the river lots of St. Norbert and her roots stretch back to the beginning of the Métis homeland. Loosely based on her family’s history, The Unweaving is her…

Shawna Diane Partridge was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She now resides in Sudbury, Ontario, where she is an English professor. Her first book, Rule of Seconds, was published in 2016, by Latitude 46 Publishing and shortlisted for the Northern Lit…

Natalia Paruzel-Gibson grew up backstage in the theaters and art galleries in Poland. Her mom’s passion for the arts inspired Natalia to write and create. After emigrating to Canada, Natalia was recognized by the Turzanski Foundation with a Young Talent Award for writing…