Sonja Boon is a researcher, writer, teacher, and flutist living in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Passionate about stories and storytelling, she is the author of What the Oceans Remember: Searching for Belonging and Home (WLU Press, 2019), a memoir that traverses five continents and spans…

Kate A Boorman is an award-winning author from Edmonton, with roots in the small town of Rimbey, Alberta. Her books for young readers have been published in four world territories and have appeared on a variety of Best Of lists, from the Ontario Library Association to O,…

Tara Borin is a queer, nonbinary poet and writer living in the traditional territory of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in, Dawson City, Yukon. Their debut full-length poetry collection, The Pit, was published by Nightwood Editions in 2021. Tara's poems have been anthologized in Resistance:…

Published by Simon & Schuster Canada in January, 2015, Cathie Borrie's memoir, The Long Hello ~ Memory, My Mother, and Me, is written in spare prose, largely in the form of a dialogue. The Long Hello explores the emotional rewards and challenges that…

Roo Borson is a poet and essayist. Her books include the collaborative works Introduction to the Introduction to Wang Wei by Pain Not Bread (Roo Borson, Kim Maltman, and Andy Patton) published by Brick Books, and Box Kite: Prose Poems by Baziju (Roo Borson and Kim Maltman)…

TANYA BOTEJU is a teacher and writer living on unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations (Vancouver, BC). Part-time, she teaches English to clever and sassy young people. The rest of her time, she writes and procrastinates from writing. Her…

Danila Botha is the author of three short story collections, Got No Secrets, which was published in 2010 by Tightrope books, For All the Men (and Some of the Women I've Known) which was published in 2016 and was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, The Vine Awards for…

Hélène Boudreau grew up on an island surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean but now writes fiction and non-fiction for kids from her land-locked home in Ontario, Canada. Her picture book, I Dare You Not to Yawn, is a 2013 Parents’ Choice Award winner and a 2014 SCBWI Crystal Kite…

After a lifetime as a journalist, writer/editor, and strategic communicator, I'm writing my own stories. I've sent my first novel to the publisher and am working on the next book in a triad. I'm also trained as a spiritual director and love to share what I've learned, so lead…

Salpi is a writer and illustrator of children's stories. Her primary interest is in raising awareness about the environment and inspiring children to engage with nature. She received her MA in English Literature from the American University of Beirut in 2016. Her thesis…

David C.C. Bourgeois was born in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, and grew up in Port Perry, for which he played hockey, achieving some notable victories, but suffering many more defeats, in towns up and down Ontario’s Highway 401. He holds degrees from the University of Toronto and…

Sylvia Bourgeois was born and raised on northern Vancouver Island, in some of British Columbia’s most beautiful small communities. Sylvia now lives in Fanny Bay, and she considers her family, friends, and time outside to be most important to her. If she isn’t working her…

James Bow grew up with his mother – the writer Patricia Bow – reading him Issac Asimov and Ursula K. LeGuin. He started writing young, cutting his teeth as a writer of Doctor Who fanfiction. (It is a measure of how cool James is that he liked Doctor Who before it was cool.) He…

Lynne Bowen started in Indian Head, Saskatchewan in 1940 and has been moving westward ever since. She was raised in Calgary and Hinton, Alberta. She obtained a Public Health Nursing degree from the University of Alberta, and a Master's degree in western Canadian history from the…

Author and playwright, Jennifer Dance, is passionate about the environment, and justice and equality for all people. Believing that the first step toward reconciliation is understanding our shameful past, Jennifer's mandate is to educate the leaders of tomorrow with stories that…

Lives and writes women's fiction with romantic element novels in Regina, SK, and sets her novels in Saskatchewan because she believes it is as exotic as anywhere else in the world. Annette has published six romance novels with Soul Mate Publishing, http://www.…

Marilyn Bowering was born in Winnipeg and grew up in Victoria, BC. She received her M.A. Degree from the University of Victoria where she studied with Robin Skelton. A novelist, poet, and librettist, her work has been published and performed internationally. Her first novel, To…

A trailblazer in Canadian broadcasting, Lisa Bowes is an award-winning sports journalist and  education consultant based in Calgary, Alberta  A Physical Education graduate from Western University, she is a passionate advocate for youth physical activity and reading…

Chuck Bowie graduated from the University of New Brunswick, in Canada, with a Bachelor's Degree in Science. He still lives on the East Coast of Canada, an hour east of Maine. His writing is influenced by the study of human nature, and how people behave, habits he picked up as…

Randi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, and from a young age, she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services after completing her placement at a recovery…