Tamara is a captivating storyteller whose talents transcend traditional boundaries. A published author, award-winning playwright, successful painter, and touring musician, she effortlessly weaves her creativity into various art forms. Blending her immense passion for the arts…

Writer: Seen Reading (p: Freehand; e: HarperCollins) WIP: a collection of linked pieces about life as an ageing queer with a focus on housing precarity (Canada Council Explore and Create grant and receipient of a Woodcock Fund grant from the Writers' Trust of Canada) Recent…

K. R. Wilson is a Toronto-area writer. His novel An Idea About my Dead Uncle won the inaugural Guernica Prize in 2018, and his novel Call Me Stan: A Tragedy in Three Millennia was long-listed for the 2022 Leacock Medal. His work has also appeared in The Temz Review, The…

Janet Wilson is an award winning author of non-fiction and creative non-fiction books for children. She has illustrated over fifty picture books in her thirty-five year career. She welcomes the opportunity to give inspirational talks on the power of young activists.

Jia Qing Wilson-Yang is a Toronto based writer. Her debut novel, Small Beauty, won the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Fiction and received and Honourable Mention in the 2016 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. Her short fiction and poetry has…

David A. Wimsett's works include newspaper and magazine articles, blogs, corporate writing, short stories and novels that range from historical fiction to fantasy and science fiction. He is also a film maker, photographer and composer. The stories he writes follow characters as…

Jason Winders is a writer, editor, journalist, ad man, and father living in Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada. His first book, George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, was published in September 2021.

Carol Windley lives in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. She is the author of the short story collections Visible Light, shortlisted for a Governor General's Award and a B.C. Book Prize, and Home Schooling, short-listed for the Giller Prize and winner of the Ethel Wilson Award for…

Nicola Winstanley is the author of  five picture books, including How To Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps, nominated for the Governor General's Award in 2019, and Cinnamon Baby, shortlisted for the TD Picture Book Award and recipient of an honor prize for the Ezra Jack…

Mark L. Winston is that rare individual, a scientist who can speak eloquently to the public. Recognized as one of the world’s leading expert on bees and pollination, Mark has had an illustrious career researching, teaching, writing and commenting on bees and agriculture,…

Wendy Monica Winter, M.Ed., is an award-winning children's book author who lives with her family where the mountains meet the sea on the west coast of Canada. Wendy enjoys bouncing around like Mamma Kangaroo. In fact, you can spot her on the local mountains bouncing on her…

Dr. Kari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning children’s author, playwright, performer, and academic scholar. Thirty-three of her picture or poetry books have been published or are in press. An experienced teacher of writing, Kari-Lynn has worked with students across Canada and the…

Michelle Winters is a writer, painter, and translator born and raised in Saint John, NB. Her debut novel, I Am a Truck, was shortlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and her second novel, Hair for Men was named a Book of the Year by Indigo, the Globe and Mail and CBC…

David Wiseman lived in the UK for most of his life, but is now a resident of Nova Scotia. During his time in Canada he has, among other things, enjoyed running an art gallery and occasionally appearing as a background actor in movies. He writes long and short fiction, is an…

PAM WITHERS is an award-winning, best-selling author of 23 young-adult sports and adventure novels – particularly popular with MG/YA boys. A former journalist and editor who was also an outdoor guide, she's riveting as a speaker. Her next YA novel is due out fall of 2024. (…

Lori Wolf-Heffner is the author of the young adult series Between Worlds and the sweet romance series Love on Belmont. She was an inaugural member of the Canadian National Tap Team, wrote and submitted a Star Trek novel in her teens (it was rejected—she needed an agent), and…

A versatile writer and engaging speaker. Writes for business, lifestyle, arts and culture, and alumni publications/organizations. Author of 5 non-fiction books focused on London regional history and heritage.

Elana Wolff grew up and was educated in Toronto. She has taught English as a Second Language at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is currently teaching ESL at the York University English Language Institute. Her first collection of poetry, Birdheart, was published by…

  Rita Wong lives and works on unceded Coast Salish territories, also known as Vancouver, where she attends to questions of water justice, decolonization, ecology and climate justice. Co-editor of the anthology Downstream: Reimagining Water with Dorothy Christian, Wong is the…

Born and raised in China, Sherry Wong moved to Canada in the late 80s to pursue her master’s degree. Since 2012, she wrote under both her real name and a pen name, Tong Ge, and have published poems, prose, and short stories (both in English and in Chinese) in the North America,…

Sandra SG Wong (she/her) writes fiction across multiple genres, including the cross-genre Lola Starke series and Crescent City short stories. An author, mentor, speaker, and community organizer, Sandra publishes as an indie author as well as with traditional publishers. Her…