Member Directory
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Vancouver
Moncton
Burnt Church
Burnt Church
Sandra Bunting writes poetry, fiction, non-fiction and journalistic articles. She grew up on the east coast of Canada and was awarded a BA in Radio and Television Arts from the Metropolitan Toronto University and an MA in Writing from NUI, Galway, Ireland. After working for CBC…
Toronto
Toronto
Ella Burakowski was born to Holocaust survivors, Shoshana Gold and Fishl Burakowski, who met after the war in Foehrenwald, a displaced person's camp in Germany. Together they smuggled on an Aliyah Bet ship to make a new life for themselves in Israel. Ella and her older sister…
Toronto
Toronto
Aileen Burford-Mason is a Canadian biochemist, immunologist, and author. Born in the UK she grew up in Ireland. After completing a B.Sc. in biology and biochemistry at University College Dublin, she later completed a PhD in immunology at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK…
Vancouver
Princeton
Princeton
Finnian Burnett is a writer whose work explores the intersections of the human body, mental health, and gender identity. They are a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts grant, a finalist in the 2023 CBC nonfiction prize, and a 2024 Pushcart nominee.
Their work appears…
Windsor, ON
Windsor, ON
Bradd Burningham grew up in Essex, Ontario, and has lived in Windsor, Cambridge, Toronto, Ottawa, London, Saskatoon, and Sackville (New Brunswick). He studied at the University of Toronto, the University of Windsor (B.A, M.A), and the University of Western Ontario (M.L.S.). He…
Guelph
Ottawa
Sointula
Sointula
Bruce Burrows started his fishing career underwater, abalone diving. Fortunately it didn’t end there. His diving career took him to Scotland where he worked in the North Sea oilfield. After 6 years he had accumulated 286 days living in a decompression chamber. “One more season…
Edmonton
Edmonton
Jeff Bursey was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. He now lives in Edmonton, Alberta. His plays have been performed in St. John's and Charlottetown, his fiction has appeared online and in print, and his scholarly articles and literary criticism have been published in…
Peterborough
Peterborough
Varda Burstyn's career as a writer of non-fiction and as an independent scholar began in the early 1980s, after which her work appeared in numerous magazines, including Saturday Night and Mother Jones, in documentary films, in multiple series for CBC's national documentary…
North Vancouver
North Vancouver
Brian completed a B.A. (Sociology) at Queen's University, an M.A. (Criminology) at the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D (Sociology) at the University of British Columbia. He had a full-time appointment for 30 years in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University and was…
Vancouver
Vancouver
A resident of Vancouver, Julie Burtinshaw is an award-winning author of seven novels for young adults. A graduate of SFU’s Writers Studio, Julie has served as a judge for the BC Book Awards, Red Cedar Awards, Illinois Women's Press Association Communications.
Hangman: The True…
Hornby Island
Chapleau
Lethbridge
Lethbridge
Paul Butler is the author of ten novels and one non-fiction book. His most recent novel, Mina’s Child, was published in 2020 by Inanna Publications (Toronto). Mina’s Child imagines a second generation springing from the ‘heroes’ of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and questions the notion…
