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Bursey, Jeff

Edmonton

Jeff

Bursey

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…

Burstyn, Varda

Peterborough

Varda

Burstyn

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…

Burtch, Dr. Brian Eric

North Vancouver

Dr. Brian Eric

Burtch

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…

Burtinshaw, Julie

Vancouver

Julie

Burtinshaw

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…

Burton, Wendy

Hornby Island

Wendy

Burton

Hornby Island

My debut novel Ivy’s Tree was published by Thistledown Press in September 2020.I completed a fourth draft of Millicent, the fictionalised account of my great-great-grandmother’s life in London’s East End in the 1850s. My work with this manuscript earned me a Letter of…

Catherine Bush's latest work is the story collection, Skin (2025). She is the author of five novels, including Blaze Island (2020), a Globe and Mail Best Book and Hamilton Reads 2021 Selection; the Canada Reads long-listed Accusation (2013); the Trillium Award short-listed…

Bushkowsky, Aaron

Vancouver

Aaron

Bushkowsky

Vancouver

Aaron Bushkowsky A prolific writer, Aaron Bushkowsky is a Vancouver-based playwright, film-writer, poet, novelist, and educator. His plays have been produced across Canada and have received 9 Jessie Richardson Theatre (Vancouver Theatre awards) nominations over the last 14 years…

Bustin, Pam

Chapleau

Pam

Bustin

Chapleau

Pam Bustin was born in Regina SK and raised in a host of small towns across the prairies. She currently lives MOSTLY in Chapleau Ontario with a lovely man and 10,001 books - though she still tends to wander. Pam’s play Saddles in the Rain had its world premiere at 25th…

Butala, Sharon

Sharon

Butala

Born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, she has spent the last thirty years on a ranch in the southwest near the Saskatchewan-Montana border. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan, but didn't begin writing until she was 38, publishing her first book at 44. She is married to…

Butcher, Alan

Alan

Butcher

Alan D. Butcher was born in Vancouver, B.C. and has been writing all his life. "I wasn't much good at anything else--and my former employers will agree with me on that." He has written advertising copy, worked in the Canadian arctic, and wrote and produced the Chase Almanac for…

Butcher, Kristin

Campbell River

Kristin

Butcher

Campbell River

Teacher, mother, grandmother, and former child—Kristin Butcher taps all these resources when creating her books for young people. Kristin published her first middle grade novel in 1997 and hasn't looked back since. She now has 30 books for young people—fiction and non-fiction—…

Butler, Jenna

Victoria, BC and Barrhead, AB

Jenna

Butler

Victoria, BC and Barrhead, AB

Dr. Jenna Butler (she/her) is an award-winning poet, essayist, editor, and teacher. She is the author of three books of poetry, Seldom Seen Road, Wells, and Aphelion; a collection of ecological essays, A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of the Grizzly Trail; and the…

Butler, Paul

Lethbridge

Paul

Butler

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…

Butler Hallett, Michelle

St. John's

Michelle

Butler Hallett

St. John's

Michelle Butler Hallett is a disabled person and history nerd who writes fiction about violence, evil, love, and grace. Novels: Constant Nobody, winner of the 2022 Thomas Raddall Award for Atlantic Fiction, This Marlowe, deluded your sailors, Sky Waves, and …

Button, Lana

Burlington

Lana

Button

Burlington

Children’s Author Lana Button grew up in the tiny border town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick. She has a background in acting and is an Early Childhood Educator. Lana’s books have been highlighted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Toronto Globe and Mail. She…

Butts, Edward

Guelph

Edward

Butts

Guelph

Edward Butts has written more than two dozen books about Canadianhistory and adventure for readers of all ages. He writes factual accounts about explorers, outlaws, mysteries, disasters, lost treasure and Canadian battles. His titles include Line of Fire, The Desperate Ones,…

Toronto

Toronto

Mary Byers was born and educated in Toronto and graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in 1954 and an M.A. in 1976. Her volunteer work commenced in 1966 for the Faculty of Architecture at the U of T in Inventory of Historic Buildings, established by the Province of…

Byggdin, K.R.

Halifax

K.R.

Byggdin

Halifax

K.R. Byggdin is the author of Wonder World (Enfield & Wizenty 2022), a ReLit Award finalist and winner of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. They hold an MFA from the University of Guelph and their writing has appeared in anthologies and journals across Canada, the…

Byrne, Jake

Jake

Byrne

Jake Byrne is a poet, editor, and copywriter who lives in Tkaronto, on lands belonging to the Haudenosaunee peoples and governed by the Dish with One Spoon/Wampum Covenant. He won CV2's Foster Prize for Poetry in 2019, and he has full-length works of poetry forthcoming with…

Cabral, Esmeralda

Vancouver

Esmeralda

Cabral

Vancouver

Esmeralda Cabral was born in the Azores, Portugal, grew up in Alberta, and now lives and writes in Vancouver. She is a graduate of The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of King's College in Halifax. Her…

Cain, Noah

Winnipeg

Noah

Cain

Winnipeg

Noah Cain (M.Ed.) is a multimodal artist, teacher, critic, workshop facilitator, and arts organizer. His creative work, criticism, and academic research has been featured in publications, symposiums, and conferences across North America. He facilitates workshops on writing,…

Calabro, John

Toronto