Jan Drabek was born in Prague in 1935; he came to Canada in 1965, after 17 years in the U.S., India, Austria, and Germany. He received a B.A. in English literature from American University in Washington, D.C. He taught high school in Vancouver for 10 years during the 1960s and…

Born in 1943 in Toronto. Raised and educated in Toronto, Miami Beach, Florida, and Ottawa. Received Arts degree and graduate diploma in Child Study from the University of Toronto in 1965 and 1966, respectively. Special student in Department of Religion at Carleton University,…

Penny is an author, a bookseller, and a storyteller who lives in Victoria, BC. Originally from Toronto, she received a degree in Literature from Trinity College, University of Toronto and on the side, attended the Storytellers’ School of Toronto. For many years, Penny shared…

Adrienne Drobnies is a poet and scientist. Her first book of poetry Salt and Ashes (Signature Editions, 2019) won the Fred Kerner Award from the Canadian Authors Association and was longlisted for the Fred Cogswelll Award for Excellence in Poetry. Adrienne has a doctorate in…

Kelly Norah Drukker is a poet and nonfiction writer. Her debut collection of poems, Small Fires (McGill-Queen’s University Press), won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and the Concordia University First Book Prize, and was a finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal (2016…

Marilyn is a Luso-Canadian writer whose writing has appeared in various print and online journals including Longleaf Review, Emerge Literary Journal, and The Tishman Review. Her work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts…

Isabel is a Luso-Canadian writer. Her stage play, BINGO BABES, won the Samuel French Canadian Playwright’s contest, and is published by Samuel French, Inc. Excerpts from this play are included in the Drama anthologies, The Best Stage Scenes of 2022 and The Best Women's Stage…

Paulette Dubé was born in Northern Alberta and that geology / geography has shaped her writing beyond anything else.  That said, watching her third sister come into the world via the kitchen table, hooked her into creation and miracles. Paulette has published several books —…

Although I've written several biographies, it's hard for me to write my own life story. Where do I begin? My parents were Holocaust survivors who came to Toronto after World War II. Because we were very poor, there was no money to buy "extras". So I grew up in a house without…

Stewart is an author based in Ottawa, Canada. He began his career in film and video production, working as a scriptwriter, director, cameraman and editor. His work was nominated for Gemini and CASBY awards and won accolades from the Yorkton Film Festival, the New York Film…

Dora Dueck is the award-winning author of three novels, a collection of short fiction, and most recently, a non-fiction book, Return Stroke: essays & memoir, as well as articles, essays, reviews, and stories in a variety of journals. Her novel This Hidden Thing won the…

Mo Duffy Cobb is the co-founder and editor director of Pownal Street Press. She holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction, and is the author of Unpacked: from PEI to Palawan (Pottersfield Press, 2017), The Chemistry of Innovation: Regis Duffy and…

Jacqueline Dumas was born in Castor, Alberta on April 19, 1946. She now lives in Nova Scotia, but she was a participant in Edmonton’s cultural life for many years – as writer, teacher, activist, and independent bookseller. Her creative work includes three published novels, a…

Carol B. Duncan is a chronicler of human stories of migration, community and identity especially those on the margins of empire. She teaches religion and culture at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her academic work focuses on trans-Atlantic connections linking Africa, Europe, Asia…

Jess Dunkin is a settler writer and researcher living in Sǫ̀mba K’è (Yellowknife, NT), in Akaitcho Territory (Treaty 8), the homeland of the Yellowknives Dene. She is a graduate of The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University and has a PhD in Canadian history from Carleton…

Deborah Dunleavy is an award-winning Literary Artist with over 30 years of professional experience in creating, producing and touring her programs both nationally and internationally. ‘Unsayable Absence’ an historical fiction set between the years of 1900 and 1932 had a premier…

Writer and musician M.D. Dunn (Mark D. Dunn) has performed for 40 years, and released ten albums. His articles, reviews, and poems have been widely published. Mark teaches writing, research, poetry, and music history at Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology. 

Claire is a writer, story editor and producer. Her first novel, At Last Count, was released by Invisible Publishing in June, 2022. It’s a coming-of-age tale for adult readers about Paisley Ratchford, a birder living with OCD who is forced to confront sudden change and eviction…

Norma Dunning is a Padlei Inuk writer, professor and grandmother. She has published five books to date: 2022 - Kinauvit? (what's your name) - nonfiction - Douglas&McIntyre 2021 - Tainna (the unseen ones) - short stories - GG (2021) 2022 - Akia (the other side) - poetry -…

Kristyn Dunnion grew up in Essex County, the southern most tip of Canada, and now makes her home in Toronto. She has authored six books including "Stoop City" (Biblioasis, 2020), winner of the 2021 ReLit Award for short fiction, and "Tarry This Night" (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017…