Will Richter is a writer living in Vancouver, BC. His debut story collection, Just a Howl, is forthcoming from Dundurn Press/Rare Machines (spring, 2027). In 2023 he received the CBC Short Story Prize, and other stories have appeared in The Threepenny Review, Witness, Alaska…

Kelly-Anne Riess is an award-winning freelance journalist and poet who lives in Regina. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette, the Vancouver Sun and other newspapers across the country. She has travelled across North America working on…

A writer and documentary-maker, I live with my partner in rural eastern Ontario, Canada.  It’s a half-wild place, where I find the view clearer than in the surge and tumult of the mainstream. From here I generate books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries,…

Scot Ritchie is an author and an illustrator. He has written 18 books for children and illustrated many more. His books have been translated into numerous languages including Chinese, Polish, French, Japanese and Arabic. Scot has worked with the National Film Board of…

Erika Ritter was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and educated at McGill University in Montreal and the University of Toronto, specializing in drama. She lives mainly in Toronto, where she works as a playwright, radio dramatist, novelist, humourist, short fiction writer and radio…

Ken Rivard has lived in Calgary since 1976. Born in Montreal, he received his Masters Degree from McGill University. Aside from freelance writing, Ken currently works part-time as a university instructor. He has presented dozens of successful writing workshops at all levels…

Filipino Canadian writer Patria Rivera’s first poetry collection, Puti/White (Frontenac House Media, Calgary, Alberta, 2005), was shortlisted for the 2006 Canadian Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Rivera has also published three other books of poems: The Bride Anthology (…

Raquel Rivera is a writer, artist, performer and author of books for children and teens. Based in Montreal since 1999, she’s published five books for young readers. Prior to this she lived and worked as a copywriter in Washington DC, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, as well as…

I can’t remember a time without writing. A lifetime ago, I kicked off a journalism career as a copy runner, getting the copy from the newsroom to paste-up in the basement of my local newspaper. Since then, I’ve worked as a writer at daily newspapers, magazines, and online…

Clea Roberts lives in Whitehorse, Yukon on the Takhini River. Her poetry has been translated and published internationally and has been nominated for the League of Canadian Poets Gerald Lampert Award, the ReLit Award and a National Magazine Award. She has received…

Sheilah writes children's fiction and non-fiction. She published her first book, For Maids Who Brew and Bake, in 2003 and then released a second edition in 2010. This book is a historical look at 17th century Newfoundland. With excerpts from old English manuscripts and…

Dana Robertson lives in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. She completed a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Psychology with Trent University in Peterborough Ontario, followed by a graduate creative writing program with the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, Ontario. Formerly…

Born in the UK and raised in northern British Columbia, Patricia Robertson has lived in Spain, London, Yukon, and elsewhere. Her third fiction collection, Hour of the Crab, was named co-winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction at the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards. Her first…

J. Jill Robinson, B.A., M.A. (Calgary), M.F.A. (Fairbanks). Born June 16, 1955 in Langley, B.C. Was married to poet Steven Ross Smith; one son, born 1995, Emmett H Robinson Smith. Writer of fiction both short and long, and of creative non-fiction. Writer-in-Residence, Regina…

Barbara Robinson is an author of contemporary and historical romance set against a backdrop of magical realism. She is known for world building that features rich and immersive detail supported by meticulous research and careful observation. She finds inspiration in myths,…

Jennifer Robinson lives and writes on Treaty 1 territory (Winnipeg, MB). She is a National Magazine Award Gold Medalist and the winner of the 2026 International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir. Her work can be found in River Teeth’s Beautiful Things, The Dalhousie Review, Prairie…

Eden Robinson is a Haisla/Heiltsuk author who grew up in Haisla, British Columbia.  Her first book, Traplines, a collection of short stories, won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998.  Monkey Beach, her first…

Jennifer Robson is the international bestselling author of Somewhere in France, After the War is Over and Moonlight Over Paris. She holds a doctorate in British economic and social history from Saint Antony’s College, University of Oxford, where she was a…

Margaret Rodgers is a writer, artist, and curator. Over COVID she embarked on a coming-of-age memoir titled Maple Park. She is the author of Locating Alexandra (Toronto: ECW, 1995) about Painters Eleven artist and Oshawa resident Alexandra Luke. Her essays, articles and reviews…

Introduction: Bilingual writer, educator and journalist Carmen Rodríguez was born in Chile and moved to Vancouver following the military coup of 1973 in her native country. She has worked as instructor and professor across a range of disciplines – from literature and…

Stan Rogal was born in Vancouver, now lives and writes in Toronto. Work has appeared in numerous publication in Canada, the US and Europe. The author of 27 books: 8 novels, 7 story and 12 poetry. He has an MA English from York University. 

Gina Roitman is a novelist, short story writer, biographer, and writing coach. Her work has been featured in anthologies including The New Spice Box, Wherever I Find Myself, and Living Legacies. Since 2018, she has been conducting writing workshops for The Generations After of…

Author of successful Hockey Superstars annual. This annual has been published since 1986 by Scholastic Publishing and has, by their estimates, reached the hands of over 2 million young readers via trade and, primarily, school book clubs across Canada. The book is…