Rachel Rose’s fiction debut, The Octopus Has Three Hearts, was published by Douglas & McIntyre in 2021, and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. She is the author of four collections of poetry, including Marry & Burn, which received a 2016 Pushcart Prize, and…

Jessica Rose is a writer, editor and arts organizer who lives and works in Hamilton, Ontario. A passionate advocate for people and places, she works for a number of not-for-profit organizations focused on literacy, the arts, the environment, health and food security. A graduate…

Josh Rosen is a Toronto-based cartoonist and illustrator. He is the co-creator of graphic novels The Good Fight with author Ted Staunton (Scholastic Canada, 2021), History Comics: World War II with author Kate Hannigan (First Second Books, 2023) and author of the upcoming…

Rachel A. Rosen is the author of Cascade (The Sleep of Reason Book 1) and the co-author of The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food You Can Make So You Don't Die. She is an activist, graphic designer, and for her sins, a high school teacher. In a previous life, she published two long-…

Bev Katz Rosenbaum is the author of several works of fiction. She has worked as a fiction and magazine editor, and has taught writing at the college level. Currently, Bev juggles freelance fiction editing with writing books for teens. Her newest YA novel, I'm Good and Other Lies…

Rebecca Rosenblum is the author of two collections of short stories, Once (winner of the Metcalf-Rooke Award) and The Big Dream, both published by Biblioasis, and the novel So Much Love, published by McClelland and Stewart. Her first work of non-fiction, These Days Are Numbered…

Gary Ross was born in Toronto in 1948 and graduated from the University of Toronto. He made his living for many years as a magazine writer and editor, and now spends his time writing his own books and editing and publishing other people's books on behalf of Macfarlane, Walter…

STUART ROSS is the winner of the 2023 Trillium Book Prize and the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Harbourfront Festival Prize. He is a Cobourg-based fiction writer, poet, editor, translator, and creative-writing instructor. He has been active in the Toronto literary scene…

CLAIRE HOLDEN ROTHMAN is a Montreal writer and translator, whose third novel, Lear’s Shadow (2018) won the 2019 Vine Award for Jewish Canadian Fiction and was short-listed for the 2020 Jacob Isaac Segal Award for Best Quebec Book on a Jewish Theme. Her second novel, My October (…

Nancy-Gay Rotstein is a writer of both poetry and fiction.  Her books of poetry include Through the Eyes of a Woman, Taking Off, and China: Shockwaves.  Her latest collection is This Horizon and Beyond: Poems Selected and New, which has been published in Canada, the United…

Jennifer Rouse Barbeau is a writer and illustrator.  Dying Hour (Fluid Grouse Enterprises, 2019), as a finalist in the 2020 Whistler Independent Book Awards for fiction, was celebrated as one of the three best independent Canadian works of fiction in 2020. This novella is part…

William Rowe was born in Grand Bank, Newfoundland. He is a Rhodes Scholar and holds an MA, Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford. Rowe is a former minister of the Newfoundland government, a lawyer, a media commentator, and a radio open line host. He has read at…

Almost nothing makes me want to accidentally/on-purpose glue my hands together more than to be asked to write my biography, so instead I will simply say that I love to write, I love to read and I will try just about anything including unsticking my hands to do it. I live in…

Zoë S. Roy, born in China, an ardent reader even during the Cultural Revolution, channels her passion for women’s cross-cultural experiences into her literary fiction. Her publications include Spinster Kang (2019), which earned a spot at the Toronto International Festival of…

Ian Roy is a writer, screen printer, and educator. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including The Antigonish Review, Arc, Long Con Magazine and The New Quarterly. He is the author of five books, including the short story collection, People Leaving, which…

Pam Royl is a fiction writer of women’s stories, inspired by history. Her first novel, The Last Secret, was published by Blue Denim Press in September of 2022 and was nominated for The Giller Prize. Other published work includes Listening to the Land and What She Learned in Hill…

N.E. Rule attended Metropolitan Toronto University for both creative writing and business communications. Her writing portfolio includes software specs, marketing copy, and training materials. However, her passion is speculative fiction. It wasn't until the pandemic she had the…

Dr. Sharanpal Ruprai (she/her) is an Associate Professor and is the Chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Dr. Ruprai is an internationally recognized writer, her début poetry collection, Seva was shortlisted for the Stephan G.…

I reside in Southern Ontario and I am a full professor at SUNY Empire State University in Buffalo, New York, where I teach History and Labour Studies.  My current research focuses on labour and management in Canada and the United States from the 1940s to the 2000s. My latest…