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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
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…
Burtinshaw, Julie
Vancouver
Julie
Burtinshaw
Vancouver
Julie
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
Wendy
My debut novel Ivy’s Tree was published by Thistledown Press in September 2020. I completed a second 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…
Bush, Catherine
Catherine
Bush
Catherine Bush 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 Claire’s Head (2004), and the national bestselling The Rules…
Bush, Maureen
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
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…
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, Jenna
Barrhead County
Jenna
Butler
Barrhead County
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 Hallett, Michelle
St. John's
Michelle
Butler Hallett
St. John's
Michelle
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. Today Lana writes for young children and reads books out loud to crowds of children whenever she gets the chance.Lana’s…
Butts, Ed
Ed
Butts
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,…
Buxton, S.
Byers, Jane
Byers, Mary
Toronto
Mary
Byers
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.
K.R. Byggdin is the author of Wonder World (Enfield & Wizenty 2022), a book that explores the possibilities of queer belonging in small-town Canada. The novel won the 2023 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and was a finalist for the ReLit Award for Fiction. K.R. holds a…
Byrne, Jake
Jake
Byrne
Jake
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
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…
Cader, Fathima
Toronto
Fathima
Cader
Toronto
Fathima Cader's writing has appeared in Guernica, The New Inquiry, Hazlitt, and elsewhere. Her 2021 essay, "Elegy," was featured in the New York Times' Interpreter newsletter. In her previous life as a public interest litigator, she represented workers and unions. She has taught…
Calabro, John
Toronto
Calcaterra, Janet
Calderone, Andrew
Andrew
Calderone
Andrew
Born and raised in Toronto, Andrew Calderone wrote Borders in the Sand while roaming Central America and the Dominican Republic. His first novel, Thirsty Scholars, was crafted at the Humber School for Writers before writing and co-directing the award-…