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'Leila and Khaled', a novel (Aug. 2026)
New poetry: ‘Fata Morgana’
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Short fiction writer. Queer in his bones (menacing), not always safe for work. Nerd trash who reads too many (but not enough) comic books. White settler Canadian living on lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria BC). He/they
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Poet, videopoet, valve fairy. ⚙️⛓️🧚 1/5 of the Harbour Centre Five. Author of RIG VEDA (Anstruther Press), if: prey, then: huntress (Nightwood Editions) Fall 2025
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Nature lover, gardener, sometimes writer... loves books, music and a healthy planet. Trying to be the change... not always succeeding.
Author and comic illustrator. Folklore journalism. Publisher of Black Cat Books.
Lefty. Atheist. Vegetable eating gardener. Love all animals. Anti bloodsport. Anti brexit. Save the NHS. Pro Union. Proudly woke. AuDHD. Dyslexic.
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I will not tolerate homophobes, transphobes, racists, xenophobes or ableists (not exhaustive).
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former Managing Editor at Arc poetry Magazine
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Science journalist in Flagstaff, Arizona. Author of Brave the Wild River (WW Norton, 2023), Mythical River, and Under Desert Skies. I write about science, nature, rivers, space. Trekkie! www.melissasevigny.com
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Author of the novel "The Trial of Donald H. Rumsfeld." Host of "Books and More" podcast. https://will-cooper.com/
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Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Poet, critic, etc. Author of No Depression in Heaven (2025), Sunny Ways (2023), Coast Mountain Foot (2021), Fortified Castles (2014), Fake Math (2007/2022). Bluesky user #71209.
Mohawk from Six Nations. Writer and Editor. Pro wrestling and makeup enthusiast. Horror and nail polish fanatic. She/her. Lit agent: Ron Eckel Speaking agent: rob AT transatlanticagency.com. AND THEN SHE FELL. A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND.
Tabatha Southey is a freelance writer who is based, in Toronto. She/Her. Bylines Globe and Mail, Macleans, Foreign Policy, Elle Magazine, National Post, Toronto Life, Explore Magazine and more, author of three books. 🇨🇦
Vancouver journalist. Strives to tell unique stories.
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Still an author, still an editor, new book THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN out now, it might scare you
A human. Un artiste en résidence:
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Writer/Poet, Editor. SFF/LitFic. CPO @ Augur. Work in: The Walrus, Year's Best Canadian FSF, Brick. Toronto, Canada. She/Her.
Author of MYTH. Editor of AS THE EARTH DREAMS (House of Anansi, 2025)
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Human poet/artist. Latest book NMLCT: POEMS from ECW Press. Professor at Sheridan College. Senior editor at Wolsak and Wynn. Editor-in-chief at The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing. wererabbit on Bandcamp. https://linktr.ee/paulvermeersch
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author of If I Were in a Cage I'd Reach Out for You (Nightwood, '16) & Renaissance Normcore (Nightwood '19)
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I’m a Canadian poet with eight collections of poems - Bureau of Useless Splendour forthcoming ECW press (Fall 2026). https://www.onlypoems.net/poets/chris-banks https://linktr.ee/royal.banksy
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Freelance literary editor, poet, writer. UBC MFA fiction grad. Editor @ Arc Poetry Magazine. Mad & queer. 🏳️🌈She/her. White settler living in Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. i of vii collective. margolapierreeditor.com.
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Retired CBC Vancouver Producer. BCIT Journalism instructor. Arctic born, well traveled. Lover of accordions, puppets, and good stories.
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First poetry collection, Confirm Humanity, published Oct 2025
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For All the Men... reissue (Guernica 2025)
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Portland, OR | est. 1971
Author of 7 books: fiction, poetry, self-help
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Artistic Director Vancouver Writers Fest; New Yorker cartoon aficionado; fast walker. Views are my own but you could consider adopting them. Canadian made.
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July 1. We publish fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction.
writing, multimedia, music, art, Hamilton ON Canada
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“There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
writer of THE SEVENTH TOWN OF GHOSTS, out now on McClelland and Stewart
Poet, dad, and library guy | (he/him) | Wrote a book called Transmitter and Receiver (Nightwood Editions) | Poetry editor for EVENT Magazine | lives on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ (Vancouver) raoulfernandes.com
Writer, storyteller, performer. Author of Care Of, Tomboy Survival Guide, Rebent Sinner and 10 other books. Kindling chopper, berry picker, snow shoveler, Yukoner. I like to build things. PLAYLIST is the name of my new show. www.ivancoyote.com
"End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
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Writer (TV, novels, musicals). Toronto & Montreal. Books: SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD, BONE & BREAD, MOTHER SUPERIOR. TV: MURDOCH MYSTERIES. Former columnist, game writer, narrative designer, person who liked being online.
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writer of fiction (The Paris Express, Learned by Heart, Haven, The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, Room, etc), films, plays...
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TNQ is a literary magazine that has been publishing Canadian Writers & Writing for over 40 years.
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I'm a writer from Newfoundland living in Toronto. I admire trees and like to feed people and overhear conversations; I note gestures and read books and draw pictures and listen to old music and there's a dog I walk.
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Culture Editor for The Tyee.
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Poet, writer, maker of things. Born and raised Vancouverite who now makes her home in Edmonton. Works as an editor and reviewer. Send me your manuscripts! Loves: books, cats, gardening, family, dark music and black coffee.
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Deputy Opinion Editor, @theglobeandmail.com. Former Globe and Mail/National Post Books Editor.
Author of Live to See the Day, a national bestseller. https://linktr.ee/mark.medley
Poet, writer, editor. Probably outside. My book is Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra. Unceded Coast Salish territory, Vancouver, BC.
Poet, novelist, children's picture book author. Associate Professor Emerita UBC School of Creative Writing. Canadian. www.rheatregebov.ca 🇨🇦
Archivist/Author/Poet in #yyj. Own views. Using my words for good. Rep’d by @rachkmc.bsky.social. Web: sonianicholson.com
Author, poet, chapbook-maker, teacher, lover of the spectrums, and quite often a person on a bicycle. New chapbook with Anstruther Press out in 2025!
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Poet & NYT bestselling author.
Next book: A SUIT OR A SUITCASE: POEMS (March 24, 2026)
Host of @slowdownshow.org
Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet—justly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org
New to the sky | Editor turned novelist | THE BROKEN PLACES, a Globe & Mail best book 2022, and UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT (NeWest Press) | East coaster gone west | francespeck.com
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Celebrating 80 years of literary foraging in 2025!
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2024 Winner Toronto Star SS contest| @SmokeLong Fellow 2024|Best Microfiction 2024 2025|words:The Forge,The Cincinnati Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Room Magazine, Fractured Lit+| Pushcart, Best SF noms| rep:Joanna Rasheed, Ultra Literary
Born & raised somewhere in South Vancouver. Award-winning Producer/Reporter/Radio Anchor with CBC Vancouver. News tip? Send me an email at Tarnjit.parmar@cbc.ca.
Columnist, The Globe and Mail
Author, Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed
Vancouver, Canada
I'm an Icelandic/Red River Métis poet, mother, grandmother & wife learning to live with uncertainty. Unsure which origin story to claim I choose science, & the knowing held within cells vibrating every language my Ancestors spoke. I am “Water made flesh."
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