Member Directory
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Vancouver
Vancouver
Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author based in Vancouver. His first book, The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization was a finalist for a PEN/E.O. Wilson Award and a California Book Award. You can learn the basic ideas behind the…
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Ottawa
Calgary
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Lunenburg
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Toronto
Toronto
Award-winning freelance writer and book author Lisa Bendall grew up near Ottawa and was educated at the University of Toronto. Her articles have appeared in many of Canada's top magazines such as Reader’s Digest and Zoomer. Lisa often writes on health and family topics, and has…
Burlington
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Toronto
Toronto
Gail Benick is a writer and educator.. Her debut novel, The Girl Who Was Born That Way, was published by Inanna Publications and Education in 2015. Benick earned ann M. Phil. from the City University of New York and an M.Ed. from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of…
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Brockville
Brockville
Writer and comedian Carolyn Bennett cut her teeth performing at Yuk Yuks and hasn't stopped bleeding since. Selected TV credits include This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC COMICS, Chilly Beach and The NHL Awards. Produced radio plays include Mixed Media, and Pure Convenience. Produced…
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Steven Benstead has published two novels,The Wooing of a Lady (1978) and Driving Blind (1998). His short fiction has appeared in The Fiddlehead, The Dalhousie Review, The Journey Prize: Stories 25, Grain Magazine, Prairie Fire, and The Antigonish Review. He also wrote the text…
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Foothills
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Nanoose Bay
Nanoose Bay
B.R. Bentley has lived in Bermuda, Canada and South Africa while engaged in a global business career. An enthusiastic sailor, scuba diver and occasional art collector, he draws on the experiences from his travels, work, and recreational pursuits to facilitate his writing. A…
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P.O.Box 128, Charlottetown, NL, A0C 1L0
P.O.Box 128, Charlottetown, NL, A0C 1L0
Sharon Berg released two books in September 2019 and two more in September 2020. She writes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, book reviews, and articles.Sharon released her debut collection of short fiction called 'Naming the Shadows' (Porcupines Quill. 2019). Next, was a cross-genre…
Nepean
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Smithfield
Smithfield
Johanna Bertin is a freelance writer who makes her home in Smithfield, New Brunswick. She is the author of two non-fiction books focusing on unusual events in Canadian history, a narrative history of Sable Island, a children’s biography of Sir Charles Tupper, a story in an …
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Toronto
Toronto
Travelling and writing have always been Dennison Berwick's passions. "There's too much of the world to see, and too many fascinating people to meet, to stay in one place for too long," says the sailor, storyteller and nomad. Born in Yorkshire, England, he emigrated to Canada in…