Sunday September 23, 2012 at Queen's Park, 11am - 6pm
Featured Authors
Guy Vanderhaeghe’s previous fiction includes The Last Crossing, The Englishman’s Boy, Things as they Are, Homesick, My Present Age, and Man Descending. Among the many awards and honours he has received are Canada Reads, the Governor General’s Awards (twice), the Writers’ Trust Timothy Findley Award, and the Harbourfront Festival Prize. He lives in Saskatchewan.
Sylvia Tyson was for eighteen years one half of the internationally renowned folk duo Ian and Sylvia, who shared a manager with such luminaries as Bob Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin, and Peter, Paul and Mary. Sylvia Tyson has recorded ten solo albums since the duo split in 1975, and since 2000 has been recording and performing with the group Quartette. Tyson is a member of the Order of Canada and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. She lives in Toronto.
Michael Smith is the bestselling author of Chef at Home and The Best of Chef at Home as well as the star of several Food Network TV shows including Chef at Home. A passionate advocate of simple, sustainable flavours, he led the team of chefs that cooked for the world’s Olympians at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. He lives on Prince Edward Island with his son Gabriel.
Natasha Turner, N.D., is a leading naturopathic doctor and an authority on hormonal and digestive concerns. She is the founder of Clear Medicine, a Canadian-based wellness boutique that provides integrated health care. As a health consultant and educator, Dr. Turner lectures across Canada, appears frequently in the media and has contributed to the creation of two commercial weight-loss programs, which have helped to transform many lives.
Cary Fagan is an award-winning children’s author who has also written several adult novels and has been an editor and contributor to several magazines and newspapers, including the Globe and Mail and the Montreal Gazette. His work has won the City of Toronto Book Award and the Jewish Book...
Cary Fagan is at the Children's Reading Tent at 12:10 PM and 1:40 PM
- Terry Fallis’s first book, The Best Laid Planswon the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, and was selected the 2011 winner of CBC’s Canada Reads competition. His follow-up novel is The High Road. Terry Fallis is a skilled public speaker who relishes book promotion. He is the head of the public...
Terry Fallis is at the The Remarkable Reads Tent at 12:30 PM
Frankie Flowers (aka Frank Ferragine) reaches over 1 million Canadians each week as the gardening expert for BT Toronto, CityLine and City TV News, and also writes a column forCanadian Living. His family business, Bradford Greenhouses, is one of Canada’s largest...
Frankie Flowers is at the Healthy Living Stage at 4:30 PM
James FitzGerald is a journalist and author whose first book, Old Boys: The Powerful Legacy of Upper Canada College, was a controversial inside look at the attitudes and mores of Canada’s ruling class. The article that sparked What Disturbs Our Blood won a National Magazine Award.
James FitzGerald is at the Toronto Book Awards Tent at 1:30 PM and 5:00 PM
Sue Carter Flinn is the Web Editor for Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine of book news and reviews, and the former Arts & Deputy Editor for The Coast, Halifax’s alt-weekly newspaper.
Sue Carter Flinn - Host is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 2:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Charles Foran is the author of eight previous books, including the novels Carolan’s Farewell and House on Fire, and the award-winning non-fiction work The Last House of Ulster. Born and raised in Toronto, he has taught at universities in China, Hong Kong and Canada. He has made...
Charles Foran is at the The Remarkable Reads Tent at 4:00 PM
Nan Forler was born in Elmira, Ontario and has degrees in both music and education. She has taught junior kindergarten through to grade eight for over twenty years. For several years, she ran a cooking school for kids, where she shared her love of seasonal foods with children and their parents. Her first children’s book...
Nan Forler is at the Children's Activity Tent at 12:15 PM
Brian Francis’ first novel, Fruit, was a 2009 Canada Reads finalist. It was also named one of NOWMagazine’s Top 10 Books of the Year, picked as a Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers” selection and was an Extended Book Sense Pick. Francis is a recipient of the Writers...
Brian Francis is at the Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage and Great Books Marquee at 2:15 PM and 4:00 PM
Jeremy Freed is the editor of Sharp magazine, Canada's largest men's lifestyle publication, where he has worked since Sharp's launch in 2008. He has a degree in theatre and English from Bishop's University.
Jeremy Freed is at the Canadian Magazines Tent at 1:00 PM
Liza Fromer is a widely respected broadcast journalist. She earned a degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University and, for five years, hosted City TV’s Breakfast Television. Liza was then offered the chance to host her own series, “The List,” for the SLICE...
Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein MD is at the Children's Reading Tent at 1:20 PM
Alison Fryer has been running The Cookbook Store since its inception in 1983. She has been a judge for international cookbook awards and is a regular contributor to radio and television. www.cook-book.com
Alison Fryer - Host is at the Cooks 'n' Books Stage at 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
