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.
Ian Hamilton has been a journalist, a senior executive with the federal government, a diplomat, and a businessman with international links. He has written for several magazines and newspapers in Canada and the U.S., including Maclean’s, Boston Magazine, Saturday Night, Regina Leader Post...
Ian Hamilton is at the Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage at 2:15 PM
Heather Hartt-Sussman was born in Montreal, graduated from Brandeis University and attended the Sorbonne. She has been a copywriter for BCP in Montreal; a reporter for the Hollywood Reporter; editor-in-chief of international news for TV Guide in French Canada, where she also wrote the popular column “Heather...
Heather Hartt-Sussman is at the Children's Reading Tent at 1:00 PM
Alyxandra Harvey studied creative writing and literature at York University and has had her poetry published in several magazines. When not writing, she is a belly dancer and jewelry maker. She lives in an old farmhouse in Ontario with her husband, hawk, and two dogs.
Alyxandra Harvey is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 3:30 PM
Kenneth J. Harvey is the internationally bestselling author of Blackstrap Hawco, Inside, and The Town That Forgot How to Breathe. He has won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, the Winterset Award, and Italy's Libro Del Mare. He lives in an...
Kenneth J. Harvey is at the Great Books Marquee at 12:00 PM
Christopher Heard has published biographies of Kiefer Sutherland, Britney Spears, and Johnny Depp, among others, during his 13 years as a TV interviewer and film reviewer for the shows Gilmour on the Arts and Reel to Real. Heard currently co-hosts the radio travel show Planes, Trains and...
Christopher Heard is at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 3:45 PM
Amanda Hiebert was a member of the Toronto Poetry Slam Team from 2003-2009. She has featured in over two hundred literary events throughout North America, most recently opening for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Amanda’s poetry has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, and is also a published...
Amanda Hiebert is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 4:30 PM
Dalton Higgins blogs about the racier aspects of the book industry for Open Book Toronto. Higgins has received a Canadian National Magazine Award, was handpicked as one of 30 Torontonians by the Toronto Star to blog about ways to make the city more livable and is widely regarded as Canada's foremost expert on hip hop...
Dalton Higgins is at the Healthy Living Stage at 2:00 PM
Cornelia Hoogland has published five poetry collections, most recently, Woods Wolf Girl. Her poetry has been published internationally and has been short-listed for the CBC Literary Awards on multiple occasions. Hoogland is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario, and is the founder and...
Cornelia Hoogland is at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 3:30 PM
More nutritious, modern, and utterly delicious recipes from the award-winning restaurants! Long-time patrons of Fresh know what to expect: scrumptious meatless meals made from all-natural, wholesome ingredients, full of exotic flavours and energy-boosting nutrients designed to make them feel incredible. In their new cookbook, founder ...
Jennifer Houston is at the Cooks 'n' Books Stage at 11:15 AM
Peter Howell is the movie critic for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. Howell is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) and Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA). He also contributes to thestar.com website and to TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies show...
Peter Howell is at the Toronto Star Tent at 12:00 PM
