Authors

 

Since 1990, The Word On The Street has proudly hosted some of the finest talent in Canadian literature. Our 20th festival is shaping up to be one of our best yet. Check out all of the confirmed authors, performers and storytellers on the right hand page!  Stay tuned as further author announcements are made over the next few weeks!

 

 

Please select a letter to view the amazing lineup for 2009!

 

 

John Bemrose

Bonnie Burnard

Kenneth Oppel

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Greg Kearney

Greg Kearney is a runner-up for the third annual Dayne Ogilvie Memorial Grant. Mommy Daddy Baby was his short fiction debut in 2005.

Deirdre Kelly

Deirdre Kelly was an award-winning dance critic before becoming a fashion columnist, reporting from Paris and Milan. In Paris Times Eight, she recounts eight visits to Paris, the city that inspired and shaped her growth to womanhood.

Michelle Kelly

 Michelle Kelly has worked as a writer and editor in the Canadian magazine industry for ten years and is a lifelong Rideau Lakes cottager.

Lauren Kirshner

Lauren Kirshner is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Masters of English in the field of Creative Writing, where she was mentored by Margaret Atwood. Her award-winning writing has appeared in such publications as Exile Quarterly, NOW magazine, and the Hart House Review. She lives in Toronto.

Barbara Klunder

Barbara W. Klunder’s work can be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and at other institutions across Canada.

Adrienne Kress

Adrienne Kress is a novelist, playwright and actress born and raised in Toronto. She received great critical acclaim for her first novel, Alex and the Ironic Gentleman.

 

Fides Krucker

Fides Krucker is a leading performer of contemporary vocal music in Canada and abroad. Krucker’s expertise in teaching groups has taken her from Whitehorse to Tel Aviv.