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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Andrew Larsen

Andrew Larsen is the author of Bella and the Bunny and lives in Toronto with his wife, son and daughter.

 

Suki Lee

Sukie Lee is a local Toronto writer. She has an MA from Concordia University's Creative Writing and English Literature program.

N. Gitanjali Lena

N. Gitanjali Lena is a criminal defence lawyer and Sri-Lankan Canadian queer woman of Tamil and Sinhalese ancestry.

Chang Liu

Chang Liu is a long-time resident of Toronto. When he isn’t tilling his poems or printing out tomato sprouts, he might be seen giving his joints a tune-up before a dance performance.

Celia Lottridge

Celia Lottridge is a Toronto-based storyteller and founder of the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program.

Bruce Lourie

Bruce Lourie is an environmental professional with expertise in toxic pollution and mercury. He is president of the Ivey Foundation.

Patricia Lovett-Reid

Patricia Lovett-Reid, CFP, is Senior Vice President with TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. The author of six books, she is the host of MoneyTalk, a weekly program on Business News Network and one of Canada's leading authorities on wealth management.