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.
Andrew Larsen is an author and stay-at-home dad who lives with his wife and two children in Toronto. His recent picture book The Imaginary Garden (Kids Can Press) was nominated for the Ontario Library Association’s 2011 Blue Spruce Award, and the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award...
Andrew Larsen is at the Children's Reading Tent at 2:40 PM
Lesley Livingston is a writer and actor living in Toronto, Canada. Captivated at a young age by stories of mythology and folk lore, past civilizations, and legendary heroes, she developed into a full-fledged Celtic Mythology Geek, steeped in stories of the Otherworld, Faeries and King Arthur. Lesley went on to earn a...
Lesley Livingston is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 5:15 PM
Holly Luhning was raised in rural Saskatchewan but has also called New Brunswick, Montreal and now Toronto home. She holds a PhD, specializing in eighteenth-century literature, madness, and theories of the body. Her poetry and academic writing has appeared in radio, journals and anthologies. She has received a...
Holly Luhning is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 2:00 PM
