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.
Rabindranath Maharaj is the author of five novels and three short story collections. His books have been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (twice), The Rogers Fiction Prize, The Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and the Bocas Literature Award. His most recent novel won the 2011 Trillium English...
Rabindranath Maharaj is at the Toronto Book Awards Tent at 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM
Norah McClintock is a five-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel. Although Norah is a freelance editor, she still manages to write at least one novel a year. Norah grew up in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario. This is her eleventh book...
Norah McClintock is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 12:00 PM
Conor McCreery is the Co-Creator of the Kill Shakespeare graphic novel series. He has served in both creative and business positions for film and television companies, contributed over 1,000 stories and articles for media outlets and also provided expert analysis for Canada’s Business News Network.
Conor McCreery is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 2:30 PM
Mark McEwan is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, Food Network Canada TV host of The Heat, and lead judge on Top Chef Canada. His highly acclaimed restaurants include North 44, Bymark, One, Fabbrica and the gourmet food market McEwan. McEwan is the author of Great Food at Home.
Mark McEwan is at the Cooks 'n' Books Stage at 2:00 PM
Jennifer McLagan has over 35 years’ experience in the food business as a chef, caterer, food stylist, recipe writer and cookbook author. She has been a presenter at the highly prestigious Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival MasterClass Series in Australia, and the Epicurean Classic in...
Jennifer McLagan is at the Cooks 'n' Books Stage at 1:00 PM
Peter McMahon is an online science journalist who has written and produced for such Canadian outlets as the Toronto Star, CTV.ca, YES Mag and Discovery Channel. He is an avid backyard astronomer and founder of NoticeMyScience.com, a company that promotes science through social media.
Peter McMahon is at the Children's Activity Tent at 3:00 PM
Serah-Marie McMahon is the Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of WORN Fashion Journal. She has been nominated for a National Magazine Award (Best Cover of the Year 2010) and named by Jane Pratt as a Say: 100 Voices That Matter in the style category in 2011.In 2010 she was a NOW Magazine Fashion Hero and has been...
Serah-Marie McMahon is at the Canadian Magazines Tent at 5:15 PM
Michael Moniz began painting at a young age leading to commission works that have ranged from small iconography to wall size murals. He currently works as an art director within the hospitality industry and lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Michael Moniz is at the Children's Reading Tent at 11:30 AM
Kim Moritsugu is the author of five novels, her most recent being a mystery novelette called And Everything Nice. She also leads a walking tour for Heritage Toronto, teaches creative writing at The Humber School for Writers, and writes The Hungry Novelist food blog.
Kim Moritsugu is at the Voices 106.5FM Wordshop Marquee at 5:00 PM
Evan Munday is the illustrator of the novel Stripmalling, written by Jon Paul Fiorentino (ECW Press), and is the cartoonist behind the self-published comic book, Quarter-Life Crisis, set in a post-apocalyptic Toronto. He works as a book publicist for Coach House Books. The Dead Kid Detective Agency...
Evan Munday is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 12:00 PM
Charlie is an arts educator and children’s rock singer who has played concerts, festivals and schools all across Ontario since 2001. He performs with a dancer and drummer who jam out live beats and get the crowd singing, dancing and playing percussion. He teaches primary level curriculum through song with...
Little Fingers Music is at the Children's Activity Tent at 2:00 PM
