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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Charles Pachter

Charles Pachter is an artist, historian, and a Member of the Order of Canada. His work has been shown at the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the McMichael Gallery, and can be seen on the walls of the College Street Subway Station.

Gordon Pape

Gordon Pape is Canada’s best-known financial author and the publisher of four investment newsletters, including The Income Investor, Mutual Funds Update and the Internet Wealth Builder. He has authored or co-authored over 40 books and has spoken at hundreds of seminars in Canada and the United States.

Archer Pechawis

Archer Pechawis is a media-integrated performing artist, New Media artist, writer, curator, teacher and dad. He has been creating solo performance works since 1984.

Joe Pernice

Joe Pernice is a critically acclaimed musician, producer and writer. He has written and recorded prolifically with the Scud Mountain Boys and his current band, the Pernice Brothers.  A collection of cover songs from his latest novel It Feels So Good When I Stop was released in August 2009.

Richard Poplak

Richard Poplak's first book, the highly acclaimed Ja, No, Man: Growing Up White in Apartheid-era South Africa, was long listed for the Alan Paton Non-Fiction prize and voted one of the Top 10 books of 2007 by NOW Magazine.