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.
Mohit Rajhans is an esteemed film critic who reviews films on CBC Toronto’s Metro Morning. He is a father of three and has highlighted his family interaction in articles on Sweetmama.ca and in features on City TV’s Cityline. A segment producer for Breakfast Television on City TV, his work on Omni Television...
Mohit Rajhans is at the Healthy Living Stage at 2:00 PM
Karen Reczuch has illustrated many children’s books, including The Auction by Jan Andrews, a Governor General’s Award Finalist, Just Like New by Ainslie Manson, which was shortlisted for the IODE (National Chapter) Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award and won the Amelia Frances...
Karen Reczuch is at the Children's Reading Tent at 4:50 PM
Prominent Toronto criminal lawyer, Robert Rotenberg, broke into the world of fiction by landing a New York agent and publisher and sales in nine other countries for his debut murder mystery novel set in Toronto, Old City Hall, which was published to great acclaim. The Guilty Plea, his most recent crime novel,...
Robert Rotenberg is at the Voices 106.5FM Wordshop Marquee at 1:00 PM
Emma Ruby-Sachs' journalism has been published in The Nation and The Huffington Post. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of Toronto law school, Ruby-Sachs lived in South Africa for periods in 2003 and 2004 while studying. She has worked as a civil litigator in Windsor and Toronto and...
Emma Ruby-Sachs is at the Great Books Marquee at 3:30 PM
Nicholas Ruddock's writing has been published in The Dalhousie Review, The Antigonish Review, Fiddlehead, Prism International, Grain, sub-Terrain, Event, and Exile. His short story "How Eunice Got Her Baby" was published in the Journey Prize Anthology in 2007, and a short film adaptation, narrated by Gordon...
Nicholas Ruddock is at the Toronto Book Awards Tent at 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM
