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.
Jenny Sampirisi is the author of the novel is/was from Insomniac Press. She is the Managing Editor of BookThug where she also edits the Department of Narrative Studies imprint, which focuses on innovative prose. She is co-director of the Toronto New School of Writing, a series of reading and writing workshops designed and...
Jenny Sampirisi is at the Great Books Marquee at 1:00 PM
Robert J. Sawyer is the only Canadian and one of eight writers in history to win all three top science-fiction writing honours for best novel of the year: The Hugo Award, The Nebula Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. In addition, he's won an Arthur Ellis...
Robert J. Sawyer is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 5:15 PM
Martha Schabas was born in Toronto. She earned a B.A. in Political Science from McGill University and an M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, where she received the David Higham Literary Award. Her articles, book reviews and short fiction have appeared in The Globe and Mail, Broken...
Martha Schabas is at the Great Books Marquee at 1:00 PM
Roslyn Schwartz is the creator of the Mole Sisters series as well as several other books and films for children. In 2003, Schwartz received the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. She lives in Montreal.
Be sure to watch the trailer for Roslyn's Schwartz's latest title, The Vole Brothers...
Roslyn Schwartz is at the Children's Reading Tent at 12:30 PM
Graham F. Scott has been editor of This Magazine since 2008. Previously he worked at Canadian Business and Precedent, with publications in Maclean's, the Globe and Mail, and University of Toronto Magazine.
Graham F. Scott is at the Canadian Magazines Tent at 12:15 PM
Prior to joining HarperCollins Canada as a fiction editor in 2010, Lorissa Sengara was a freelance book editor and an editor at Canadian Art magazine. She has also worked at Book City and at Toronto’s YYZ Books. At HarperCollins, she edits and oversees the publication of the work of writers such as Glenn...
Lorissa Sengara is at the Voices 106.5FM Wordshop Marquee at 4:00 PM
Olive Senior is the prizewinning author of a dozen books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Her short story collection Summer Lightning (Longman, 1986) won the inaugural Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, and her poetry collection Over the Roofs of the World (Insomniac, 2005) was a finalist...
Olive Senior is at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 12:30 PM
Tilda Shalof is an intensive care unit nurse with twenty-seven years of experience in Israel, New York, and Canada. She is the bestselling author of Camp Nurse: My Adventures at Summer Camp, The Making of a Nurse, and A Nurse's Story: Life, Death, and In-Between in an Intensive Care Unit.
Tilda Shalof is at the Healthy Living Stage at 12:00 PM
Michelle Shephard is the Toronto Star’s national security reporter and speaks frequently on issues concerning terrorism and civil rights, appearing on CNN, NBC, Al Jazeera, BBC and CBC. She has won Canada’s top two newspaper awards – the National Newspaper Award for Investigations and the...
Michelle Shephard is at the Great Books Marquee and Toronto Star Tent at 12:30 PM and 2:00 PM
Adam Shoalts is a contributor to Canadian Geographic magazine. His writing is inspired by his remote travels, and has resulted in fascinating research studies in the Amazon rainforest to a full expedition sponsored by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. His first book, Sense of Adventure, is a riveting...
Adam Shoalts is at the Canadian Magazines Tent at 1:45 PM
Christopher Shulgan writes about parenting for Toronto's weekly magazine, The Grid. His second book is Superdad: A Memoir of Drugs, Rebellion and Fatherhood. His first, The Soviet Ambassador, was shortlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. A prolific...
Christopher Shulgan is at the Healthy Living Stage at 2:00 PM
Antanas Sileika is the author of two novels and one collection of linked short stories, Buying On Time, which was nominated for both the City of Toronto Book Award and the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. He is a freelance writer and novelist. His novel, Woman in Bronze, was a Globe...
Antanas Sileika is at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 2:30 PM
David Silverberg is the host and artistic director of Toronto Poetry Slam. His most recent book of poetry is Bags of Wires (LyricalMyrical) and he edited Canada’s first spoken word anthology, Mic Check (Quattro Press). He has performed across Canada, including Calgary, Halifax, Vancouver, Ottawa, London...
David Silverberg is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 1:45 PM
Steve Simmons is one of Canada’s best known and most provocative sports columnists. His column appears regularly in the Toronto Sun and other Sun Media and QMI publications. His signature Sunday notes column has been called “the most read page in Canadian journalism.” Author of the bestselling ...
Steve Simmons is at the Great Books Marquee at 3:00 PM
Iris Simpson has been an influential force in Canadian Fashion for more than 30 years. After completing a degree in Merchandising & Design at Ryerson, she went on to build a diverse career working in Fashion Buying, Styling and Management for companies like Holt Renfrew, Yves St Laurent, Creeds and Pi Media to name a few. Iris'...
Iris Simpson is at the Canadian Magazines Tent at 5:15 PM
Some are born with a silver spoon in their mouth – Lisa Slater arrived with a spatula. Although Lisa believes she started cooking at the age of three months, family lore says her baking career began with a pineapple upside-down cake at the age of nine.
Lisa Slater - Host is at the Cooks 'n' Books Stage at 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Dan Smithis the book editor at the Toronto Star and author of The Seventh Fire: The Struggle for Aboriginal Government.
Dan Smith - Host is at the Toronto Star Tent at 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mairlyn Smith was nominated for a Gemini as Best Host for her Food for Thought segment on Harrowsmith Country Life. In addition to writing cookbooks, she acts in films and commercials, is a voice-over actor for TV and radio commercials, and is a popular guest speaker across Canada.
Mairlyn Smith is at the Cooks 'n' Books Stage at 4:00 PM
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...
Michael Smith is at the Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage at 1:00 PM
Martin Springett has been an illustrator of fantasy book covers and children’s books since 1984 when he illustrated the covers for Guy Kay’s classic fantasy trilogy “The Fionavar Tapestry”. He has won the Aurora Award for fantasy illustration, and the Ruth Schwartz award in...
Martin Springett is at the Children's Reading Tent at 5:30 PM
Elizabeth St. Philip is an award-winning journalist with over 15 years experience producing documentary and national news stories. Elizabeth has worked for the CBC, Discovery Channel and CTV’s W5. She is currently the senior medical producer for CTV National News. Her NFB documentary, "The Colour of Beauty" explores the fashion...
Elizabeth St. Philip is at the Canadian Magazines Tent at 5:15 PM
Gwen Stegelmann is the Managing Editor of WORN Fashion Journal. Her column, "Everything I Know About Fashion I Learned From My Mother," has appeared in every issue of WORN and is universally beloved by WORN readers. G. is also a very successful part-time secretary and video store clerk, occasionally taking on fashion...
Gwen Stegelmann is at the Canadian Magazines Tent at 5:15 PM
Steven J. Stein, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and founder and CEO of Multi-Health Systems Inc., a leading psychological test publishing company. He is a former assistant professor in the psychiatry department at the University of Toronto and former adjunct professor at York University. He is the author of...
Steven Stein, Ph.D. is at the Healthy Living Stage at 3:30 PM
Patricia Storms is an award-winning cartoonist, as well as a children’s book illustrator and author. Her picture book The Pirate and the Penguin was named one of the top 10 Great Books for Children for 2011, by the Canadian Toy Testing Council. She is also the new cartoonist who draws Chirp, the much-loved yellow...
Patricia Storms - Host is at the Children's Reading Tent at 11:30 AM - 2:40 PM
Cordelia Strube was born and raised in Montreal, Cordelia trained as an actress, moving to Toronto in the 1980s. She turned to writing plays for stage and radio, and in 1987 won the CBC Literary Competition for her play Mortal. She has also won the Toronto Arts Foundation Protege Award and been shortlisted for the Prix...
Cordelia Strube is at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 4:30 PM
Born and raised in Bermuda to a Bermudian father and Jamaican mother, for Dane Swan, visiting family involved trips to small villages in Jamaica like Yallas and Land’s End, or to New York communities like Crown Heights in Brooklyn. The great story-tellers he heard in these communities were his only literary professors. At 17, Dane moved...
Dane Swan is at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 4:15 PM
