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Sunday September 23, 2012 at Queen's Park, 11am - 6pm

Since 1990, The Word On The Street has proudly hosted some of the finest talent in Canadian literature. Our 22nd festival is shaping up to be another great one. 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 2011!

 

 

Featured Authors

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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.
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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.
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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.
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More nutritious, modern, and utterly delicious recipes from the award-winning restaurants! Long-time patrons of Fresh know what to expect: scrumptious meatless meals made from all-natural, wholesome ingredients, full of exotic flavours and energy-boosting nutrients designed to make them feel incredible. In their new cookbook, founder ...

Ruth Tal is at the Cooks 'n' Books Stage at 11:15 AM
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Tanya Talaga is a provincial affairs writer at the Star’s Queen’s Park Bureau. Before covering provincial affairs, she was a health reporter at the Star for 8 years. During that time she covered the SARS crisis, medical advances and the Walkerton disaster. She has twice been a finalist for the...

Tanya Talaga is at the Toronto Star Tent at 1:00 PM
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Claire Tansey joined Chatelaine as Food Editor in 2010. She has a diverse background in the food industry including working as a chef, writer, teacher, product developer and restaurant critic. Prior to joining Chatelaine Claire was the Food Editor of Canadian House & Home magazine and the Chef of...

Claire Tansey is at the Canadian Magazines Tent at 11:30 AM
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Scott Thornley has had a diverse career, from designing the Gemini Award for the Academy of Canadian Television to the logos for Mary Poppins and The Little Mermaid. As president and creative director of Scott Thornley + Company, Thornley has worked for twenty years with the pillars of the Canadian and...

Scott Thornley is at the The Remarkable Reads Tent at 11:30 AM
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Teresa Toten is an award-winning writer who was born in Zagreb, Croatia, but left for Canada on that same day. Although she’s lived in Toronto for most of her life, Teresa has also lived in Delhi (Ontario), Montreal, Ottawa, and New York. She developed her broad taste in reading as a result of her non-English-speaking...

Teresa Toten is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 3:30 PM
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Matthew J. Trafford received his MFA from the University of British Columbia’s Optional-Residency Creative Writing Program. His fiction has appeared in The Malahat Review and Matrix and has been anthologized in I.V. Lounge Nights and Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow...

Matthew J. Trafford is at the Great Books Marquee at 2:15 PM
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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...

Natasha Turner is at the Healthy Living Stage at 11:00 AM
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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. Their hits included “Four Strong Winds” and “You Were on My Mind.” Sylvia Tyson has recorded ten...

Sylvia Tyson is at the Great Books Marquee at 5:15 PM