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.
Jessica Westhead is a Toronto writer and editor. Her fiction has appeared in major literary journals in Canada and the U.S., including Geist, The New Quarterly, The Antigonish Review, Matrix, and Indiana Review. Her short story “Unique and Life-Changing Items” was...
Jessica Westhead is at the Great Books Marquee at 2:15 PM
Nathan Whitlock is the author of A Week of This: A Novel in Seven Days (ECW Press). His writing and reviews have appeared in the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Maisonneuve, Best Canadian Essays 2009, and elsewhere. He is an associate editor at Toronto Life, and the former...
Nathan Whitlock - Host is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 11:45 AM - 2:30 PM
Lisa Whittington-Hill has been This Magazine's publisher since 2005. She also works as a circulation and marketing consultant for small magazines and is a fundraising consultant with Magazines Canada's Travelling Consultants Program.
Lisa Whittington-Hill is at the Canadian Magazines Tent at 12:15 PM
Ann-Marie Williamsis the director of the Movement Lab, a dance school for kids in Leslieville. She is a certified teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance and often writes for The Dance Current. She lives in Toronto.
Be sure to watch the trailer for Learn to Speak Dance:...
Ann-Marie Williams is at the Children's Activity Tent at 1:15 PM
Nicola Winstanley has always loved to write; but it wasn’t until her daughter was born that she started writing stories for children. Nicola considers herself lucky because she gets to read children's books all the time — it's the best part of the day for her. She’s also lucky because she gets to...
Nicola Winstanley is at the Children's Reading Tent at 11:50 AM
Kari-Lynn Winters is a picture book author, poet, and performer. After finishing her doctoral program at UBC in literacy education, Kari-Lynn assumed her new job as Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, where she teaches drama-in-education to and mentors...
Kari-Lynn Winters - Host is at the Children's Activity Tent at 2:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Heather J. Wood was born and raised in Montreal. She now lives and writes in Toronto. Tightrope Books published her first novel, Fortune Cookie, in 2009.
Heather J. Wood is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 3:30 PM
Stuart Woods is the editor of Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine about the book trade. His book reviews have appeared in The Walrus.
Stuart Woods - Host is at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 2:30 PM - 5:45 PM
