Authors

 

Since 1990, The Word On The Street has proudly hosted some of the finest talent in Canadian literature. Our 21st 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!

 

 

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Victoria Walsh

Victoria WalshChatelaine's associate food editor, Victoria Walsh spends her days developing, testing, writing and editing recipes. In between cooking up delicious dishes and writing them, she appears in Cooking Class videos and writes her In the Kitchen blog for Chatelaine.com. See her on the Cooks ‘n’ Books stage at 3:00.

Michael Wex

Michael Wex

Michael Wex is the author of Born to Kvetch; Just Say Nu; and How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck). He lives in Toronto with his wife and daughter. Join him in The Remarkable Reads Tent at 4:30.

Nathan Whitlock

Nathan Whitlock

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, Report on Business, Fashion magazine, Maisonneuve, Best Canadian Essays 2009, and elsewhere. He is the Books for Young People editor for Quill & Quire magazine. He is hosting the Great Books Marquee from 11:00 – 2:15.

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson is the curator of the online literary voyeurism project SeenReading.com; founder of Book Madam & Associates (BookMadam.com), a hub for creative thinking in publishing; past guest host of the CBC's online book club; and co-founder of The Advent Book Blog. See her on the Digital Drive stage at 4:00 with Nina Lassam, Mark Leslie Lefebvre and Anita Windisman.

Anita Windisman

Anita Windisman

Anita Windisman is the founder and President of One of a Kind Publishing Inc., a company specializing in the personalization of content in the form of books and eBooks.  Her expertise includes eBusiness strategy development, online content delivery, and social media. Anita is author of the book Business Lessons I Learned from Barbie. She is moderating an e-publishing panel on the Digital Drive stage at 12:30 and discussing Social Media at 4:00 with Nina Lassam, Mark Leslie Lefebvre and Julie Wilson.

Frieda Wishinsky - Adopt an Author

Frieda Wishinsky

Frieda Wishinsky is the award-winning author of Please, Louise!; You’re Mean, Lily Jean; and the Canadian Flyer Adventures series. She lives in Toronto. See her in the Children’s Activity Tent at 11:30 and in the Children’s Reading Tent at 12:10.

Richard B. Wright - Adopted by Judy Dunn and The Editing Company

Richard B. Wright

Richard B. Wright is the author of eleven previous novels including Clara Callan, a #1 bestseller that won the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, the Trillium Book Award and the CBA Libris Awards for Best Book and Author of the Year. The Age of Longing was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award. Adultery was a #1 bestseller, as was the Giller-longlisted October. See him at the Bestseller’s Stage at 1:00 reading from his new book Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard.

Stuart Woods

stuart woodsStuart Woods is the editor of Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine about the book trade. His book reviews have appeared in The Walrus. He is the host at Digital Drive from 2:00 – 5:00.