Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human. @brentvans.com Canadian. Award-winning novelist. Husband. Dad. Son. Resister of GenAI and fascism. Deconstructed/Reconstructing Christian. Forge FC supporter. Human. He/Him.
Richard Levangie @richardlevangie.bsky.social #Author. Environmentalist. Ally. Survivor. Warrior. Settler. Climate activist. Woke AF. MFA. Secrets of the Hotel Maisonneuve (Nevermore), 2020. Red Tiger, Winter, 2027 (Galleon). Kjipuktuk. Halifax, Nova Scotia. He/him. Be kind, be cool. 🇨🇦 315ppm
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
Dean Jobb - True Crime Writer @deanjobb.bsky.social Strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime.
A Gentleman and a Thief • The Case of the Murderous Dr Cream • Empire of Deception (Algonquin Books/HarperCollins Canada)
Website: www.deanjobb.com
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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social 🌊 Journalist, 2026 & 2024-25 Pulitzer Ocean Reporting Network fellow @theglobeandmail.com | @RCGS_SGRC Fellow | @ExplorersClub 🇨🇦 FI’23 | @ukings Board
Jennifer Bain @jenniferbain.bsky.social Canadian travel writer, Canada editor for National Parks Traveler, Lowell Thomas award-winning travel writer, journalist, 3 x guidebook author and 2 x cookbook author. Home base: YYZ. Fogo Island cottager. 
Jen @envirojen.bsky.social Urban-parenting and #KidicalMassHFX
Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social Preorder "A Good Girl's Guide to Lying: Losing my Memory, Searching for Truth, & Confronting Complex Trauma"at https://linktr.ee/michellehebertwrites | Halifax/Mi'kmaqi
Tammy MacKenzie @mackenziephoto.bsky.social Writer. Artist. Wanderer.
Lynne Melcombe @lmelcombe.bsky.social Author, editor, writing coach. MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing. Mother of three spectacular grown children and grandmother of two fabulous grandchildren. Gardener, traveller, knitter, and voracious reader.
Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social Toronto Star Opinion Editor, former Books Editor; author "On Class"; Book #2 "Relative Truths: Stories of Adopton, families, and belonging" out February 2027. Interests: books, social justice, class, politics. Make me laugh! Pitch me ddundas@thestar.ca.
Marsha Faubert @mjfaubert.bsky.social Writer, recovering lawyer. Author, Wanda’s War (Goose Lane). Next: Sarnia/Oil environmental history.
Gardens, Great Lakes, WWll and workplace law.
www.marshafaubert.ca
Dr. Kelly S. Thompson 📚📖🖌️ @kellysthompson.bsky.social Kellysthompson.com
Author of #memoirs STILL, I CANNOT SAVE YOU (2023) & GIRLS NEED NOT APPLY (2019). Instructor at King’s U nonfiction MFA. Canadian Forces Veteran. Bull terrier mom. Dreamer. Ally & safe space She/Her
Lorri Neilsen Glenn 🇨🇦 @lorri.bsky.social writer (poetry/essays), editor, instructor, researcher, prof emerita, ex-poet laureate, RRMetis #womannotlady #NovaScotia #Ukings #MSVU #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
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Caroline Topperman @carolinetopperman.bsky.social Was on Sesame Street. Danced. Moved to Europe on a whim.
Author, Your Roots Cast a Shadow (HCI Books) &
Tell Me What You See
Book Coach
Co-owner MountainAsh.press
Julie Mollins @jmollins.bsky.social Journalist | Twitter refugee @jmollins | Toronto bike lane user | Communications specialist | Bsky user 2,560,484, Dec 17, 2023 | Instagram: @julie.mollins | https://www.julie-mollins.com
James Case @jamescasenl.bsky.social Writer / published author of historical fiction (Ananias: Nevermore Press and Vicory: Merlin Star Press), architect, lover of Wolfhounds, blues / folk musician, news / political junkie.
https://www.jamescaseauthor.com/
Laura Pratt @laurapratt33.bsky.social journalist, memoirist—Heartbroken: Field Notes on a Constant Condition, Penguin Random House, 2023. Lover of all things doggy, despiser of all things Poilievre.
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