Emelia Symington-Fedy

Emelia Symington-Fedy

Emelia Symington-Fedy Emelia Symington-Fedy grew up with her girl gang on the railroad tracks of a small town in British Columbia. Unsupervised and wild, the girls explored the power and shortcomings of “best” friendships and their growing sexuality. Emelia...
Daniel Allen Cox

Daniel Allen Cox

Daniel Allen Cox Spring memoir author: Daniel Allen Cox  Author of the memoir-in-essays I Felt the End Before It Came, a finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montreal.   “I spent eighteen years in a group that taught me to hate myself. You cannot be queer and...
Cody Caetano

Cody Caetano

Cody Caetano Cody Caetano spins a tale much like other Ojibway storytellers. Rich in metaphor, plot, and some very serious comedy, he keeps the reader attending to the writing.   In his debut memoir, Cody Caetano – the son of a Portuguese-Azorean immigrant father...
Valerie Jerome

Valerie Jerome

Valerie Jerome A tale of courage and conviction, Races is the difficult, yet inspiring story of the Jerome family: what propelled them in life, and on the track.   The inside track on an under-told story about the intersection of race and sports in Canada. In the...
Ali Hassan

Ali Hassan

Ali Hassan The first event in the series: Ali Hassan Comedian, CBC Radio host and Memoir Author   As a comedian, Ali has performed for audiences across Canada, including on the cross-country Just for Laughs tour, Comedy Night in Canada, hosted by Rick Mercer. He...