Authors and Musicians

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AUTHORS
	Travail de l'huître Le	Jean Barbe Le travail de l’huître A journalist, writer, columnist and television director, Jean Barbe was instrumental in creating the weekly Voir, and was its editor in chief until 1992. In 1997, he launched a new cultural magazine in Montreal, Ici, where he wrote a weekly column for over two years. He now focuses on writing and publishing since his appointment as Director of Publishing at Leméac. His most recent novel, Le travail de l’huître, was released in October 2008.

	Baiser de Coin-Coin Le	Jean-Claude Bauer Le baiser de Coin-coin Jean-Claude Bauer was born in France. After five years as a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lille, he embarked on a career as illustrator. He is an eclectic creator, alternating between editorial cartoonist, illustrator of children’s books and comic strip artist, riding the flow of opportunities with his faithful pencils always by his side.

	The Eskimo in the Net	Gerard Beirne The Eskimo in the Net Gerard Beirne is an Irish writer who has lived in Canada for over ten years and is currently Writer-in-Residence at UNB. He is a past recipient of the Sunday Tribune/Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year award. His novel The Eskimo in the Net (Marion Boyars Publishers) was short listed for The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2004.

	Dragon du Royaume d'En-Bas Le	Alain M. Bergeron Les périls de Kasstoria Alain M. Bergeron was born in 1957. Before becoming a full-time writer for young readers in the fall of 2005, he worked as a journalist for 20 years. The least that can be said is that he is a very prolific writer, with over one hundred books published by fall of 2008! He is the author of several series including Savais-tu (Quintin), Capitaine Static (Québec Amérique), Virginie Vanelli and Chat-Ô en folie (FouLire).

	Enfance et autres fissures	Marie Cadieux Enfance et autres fissures Non-fiction films, short stories, plays, television series, poetry – Marie Cadieux has been directing and writing for over thirty years. Her first collection of stories, Enfance et autres fissures, was recently published by L’Interligne, in Ottawa. In 2007-2008, Théâtre populaire d’Acadie produced and toured the play Tenter le destin, her translation of Newfoundland author Robert Chafe’s play Tempting Providence.

	Eté aux puits secs L''	Germaine Comeau Laville A translator and a teacher by profession, Germaine Comeau has written plays as well as radio dramas produced by Société Radio-Canada. She has penned three novels: L’été aux puits secs, Loin de France and Laville. She resides in Baie Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia, and her life is dedicated to writing.

	Miniatures, balles perdues et autres désordres	Monique Deland Miniatures, balles perdues et autres désordres Monique Deland is a Quebecois poet whose writing thrives on dramatic intensity. A visual artist by profession, she has taught fine arts for nearly twenty years. Currently she offers poetry workshops to all levels of students, from primary to university, as well as for adults.

		Wallace Edwards The Circus Wallace Edwards was born in Ottawa. He is a graduate of the Ontario College Of Art (1980). He worked as a freelance illustrator for more than 20 years before turning his hand to creating picture books. His first book Alphabeasts won the Governor General’s Award for children’s book illustration (2002). He has won numerous awards since for the five books he has completed. He is working on his sixth book The Cat’s Pajamas for Kids Can Press.

	Kiss the Joy as it Flies	Sheree Fitch Kiss the Joy as it Flies Sheree Fitch is the award-winning author of over twenty-five works. She writes for all ages and in many genres. An educator and literacy activist she has been telling stories and reciting poems around the globe for over 20 years. She’s a native New Brunswicker and former Monctonian.

	Up Home	Shauntay Grant Up Home Shauntay Grant is a writer, journalist, and spoken-word performer with roots in North Preston, Nova Scotia. Her poetry and music have been featured nationally on CBC Radio, CBC TV, and Vision TV. Shauntay is a founder of the Word Iz Bond Spoken Word Artists' Collective, and as a spoken-word performer, she has shared her poetry at festivals and events across Canada and internationally. She is the host of CBC Radio-Two's "All the Best." Shauntay lives in Halifax.

	Cagoule La	François Gravel La Cagoule François Gravel has published 13 novels for adults and more than 40 books for children. His David series is intended for children at the lower elementary level, while the Klonk series targets their slightly older peers. His series Sauvage is written for adolescents.

	Right Away Monday	Joel Thomas Hynes Right Away Monday Joel Thomas Hynes is from Calvert, Newfoundland. His award winning novels have been published to widespread national and international acclaim. He also works as a screenwriter, playwright and actor. His first novel, Down to the Dirt, was recently produced as a feature film, with Hynes playing the lead role.

	Chaque femme est un roman	Alexandre Jardin Chaque femme est un roman Alexandre Jardin was born in 1965. He was awarded the Prix du Premier roman for his novel Bille en tête, in 1986. His second novel Le Zèbre was rewarded with the Prix Femina in 1988. He has also directed three films: Fanfan, Oui and Le Prof.

	The Custodian of Paradise	Wayne Johnston The Custodian of Paradise Wayne Johnston was born and raised in Goulds, Newfoundland. His first book, The Story of Bobby O'Malley, published when he was 27 years old, won the WH Smith/Books in Canada First Novel award. Subsequent books, such as The Colony of Unrequited Dreams and The Custodian of Paradise, consistently received critical praise and increasing public attention.

	La Gloire de Cassiodore	Monique Larue De fil en aiguille Monique LaRue started writing in 1979. She has since published numerous novels, articles and essays, notably La Démarche du crabe rewarded by the Journal de Montréal’s Grand Prize in 1996, and La Gloire de Cassiodore for which she received the Governor General’s Award in 2002.

		Lesley Livingston Wondrous Strange Lesley Livingston is a writer and actor. She holds a master’s degree in English, with a specialization in Arthurian literature and Shakespeare, from the University of Toronto. A principal performer and founding member of the Tempest Theatre Group, Livingston brings Shakespearean classics to life in production and workshops for high school students across southern Ontario. Livingston lives in Toronto, and Wondrous Strange is her first novel.

	Mystérieux voyage de rien Le	Antonine Maillet Le mystérieux voyage de Rien Born in 1929 in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Antonine Maillet is renowned as a writer throughout the French-speaking world. A novelist and a playwright, she has published extensively in both genres. Her fiction – over thirty works – has been translated in numerous languages and has greatly contributed to the influence of America’s Francophone literature. In addition to the Goncourt awarded to her in 1979 for Pélagie-la-Charrette, she has received several other literary prizes and thirty honorary doctorates.

		Michèle Marineau Marion et le royaume d’Einomrah Michèle Marineau has been writing for more than twenty years and she has received several prestigious prizes for her work. Every year, she meets thousands of children in schools and libraries and shares with them her passion for books. She is married to writer François Gravel.

	Strike/Slip	Don McKay Strike/Slip Don McKay is the author of eleven books of poetry, most recently Strike/Slip. He has won two Governor General’s Awards for Poetry and has been short-listed twice for the Griffin Poetry Prize, most recently for Camber: Selected Poems, which was a Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year. McKay is also known as a poetry editor, and he has taught poetry in universities across the country.

		Johanne Mercier Brad le génie fait la bamboula Johanne Mercier has published more than 40 books for children. As a long time teacher at the early elementary level, she is very much in tune with her readers’ concerns and experience. Among her most recent and best-loved series are Le Trio rigolo and Brad le génie, both published by Éditions FouLire.

	A Fair Country	John Ralston Saul A Fair Country Award-winning essayist and novelist John Ralston Saul has had a growing impact on political and economic thought in many countries. Declared a “prophet” by TIME magazine, he is included in the prestigious Utne Reader’s list of the world’s 100 leading thinkers and visionaries. His works have been translated into more than a dozen languages.

	Wake	Robert J. Sawyer Wake Robert J. Sawyer is one of only seven writers in history -- and the only Canadian -- to win all three of the world's top awards for best science-fiction novel of the year: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. His latest novel is Wake.

		Neil Smith Bang Crunch Neil Smith is the author of Bang Crunch, a book of stories published in Canada, America, Britain, France, Germany and India. Bang Crunch was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (best first book) and the Hugh MacLennan Prize. The Quebec Writers' Federation awarded Bang Crunch its best first book award (for the English version) and its best translation award (for the French version). The French translation (called Big Bang) was also nominated for the Governor General's Award. The Globe and Mail, Le Devoir and The Washington Post all chose Bang Crunch as a best book of the year. Neil lives in Montreal where he’s working on a novel about the afterlife called Heaven Is a Place Where Nothing Ever Happens.

	sept dernières paroles de Judas (Les)	Serge Patrice Thibodeau Les sept dernieres paroles de Judas Born in Riviere-Verte, New Brunswick, Serge Patrice Thibodeau has published two essays, thirteen books of poetry and a number of travel stories. He is widely published in magazines and has been featured in literary events both in Canada and abroad. He was twice a recipient of the Governor General’s Literary Award.

	The Flying Troutmans	Miriam Toews The Flying Troutmans Miriam Toews is the author of the novels Summer of My Amazing Luck, A Boy of Good Breeding and A Complicated Kindness (winner of the 2004 Governor General’s Literary Award); and of a family memoir, Swing Low: A Life. She lives in Winnipeg.

	La Soeur de Judith	Lise Tremblay La sour de Judith Lise Tremblay was born in Chicoutimi. In 1991, she received the Discovery Award at the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Book Fair and the Stauffer-Canadian Arts Council Award for her novel L’Hiver de pluie. In 1999, her novel La Danse juive brought her the Governor General’s Literary Award. She was awarded the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal in 2003 for La Héronniere, a collection of shorts stories.

	The Stone Carvers	Jane Urquhart The Stone Carvers Jane Urquhart is the author of five internationally acclaimed novels: The Whirlpool, Changing Heaven, Away, The Underpainter, The Stone Carvers, A Map of Glass. She has also written a collection of short fiction, Storm Glass, and four books of poetry. The Stone Carvers was a finalist for The Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award, and long-listed for the Booker Prize.

	The Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory 1933-1963	Germaine Warkentin The Educated Imagination and Other Early Critical Writings 1933-1963, ed. Germaine Warkentin is a critic, editor, and book historian interested in manuscripts, and is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Toronto. She has written widely on Canadian literature, and in 1972 edited James Reaney's Collected Poems. She edited Frye's The Educated Imagination for the Collected Works.

	The Secular Scripture and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1976-1991	Jean Wilson The Secular Scripture and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1976-1991, ed. Jean Wilson is Associate Professor and Director of Comparative Literature at McMaster University. She also teaches in the interdisciplinary Arts & Science, Peace Studies, and Women’s Studies programs. Dr. Wilson has received the McMaster Students’ Union Teaching Award, the President’s Award for Excellence in Instruction, and the OCUFA Teaching Award.

	Ten Year Nap	Meg Wolitzer The Ten-Year Nap Meg Wolitzer is an American novelist whose books include The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, and The Wife. Her work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories. She lives in New York City with her family and teaches creative writing at Columbia.

MUSICIANS
		David Myles David Myles is a fresh force on the Canadian entertainment landscape who has dared to put it all on the line with his independent release ... creativity, vocal versatility and musical dexterity. His music is a powerful and stylish blend of jazz, blues, gospel, pop and folk influences. His trademark enthusiasm and likeability shine through in his songs.

		John Jerome and the Great 88 John Jerome and the Great 88 is a guitar and piano duo based out of Moncton, NB. Their stripped-down melody driven sound draws influence from folk, pop and rock with a new-old feel. Comprised of John Jerome on guitar and Julie Doucette on piano the marriage of their instruments and voices is truly unique. They are currently working on their first full length album due to be released this spring.

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Authors and Musicians