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Readings
2011
Poets, Authors, Writers
Storytellers & Playwrights
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Festival MC
Alan N. Nichols B.A. MS.Ed.
Born and raised in the city of
Oshawa, Al is a graduate of York and Niagara
Universities and retired teacher. Having had experience
in film, radio and regional theatre, Al turned his
attention to TV, where he hosted his own program. There he was able to highlight
many local artists in the literary world. His
participation here at the Fifth Annual
STELLAR LITERARY
FESTIVAL shows his continued support of creative
individuals and their endeavours.
30 years teacher with Durham School Bd.
10 years on air talent/talk show host for local television
station.
Currently volunteering for Charles H. Best Centre for Juvenile
Diabetes,
Vice chair Friends of the Oshawa Library, Oshawa
Senior Centre &
Oshawa Little Theatre. |
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Kim Michele
Performer / Writer -
Harp-Mandolin & vocalist. |
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Featured - Music
Performance / Storytelling
Kim Michele
Performer/Writer - Harp-Mandolin –Vocalist |
A musical troubadour Kim plays both the ancient Celtic
Harp traced over one thousand years as well as the Lyon
and Healy classical Harp. She performs period music
ranging from celtic to classical, early music to
renaissance and traditional to contemporary, combining
her talents on harp, and mandolin performance blending
her instruments and voice with song.
She plays
professionally for places such as Ontario Renaissance
Festivals, Durham Regional Arts, Studio and Garden
Tours, Toronto’s Casa Loma, Royal Ontario Museum, Early
Music Festival, Highland Games, and other cultural
events.
Kim is a Stellar Literary Festival favourite over the
years. It's not
festival time, till we hear our Harpist play her magic
and weave her
stories to the enjoyment of everyone in attendance!
Big THANK YOU, Kim!
http://songofthenightingale.com
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John B.
Lee
Poet Laureate of Brantford & Norfolk
County
TOPIC: Sweet
Cuba
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In 2005 John
B. Lee was inducted as Poet
Laureate of Brantford in
perpetuity. The same year he
received the distinction of
being named Honourary Life
Member of The Canadian Poetry
Association.
In 2007 he was made a
member of the Chancellor’s
Circle of the President’s Club
of McMaster University and named
first recipient of the inaugural
Black Moss Press Souwesto
Award for his contribution
to the ethos of writing in
Southwestern Ontario.
A recipient of over
seventy prestigious
international awards for his
writing he is winner of
$10,000 CBC Literary Award for
Poetry, the only two time
recipient of the People’s Poetry
Award, and 2006 winner of the
inaugural Souwesto/Orison
Writing Award (University of
Windsor).
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In 2007 he was named
winner of the Winston Collins
Award for Best Canadian Poem and
in
2010 he received the
International Poets Academy
Lifetime Achievement Award for
his
contribution to Global Peace
through World Poetry
and he is the recipient of the
University of
Western Ontario Alumini
Professional
Achievement Award.
He has well-over fifty
books published to date and is
the editor of seven anthologies
including
two best-selling works: That
Sign of Perfection: poems and
stories on the game of hockey;
and Smaller Than God: words
of spiritual longing.
His work has appeared
internationally in over 500
publications, and has been
translated into
French, Spanish, Korean,
Hungarian and Chinese. He has
read his work in nations all
over the world including South
Africa, France, Korea, Cuba,
Canada and the United States.
He has been to Cuba on
many occasions, is a member in
good standing of the Canada Cuba
Literary Alliance and his book
of poems Island on the
Wind-Breathed Edge of the Sea
(Hidden
Brook Press, 2009) was
inspired by his travels in
Cuba.
He has received
letters of praise from Nelson
Mandela, Desmond Tutu,
Australian Poet,
Les Murray, and Senator Romeo
Dallaire. Called “the greatest
living poet in English,” by poet
George Whipple.
He lives in Port Dover,
Ontario, Canada where he works
as a full time author. |
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Richard Grove
Photo taken at the
Canadian Embassy in Cuba
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Poet / Author / Writer |
Richard Grove has
been writing poetry seriously for decades and has
had over 100 of his poems published in periodicals
and has been published in over 25 anthologies from
around the world. Including his poetry he has 10
titles to his name. His first book of poetry
titled Beyond Fear and Anger was released in 1997.
His second book titled Poems For Jack was released
in 2002. His ebook A Cuba Trip 2006 released in
the spring of 2006. He is working on two new
collections called Fictional Family Portraits of
Not So Real Family Members and A Personal Boyhood
History. He is also the author of numerous books
with metaphysical themes including The Mind-Body
Connection and Metaphysical Healing For a Secular
Age.
For his poetry and prose Richard has won prizes
and honourable mentions as well as a finalist spot
in two contest anthologies.
Richard is the founder of the Canadian Poet
Registry, was an active member of the Canadian
Poetry Association for ten years serving on the
executive for seven years including five as
President. He is the founding president of the
Canada Cuba Literary Alliance and the co-founder
of the Purdy Country Literary Festival. |
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Richard Grove,
edits and publishes all genres in his company,
Hidden Brook Press, at
www.hiddenbrookpress.com.
Richard has given speeches, readings and workshops on
poetry and publishing at literary festivals in
Canada, Cuba, Germany and New Zealand. Since
graduating from the Ontario College of Art,
Richard has exhibited in more than twenty, solo
and group exhibitions in Hamilton, Toronto,
Boston, Calgary and Grand Prairie. He has his
paintings in over thirty corporate collections
across Canada.
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Richard Turtle
performed a segment of the 'Hangman' at the 2nd
Stellar Literary Festival in Hastings Ontario.
(2010).
Video taped at Stellar Literary
Festival
by
Video-Pro-Motion |
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Featured Playwright
Richard Turtle |
Richard Turtle:
"Filmmakers at Toronto-based Ballinran Productions
Ltd., while in the final
stages of documenting a dark corner of Canada’s
past, stumbled on the locally
written play Burying the Hangman and approached
its performer and writer,
Richard Turtle, to play the part of executioner
Arthur Ellis in the docudrama,
The Hangman’s Graveyard, scheduled to air on the
History Channel fall of 2009.
So they asked me to do this thing. And I said yes.
Without hesitation.
I had already researched the whole subject and written
a play about the man
(for reasons still not entirely clear to me) and
was offered a chance to do a tiny
bit more. At the Old Don Jail. Yes. Absolutely."
http://hangmansgraveyard.com/?p=304
Richard is a
playwright & journalist whose work has appeared in
publications and
on stages through out Canada and the United
States.
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Oshawa Public
Library
Promoting their annual Pass
the Book program
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Pass the Book
is an annual community-wide read program that
encourages residents to read the same book and
then to engage in lively discussions and other
activities based on the book's themes.
The chosen title
for 2011, to be read and shared among Durham
Region residents, is Stories from the
Vinyl Cafe by CBC Radio's Stuart McLean.
The reader can readily relate to these
hilarious and engaging stories about
community, family and friends.
The theme is
a perfect reminder of what the library is all
about – a place where the reader is sure to
find something to take away, whether a piece
by a local author, a book of short stories by
a collection of storytellers, or the latest
offering from your favourite novelist or
non-fiction specialists.
http://www.passthebook.ca/ |
www.oshawalibrary.on.ca
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Authors,
Poets & StoryTeller
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Sang for:
Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Toronto Mayor David Miller |
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Honey
Novick
Poet / Singing
Poet
www.honeynovick.com |
Honey is a
singer/songwriter/voice teacher/poet who lives
in Toronto. For the Luminato Festival, Summer
of Love Project Gallery of memories, she was
named "Poet Laureate", for creating the
"Yorkville Memories" poem, an honour she still
finds both humbling and dizzying.
Wrote music for:
Anthems for Canada-Cuba Friendship
Day (6 years in a row) for municipal and
federal Canadian governments
Composer for TVO campaign song "Way
to Go TVO"
Awards: CAPAC (Composers, Authors,
Publishers Association of Canada) 7 years in
a row.
Yamaha Classical Music Competition
(vocals), Tokyo, Japan
Ben and Hilda Katz Foundation:
Ossington Institute; Opportune Productions
Nominee:
Nominated for Peace Ambassador ; Women Who
Make A Difference ; Women of Distinction
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Gregor Robinson
"Providence Island" |
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Gregor Robinson
Writer & Author |
Gregor Robinson is an award winning Canadian author
whose recently published his third novel,
Providence Island.
Gregor Robinson has published over 25 stories, a
collection (The Dream King), a novel (Hotel Paradiso)
and had productions in the Toronto Fringe in 2006
and 2009. He has been nominated for the Journey
Prize three times (runner-up, with a story in the
Journey Prize Anthology, 1997), National Magazine
Awards three times, (honourable mention and
runner-up), best first mystery story Edgar Award
(USA), and for Ellis Awards. He lives in Toronto.
Providence
Island is a phenomenal novel set in Northern
Ontario about love and suspense, a great summer read
to the
likes of The Great Gatsby. http://www.gregorrobinson.com/ |
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Dane Swan, Poet
“Bending the Continuum” |
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Dane Swan, Poet
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Author of Guernica Edition’s “Bending the
Continuum,” Bermudian Dane Swan challenges
the definition of genres in poetry. Featured on 5
CDs, two vinyl EPs, and in various poetry reviews
his work crosses genres from rap, to dub poetry, to
slam poetry, to lyrical poetry, to form and even
concrete poetry.
Published works in print & recordings:
Various Full length commercial publications & Literary
Magazines and Reviews & Chapbook pubications.
Recordings / Spoken Word. dub. etc. & Live recording
Bendina. the Continuum. Guernica Editions, First
Poets Series –May 20 11
* 2011 release. Recipient of Ontario Arts Council
and Toronto Arts Council funding.
Dane will be
reading from his first collection of poetry in print
“Bending the Continuum”.
http://swaymag.ca/2011/02/a-chat-with-poet-dane-swan |
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Barbara Hunt
reading from
The Patternmaker's
Crumpled Plan
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Barbara Hunt, Poet & Writer
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Past-president of the Writers' Community of Durham
Region, a member of the Professional Writers'
Association of Canada
and an associate of The League of Canadian Poets,
Barbara
has cultivated a wide circle of connections with
artist, writers, teachers and students.
She president of the Ontario Writers' Conference,
a not-for-profit annual working writers' conference
and has been involved since it's inception in 2006.
President/2011 Co-Chair &
Program Coordinator
Ontario Writers' Conference & Member of the Writers
Community of Durham Region.
She has been published with CBC Radio One,
The Globe and Mail, Metroland, Esteem and
Homemakers Magazine
Barbara will be reading from her latest poetry book
‘The Patternmaker's Crumpled Plan’
www.writersplayground.ca |
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Phil Dwyer, Writer
Prose
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Phil Dwyer was born and raised in London, but
moved to Canada in 2002. He spent the majority of
his career as a journalist but, in 2007, decided
to write his first novel -
Mother Of All Lies.
http://phildwyer.wordpress.com/ |
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Debbie Ouellet
Poet & Author |
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Debbie Ouellet
Poet & Author
www.debbieouellet.com/ |
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Loretto,
Ontario author and poet, Debbie Ouellet is the
Chair of the Vaughan Poets' Circle. She is a
widely published poet and editor of the VPC
2009 anthology "Earth to the Moon". Her
children’s book,
How Robin
Saved Spring (Henry Holt & Company)
received the Horace Mann Upstanders Honor Book
Award for children’s literature for 2009.
Other books include her teen novels,
A Hero’s
Worth, second in the
Dragon
Speaker trilogy (HIP Books, 2009)
and
Legend of the Ring, Skinwalker Series
(HIP Books, 2011), fantasy novels for
reluctant readers.
Debbie will have her new
book
Legend of the Ring and
will
also be
reading a selection of her poetry If time
permits.. :-) |
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Lynn Marie Simpson
Author & Publisher |
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Lynn
Marie Simpson
Author & Pine Lakes Books
Publisher |
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Lynn
Marie Simpson resides in the beautiful
Haliburton Highlands, which are not only home
but also her inspiration. Forever intrigued by
the prospect of supernatural creatures living
amongst us she has woven vampires, werewolves,
gods, and the Moarté into her new
series.
Lynn
will be reading from “Blood Obsession” which
is the third in her
Blood series.
www.pinelakebooks.ca
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Ann Harris |
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Ann Harris, Author
Childrens' & Teen Books |
Ann is originally from England. She now
resides, with her husband,
in the beautiful Haliburton Highlands, where
Ann was at last able to devote more time to
her writing.
“Lorah’s Promise” is Ann’s first book with
another novel underway for 2011. A series of
five story picture books, “The Adventures of
Thomas the Kitten”, will soon be in print.
“Thomas’s Christmas Adventure” and “Thomas has
a Buzzy Day” will be available later in 2011.
Ann Harris will read from her newest novel, an
ebook, with KOBO. The book is due for print
for Sept 2011.
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Bradley McIlwain, Poet
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Canadian-based writer and poet who lives and
works in rural Ontario. He is currently a
staff writer at a community newspaper where he
contributes stories on local heritage, the
arts, and human interest. He holds a Bachelor
of Arts, Honours, from Trent University with a
major in English Literature. His poems have
appeared in the Copperfield Review, Wanderings
Magazine, Pens on Fire, New Verse News,
Surfacing, Rope and Wire, Frostwriting and
others.
Fracture is his first chapbook.
www.bradleymcilwain.blogspot.com
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Christopher Canniff,
Writer
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Christopher
Canniff mentored with MG Vassanji and David
Adams Richards at the
Humber School for Writers. He has published in
Descant Magazine, shortlisted in
the 2010 Matrix Litpop Awards for fiction, won
a short novel contest with LWOT
Magazine in Montreal, sold two scripts to the
Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, and
published a short story in an anthology with
Tightrope Books.
Please visit:
www.christophercanniff.com
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Joan Sutcliffe in 2008
being presented her lst place prize
for adult poetry |
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Joan Sutcliffe, Poet
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Originally from Yorkshire, England, educated
at Leeds University.
Joan
moved to Canada and became interested in
eastern philosophy and mysticism, and joined
the Theosophical Society where she edited the
monthly News magazine for many years,and wrote
articles and poems for other theosophical
publications.
Currently a member of The Ontario Poetry
Society and the Canadian Federation of Poets.
Joan was the
Stellar Literary Festival adult first prize
poetry contest
in 2008 for her
poem: Sad Earth (Villanelle) |
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Tony Valuch
Poet |
Tony Valuch is from
Toronto, Canada. He holds undergraduate and graduate
degrees in English Literature and Education.
His poetry is concerned with the natural
world, man’s inner nature, societal grievances, and
rites of passage.
He has had his poetry published in
magazines and journals in both South Korea and
Canada, and published his first book BLOODRUSHES in
2005.
He does poetry readings in Southern
Ontario and recently completed his latest book is
called.
Slippin' Through the Cracks. |
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Summi Y Siddiqui
Story Teller
http://www.storytellingtoronto.org/Directory_Pages/Dir_YasminSiddiqui.html
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Summi is an artist, a teacher, a
writer and an international travelling storyteller
based in
Toronto.
She carries
Canadian stories with her on her trips and brings back
tales from the places
she visits.
She is passionate
about promoting storytelling as a Performing Art.
Summi also holds
performances abroad.
Summi is a member of the Durham Folklore Society
& Storytelling Toronto
Summi will be sharing the story of:
A Shadow Incomplete. |
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Irene Chromej-Johnston
Story Teller |
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Professional Storyteller, Teacher & Trainer. Member
of the Durham Folklore Society,
Storytelling Toronto and a Member of DRAVA. Enjoys
storytelling of all genres, but she
takes pleasure in telling traditional fairy &
folktales from various cultures.
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Janet Stobie
Author & Storyteller
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A teacher,
family counselor and ordained minister, Janet has
worked with people all her adult life. She retired
in 2008 to focus on her writing and her family.
Four years ago, Janet published her first
book of short stories, 'A Child Speaks', which was
enthusiastically received and has sold out.
She is welcomed as a storyteller at
fundraisers and group meetings.
Janet’s two latest books are Spectacular
Stella, and “Can I Hold Him? They make great
stocking stuffers and will add a gentle touch of
faith to your Christmas celebrations. They can be
ordered from her blog:
www.revjantheauthor.blogspot.com
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Rudy Anzlin
The Answer
http://www.feedingkidsright.ca/store/theanswer.html
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This book is about
environmental ethics, how to care for our Dietary
House, and our health. It analyzes what happens to
our health and our soul when we ignore natural
dietary law.
The Answer is a grass-roots manifesto with a twist.
It examines the root cause that is destroying the
environment, our health, our psychology, and our
spirit.
It questions the reality of animal rights and goes
on a spiritual fact finding expedition to see what
affect the western diet has on us, and where it is
taking us.
First Edition 2008 / ISBN, 978-0-9810033-0-6 / The
Press Connection |
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Sharon Lawrence spoke about her husband,
life
and his works at the HHWEN AGM July 7 2007
during while inscribing a copy of the anthology:
Liaisons II: The R.D. Lawrence
Commemorative Anthology |
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Sharon Laurence,
Member of Haliburton Highlands Writers' &
Editors' |
In 1984, Sharon and her late husband, R.D. Lawrence
- field biologist, journalist, naturalist and
international author - moved to Haliburton County,
and established Wolf Hollow, a private sanctuary
where they raised injured and orphaned wildlife for
more than twenty years.
R.D. Lawrence died on November 27, 2003; in 2006,
Sharon gave his literary estate, personal belongings
and memorabilia to the Minden Hills Cultural Centre.
In 2007, 26 students from the Sustainable Building
Program at Fleming College in Haliburton,
constructed a straw bale building to house the
collection.
R.D. Lawrence Place is dedicated to fostering a love
of reading, and promoting the art of writing, while
deepening one’s respect for Canada’s natural
heritage.
After selling Wolf Hollow in 2006,
Sharon moved to the community of Minden Hills, where
she serves as a reliable resource for R.D. Lawrence
Place.
http://www.haliburtonwriters.ca/membershipbio.php?memberid=21
www.crywild.com
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Pauline Johnson,
Member of Haliburton Highlands Writers' &
Editors' |
Pauline Johnson has worked tirelessly over the last
five years to advocate for writers in the arts
community in Haliburton County.
As Writer in Residence at the Minden Hills Cultural
Centre for two years, she was instrumental in
bringing R.D. Lawrence Place (an interactive
learning facility and writers’ centre) to Minden.
She edited Liaisons II: The R.D. Lawrence
Commemorative Anthology in 2007, a compilation
of works from writers across Canada, the U.S. and
the U.K., interspersed with 20 excerpts from R.D.
Lawrence’s books. It was a collectors’ edition which
is almost sold out. In 2006 she edited Liaisons I,
a collection of writers’ works from Haliburton
County and surrounding regions.
Pauline was nominated for two awards for the Arts
Council ~ Haliburton Gala in 2007 – Artist of
Distinction and Supporter or Administrator of the
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Richard
Grove, President
Hidden Brook Press |
Richard Grove, editor and publisher who operates
a growing publishing company called Hidden
Brook Press from which he publishes poetry
contest anthologies and books of every genre for
authors around the world. See website for
more info! |
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J.Graham
Publishing, President
www.jgrahampublishing.com
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J. Graham Ducker, Author & Poet
owns and operates his publishing business.
He publishes poetry chapbooks and the Stellar
Showcase Journal (for poets &
writers. He is also the co-founder of the Stellar
Literary Festival. |
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Pine Lake Books
http://www.pinelakebooks.ca/
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Lynn Marie Simpson, Publisher
Pine Lake Books is a small Independent Publisher. All
our authors and illustrators are Canadian. The
Pine Lake Books store also sells books published by
individuals looking for a place to showcase their
talents. |
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Daisy May Publishing
http://www.daisymay.ca
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Pauline Cormier, President.
Daisy May teaches children workshops for young authors &
illustrators
within the London-area The children can publish
their own books London, Ontario. |
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Merle Amodeo |
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Saskia Maddock
Joanna Gale
Brandon Pitts
Zohra Zoberi |
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George Arnold
Geneva Neale
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