Author Spotlights
Author spotlight: Tiffany Morris
Tiffany Morris is an L’nu’skw (Mi’kmaw) writer from Nova Scotia. She is the author of the Indigenous Voices Award-
Author spotlight: Peter Counter
Peter Counter is a nonfiction author and cultural critic living in Dartmouth. He is the author of Be Scared
Author spotlight: Elliott Gish
Elliott Gish is a writer of speculative fiction and librarian living and working in Halifax. Her stories can be
Author spotlight: Anna Quon
Anna Quon is the current Poet Laureate of Halifax Regional Municipality. She is a Mad and mixed-race poet and
Author spotlight: Sue Goyette
Sue Goyette is a poet and educator living in Kjipuktuk. She is the author of nine collections of poetry
Author spotlight: Clare Goulet
Clare Goulet is a poet, essayist, editor, and instructor and the coordinator of the Writing Center at MSVU. Her
Author spotlight: Donna Jones Alward
Donna Jones Alward is a New York Times bestselling author of many beloved romance novels that have been translated
Author Spotlight: Shannon Webb-Campbell, 2024 Ellemeno Prize recipient
Recipient of the inaugural Ellemeno Visual Literature Prize, Shannon Webb-Campbell is of Mi’kmaq and settler heritage. She is a member
Author Spotlight: Jack Wong
Author/illustrator and NSCAD alumni Jack Wong has had quite a prolific year! With two picture books out in 2023
Author Spotlight: Jill MacLean
Three of Jill MacLean’s five novels for middle-graders and young adults won the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic
Author Spotlight: Michelle Wamboldt
Michelle Wamboldt grew up in Truro and now lives on the beautiful South Shore where she watches the waves
Author spotlight: Jan Fancy Hull
Jan Fancy Hull’s “Moss Meditations” won the 2022 Rita Joe Poetry Prize in our annual Nova Writes Competition.
Author spotlight: Libby Broadbent
Libby Broadbent’s “Seventh Son” won the 2022 Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Prize in our annual Nova Writes Competition.
Author spotlight: Jodie Callaghan
Jodie Callaghan is from the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation in Gespe’gewa’gi (Quebec). She started writing stories when she was
Author spotlight: Monika Dutt
Monika Dutt’s “Foundations” won the 2022 H.R. (Bill) Percy Short Creative Non-Fiction Prize in our annual Nova Writes Competition.
Author spotlight: Amy Jones
Amy Jones is a novelist, editor, and creative writing instructor and mentor. She is the author of the novels Every
Author spotlight: Charlene Carr
Charlene Carr has independently published nine novels. Her first agented novel, Hold My Girl, has sold to HarperCollins Canada,
Author spotlight: Luke Hathaway
Luke Hathaway is a trans poet who teaches English and Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s University in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. He