Author Spotlights

Author spotlight: Francesa Ekwuyasi
Francesca Ekwuyasi is a writer and multidisciplinary artist from Lagos, Nigeria. Her work explores themes of faith, family, queerness,

Author spotlight: Genevieve Graham
Genevieve Graham moved to Nova Scotia in 2008 and fell in love with the integral history woven into every

Author spotlight: Allison Watson
Allison Watson believes in living every day to the fullest. Raised in Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, she had an active

Author spotlight: Amy Spurway
Originally from Cape Breton and now based in Dartmouth, Amy Spurway is a writer, performer, and editor. She has worked

Author spotlight: Ian Colford
Based in Halifax, Ian Colford writes short fiction, novels, and literary criticism. His first book, the short fiction collection Evidence (Porcupine’s Quill,

Author spotlight: Marq de Villiers
Marq de Villiers is a journalist and the author of more than a dozen books. His vision and skill

Author spotlight: Anne C. Kelly
Anne Kelly’s first published novel is Jacques’ Escape, released by Trap Door Books in 2019. But she has been reading

Author spotlight: Jen Powley
Jen Powley is a prairie girl living in Canada’s ocean playground. Since moving to Halifax in 2001, she has

Author spotlight: Gloria Ann Wesley
Gloria Ann Wesley is an award-winning writer and a retired teacher. She is the author of several books of

Author spotlight: Ray Cronin
Ray Cronin is a writer, editor, and curator. Between 2001 and 2015 he worked at the Art Gallery of

Author spotlight: Emma FitzGerald
Author/illustrator Emma FitzGerald was born in Southern Africa to Irish parents, and did most of her growing up in

Author spotlight: John Read
John Read’s journey into astronomy began with a small and rickety telescope purchased at his local pharmacy. He found

Author spotlight: Lindsay Ruck
Lindsay R. Ruck, born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is a graduate of Carleton University’s School of Journalism in Ottawa. Since

Author spotlight: Janice Landry
Janice Landry is a regionally and nationally award-winning writer and journalist whose non-fiction work primarily focuses on mental health and

Author spotlight: A.J.B. Johnston
John (or Jay) Johnston is the author or co-author of 20 books: 15 on different aspects of the history

Author spotlight: Melanie Mosher
Writer Melanie Mosher grew up in Amherst, Nova Scotia and now lives on the eastern shore of the province