Portfolio Category: Children/Young Adult

Charis Cotter

Charis Cotter is an award-winning writer and storyteller. Her novel, The Swallow: A Ghost Story, won the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2015 and has been shortlisted for numerous awards across Canada. It was a finalist for the 2016 Newfoundland and Labrador Bruneau Family Foundation Children’s/YA Literature Award. She has written several critically acclaimed…
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Bob Duff

Currently the sports columnist for the Windsor Star, Bob Duff has covered the NHL since 1988 and is a contributor to The Hockey News and MSNBC.com. Duff’s book credits include The China Wall: The Timeless Legend of Johnny Bower, Hockey Dy­nasties, Without Fear, Nine: Salute to Mr. Hockey, On the Wing: A History of the…
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Michael Kusugak

Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak grew up in Repulse Bay, NWT (now known as Naujaat Nunavut). He traveled with his family by dog sled living a traditional Inuit lifestyle. Michael brings his experiences and the stories told by him by his grandmother into his books and stories. Michael has 16 books published and has received many awards and…
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Paulina O’Kieffe

Paulina is a Toronto spoken word artist, producer, and artist educator. The Founder of Guerrilla of the Word Productions and the Words by the Water Collective, Paulina is influenced by her diverse descent and her work in multiple communities, bringing her passion to the page and the stage. Her poetry appears in print in ‘Guerillas…
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