Monica van Schaik is a social worker, disability justice activist and writer. They live along the Haldimand Tract in so-called Kitchener, Ontario.

Allie Pauld is a queer and disabled Pro-Black feminist, writer and organizer, trying to change the world; nothing more, nothing less.

Aimee Louw is a writer and journalist living in Tio’tià:ke whose work incorporates disability justice with imagining flourishing futures.

seeley quest is a trans disabled environmentalist who landed 2017 in Montreal, working in literary and body-based composition, curation and facilitation.

Alyse Tunnell is a neurodiverse, queer, nb, creator and accessibility advocate, residing and building community in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Quebec.

Sky Oestreicher (they/them) is a shapeshifting being who lives in Montreal/Tio’tia:ke and has their hands in many community projects. They believe that words, spoken and written, can help manifest futures that are more just and harmonious.

M-X Marin is based in Gespe’gewa’gi, on stolen Mi’gmaq land in so-called Canada. They are learning to devote the rest of their life to living joyously among loved ones.

Oliver Fugler, along with Ashley Fortier, runs Metonymy Press in Tio’tia:ke/Montreal.

Emma Boucher is a Montreal-based student with a passion for literature and writing.

Ally Leung is a student, born and raised in Montreal.

Chiara Bramante is a writer, girl guide, workaholic and student who is originally from Quebec, Canada.

Jonathan is starting his last year at Bialik High School in Cote-Saint Luc and is passionate about
history and all things politics.

Eleftheria Lazaridis is a writer, performer and scenographer, born in Greece and currently living in Montreal.

Maya Novolker is a full time student, athlete and book lover from Montreal.

Caitlin Siemon is a high school student who writes, originally from Australia but has lived in the US and now lives in Montreal.

Rena Aintabi is a writer, originally from New York City, now living in Montreal with her parents and two siblings. She attends Trafalgar School.

Eva and Asha are siblings and aspiring young writers based in the Laurentian mountains.

Barbara Burgess is a Montreal poet and the author of several novels set in Cacouna, in the Lower Saint Lawrence region of Quebec.

Marie-Christine Plourde is a teacher, artist and writer, originally from Rimouski and now living in Gaspé/Gespeg.

Jennifer L. Willett is a freelance writer who runs an English Gaspésian Writing Group on the Gaspé Coast and lives in Caplan.

Leïla Sofiane is a slam poet and spoken word artist of mixed Algerian and French heritage. They have made a home in Gespe’gewa’gi, an unceded Mi’gmaq territory also known as the Gaspé peninsula.

Shelby Flowers is a CEGEP student, pursuing her post-secondary studies within the Eastern Townships who composes fictional works of poetry and short stories in her spare time.

Josette Boudreau is a Family Mediator and Counsellor, who stepped out of her comfort zone four years ago to experience the pleasure of writing.

Sonia Boudreau is originally from the Gaspésie and recently returned to the Peninsula after a 30 year career as a French teacher in Southern Ontario.

Toula Drimonis is a Montreal-based freelance opinion columnist, writer and news producer.

Sandy Hudson and Nora Loreto are writers and activists based in Los Angeles and Quebec City.

Tom Fennario is a video journalist/producer for APTN News in Tio’tia:ke/Montreal.

Madeline Lines is a writer and current Funding and Outreach Coordinator at CKUT.

Stefan Spirodon Christoff is a media maker, community activist and artist living in Montreal.

Charlotte Morris is a queer multidisciplinary artist and a recent graduate of Dawson College, who will be starting her studies in English Literature at Concordia University in the Fall.

Emné Nasereddine is a poet living in Montréal/Tio’tia:ke.

Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a writer, poet, magazine editor, and acquisitions editor at Metonymy Press living in Montréal/Tio’tia:ke.

Ehab Lotayef is a poet, justice activist and IT Manager of Egyptian origin. He has been calling Montréal/Tio’tia:ke home for over 30 years.

Nadah el Shazly is a singer and composer from Cairo, Egypt and now based in Montreal.

Egypto-Québécois Symon Henry’s artistic practice is based on the interaction between three major axes in their creations, namely concert music, visual arts and poetry.

Leila Marshy is of Palestinian and Newfoundland parentage, which is A LOT. Her first novel, The Philistine, was published by LLP in 2018. She is working on another.

Baharan Baniahmadi is a writer and actress, originally from Iran and based in Montreal.

Elkahna Talbi a.k.a Queen Ka is a poet, performer and actress, born in Montréal/Tio’tia:ke, from an Amazigh background.

Spoken word poet, visual artist, and literary translator Hoda Adra was born in Lebanon and grew up in Saudi Arabia until 17, before being adopted by Montreal/Tio’tia:ke in 2002.

Ehab Lotayef is a poet, justice activist and IT Manager of Egyptian origin. He has been calling Montréal/Tio’tia:ke home for over 30 years.

Elspeth Tulloch is a specialist of Canadian literature in the Département of littérature, théâtre et cinéma at Université Laval.

Luc Murray Mercier is a Laval University graduate student born and currently living in Québec City.

Roxanne Bédard-Saucier is studying English literature in Quebec City and spends most of her time between the pages of her favorite novels.

Mary Thaler is a writer, webcomic creator, and microbial ecologist, living in Quebec City.

Abel Martinez is an up-and-coming content creator, video editor, and passionate linguist from Northern Mexico looking to make their words reach way beyond the border.

Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student with Université Laval, working on science fiction literature, and a podcast host on the New Books Network.

Lydie Dubuisson is a theater creator, playwright, director, and curator. Her art explores intersectionality, dystopia, collective memory and multilingual creative processes.

Alessandra Tom is a director, dramaturg, and performance creator currently based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal and is the artistic facilitator at Teesri Duniya Theatre, providing literary management and coordinating the Fireworks Playwright Program.

Nathaniel Hanula-James (he/him) is a theatre-maker. Born and raised in Vancouver (the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations), he now makes his home in Toronto/T’karonto. He is working toward an artistic practice that is irreverent, zany, and unabashedly queer.

This is the transcript of a fake podcast interview with fictional playwright Caren Hwite-Phaggét, whose real-life play “In Pontréal” will be produced in Montreal/Tio’tia:ke in 2024.

Carolyn Fe is a Filipino-Canadian actress, singer-songwriter, playwright and writer; born in the Philippines, grew up in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal) and is now living in Tkaronto (Toronto).

Sangeeta Wylie is an actor, playwright/poet, and dentist originally from Newfoundland, now residing in the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples (Vancouver).

Tiernan is a performer/artist born and based in Tiohti:áke/Montréal.

Caroline Lou is a poet and nature enthusiast who currently lives in Tkaronto/Toronto.

Debdeep Chatterjee is a Ph.D. candidate researching corporate sustainability. He is from India and has been living in Montréal/Tio’tia:ke.

Lib Spry has been a theatre maker for 50+ years as a director, playwright, dramaturge, popular theatre worker, performer, translator, community artist and educator.

Lisa Wagner is a part-time resident in Quebec. She’s a writer, naturalist, and gardener in Rimouski (Mi’gmaq territory).

Dona Nham is a spoken word artist, storyteller, facilitator, and cultural worker living in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal). 

Larch grew up in Chibougamau, Quebec. Now living in Rimouski for most of the year, with summers and Xmases spent in Nunavik.

Cornelius Hammer is a retired fisheries biologist and writer who recently immigrated to Québec, living now in Rimouski.

Lisan Chng is a mosaic artist, cultural manager and aspiring writer living in the Lower Saint Lawrence region of Quebec.

Barb Amsden is a Montrealer born and bred, whose heart is in the Gaspé.

Judith Catt was born and raised in England, then emigrated to Canada as a young bride. She lived her married life in Northern Quebec with her French husband and then, after he died, moved to the Lower Saint Lawrence.

Emy Harwood-Jones is a hard working student and lifeguard facing the troubles of being a girl from the Lower Saint Lawrence.

Anik Tardif is a grade 8 student from Métis Beach school. She writes with passion and expresses her feelings through her words.

R.A. Garber lives in the hinterland of Maple Leaf, QC, and is editor of The Townships Sun.

Eleanor Gang is a musician, writer and chronic knitter who has made her home in Lennoxville since the late ’80s.

Louise Abbott is a writer, photographer, and independent filmmaker in the Eastern Townships. She is a founding member and past president of Studio Georgeville.

Tanya Standish McIntyre is a poet and visual artist living in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.

Loch Baillie is an aspiring writer and editor based in Quebec City.

Heather Davis assembles words and teaches at two universities in Sherbrooke. She believes that writing is a social act and that art is energy.

Jacqueline Korschun Hyman is a writer from Sawyerville (Eastern Townships) enjoying her retirement from a career as a professor of anthropology and co-proprietor of a dairy farm.

Louise Abbott is a writer, photographer, and independent filmmaker in the Eastern Townships. She is a founding member and past president of Studio Georgeville.

Angela Leuck is a poet and publisher living in the Eastern Townships.

Gabriel Safdie is a writer and photographer. He is the director of the Centre des arts de Stanstead that features the bilingual poetry reading series.

Born and raised in Quebec, Sherwins-A. Jean is a writer and poet of Haitian descent working in Montreal / Tio’tia:ke.

Anne Victoria Jean-François is a Montreal-based singer / songwriter currently co-authoring a Canadian Black history book in Montreal / Tio’tia:ke with the Black Community Resource Centre.

Matthew Mullone is a Créole-Texan anthropologist, communicator and multidisciplinary artist, using his art to push for change and understanding. Currently based in Tio’tia:ke / Montreal.

Amanda Asomani-Nyarko also known as GG (she/her/elle) is a writer, poet, and spoken word artist living in Montreal / Tio’tia:ke.

Ayana Monuma is a writer and poet working in Montreal / Tio’tia:ke.

Cindy Keza (she/her) is a Rwandan writer and poet based in Montreal / Tio’tia:ke who is working on her happiness and finding her purpose.

Fabiola Ingabire is a Montreal / Tio’tia:ke based aspiring writer and researcher interested in the intersections of race, gender and new media.

Fanta Ly is an aspiring writer and lawyer pursuing an impact-oriented career utilizing her experience in law, policy, and advocacy to challenge anti-Black racism, equality, and organizational responsibility.

Renee White is a writer and poet working in Montreal / Tio’tia:ke.

Jessica Williams-Daley is an altruistic Black woman, writer and poet working in Montreal / Tio’tia:ke.

No One is a singer-songwriter, poet and playwright working in Montreal / Tio’tia:ke.

Deanna Smith is a poet, performer, social justice advocate, teaching artist, and 5th generation Canadian.