Cynthia Good

Cynthia Good is a former president and publisher of Penguin Books. Following her twenty years at Penguin she became the founding director of the Creative Book Publishing Program at Humber College, where she was named Professor Emerita. She also holds an honorary degree from Mount Allison University. She facilitates many book clubs, has acted on a variety of publishing and literary juries and presents Good Books, a popular free discussion on reading.

Joshua Knelman

Joshua Knelman is a multi-award-winning journalist, author and editor. He was part of the founding editorial team of The Walrus magazine, and his investigative book Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art received The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime Writing in Canada. His most recent book is the critically-acclaimed Firebrand: A Tobacco Lawyer's Journey

Tim Wynne-Jones

Tim Wynne-Jones has written thirty-eight books including novels for adults, young adults and children, picture books, and short story collections. He has won the Governor General’s Award, twice, among many other Canadian and international honours, including making the short list for the Guardian Book Prize, twice. His work has been published in ten languages in thirteen countries. He taught creative writing for many years at both the Humber School for Writers and the Vermont College of Fine Arts. In 2012, Tim was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

2021

Zelda Abramson, Nathan Adler, Naomi K. Lewis

2020

Judy Batalion, Alan Levine, Shani Mootoo

2019

Ayesha Chatterjee, Eric Beck Rubin, Melanie J. Fishbane

2018

Beverley Chalmers, Joseph Kertes, Lee Maracle.

2017

Bob Bossin, Ami Sands Brodoff, Cary Fagan.

2016

Pierre Anctil, Devyani Saltzman, Laurence Siegel.

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