Author’s are an integral and exciting part of the program at OLA Super Conference. We are happy to be hosting many conference sessions, readings, and signing opportunities with our favourite authors.
Thursday |
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| 9:30 AM | Sam & Rita Burke, I Like Being Me, I Like Being Me Books | Independent Authors |
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| Jeff Chiba Stearns, On Being Yukiko, Japanese Canadian Legacies Society | Booth #436 | |
| Michelle Joseph, Words With Michelle: Inspirational Conversations With Today’s Black Canadian Changemakers, Michelle Joseph | Independent Authors | |
| 9:40 AM | Andrew B Campbell, The ABCs of Blackness in Our Schools, Pembroke Publishers | OBPO Pavilion |
| Farida Zaman, Samina Goes to a Wedding, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 10:00 AM | Danila Botha, A Place for People Like Us, Guernica Editions | OBPO Pavilion |
| Alex G. Griffiths, Fox and the Mystery Letter, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #215/217 | |
| Elle Kennedy, Love Song, Raincoast Books | Booth #414-420 | |
| Stella Partheniou Grasso, Our Game (Combined Volume): 5 Hockey Stories, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| Kate Robson, Something to Hold Onto, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Nazneen Sheikh, I Left You Behind, Mawenzi House Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Kari-Lynn Winters, Our Game (Combined Volume): 5 Hockey Stories, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| Tao Wong, The First Step, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 | |
| 10:20 AM | Naseem Hrab, Every Space Between, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion |
| John Martz, Every Space Between, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Ellis Scott, Night Terminus, Dundurn Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 10:30 AM | Helaine Becker, Smart Machines: How AI is Changing Our World, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Natalie MacMaster, I Have a Love Story, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
| Kevin Sylvester, Time Surfers, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #429/431 | |
| 10:40 AM | Sadie Epstein-Fine, Eraser, Playwrights Canada Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, Product of Italy, Made in Canada: An Immigrant’s Love Letter to Food, Family, and Resilience, Latitude 46 Publishing | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 11:00 AM | Karma Brown, Mother is Watching, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 |
| Lana Button, Brianna Banana, Helper of the Day, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Trevor Henderson, Scarewaves: Beyond the Grave (Scarewaves #2), Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves, Raincoast Books | Booth #414-420 | |
| Kathy Kacer, Memory Stones, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Mark Morton, The Headmasters, Literary Press Group | Booth #417 | |
| Suharu Ogawa, Brianna Banana, Helper of the Day, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Jean E. Pendziwol, The Quiet Hunt: A Poem for Young Foragers, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Charlie Petch, Infinite Audition, Brick Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| David A. Robertson, You Were Made for This World, Whitehots Inc | Booth #513 | |
| Stephanie Sinclair, A Steady Brightness of Being, Whitehots Inc | Booth #513 | |
| 11:20 AM | Catherine Little, Jane and the Blue Willow Princess, Plumleaf Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Lindsay Zier-Vogel, The Fun Times Brigade, Book*hug Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 11:30 AM | Joanne Levy, All the Things We Found, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Heather Marshall, Liberty Street, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 | |
| 11:40 AM | Sierra Marilyn Riley, The Dark Cove Theatre Society, Annick Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| 11:45 AM | Barbara Reid, The Story Hunter, Library Bound Inc | Booth #311/313 |
| 12:00 PM | Joel A. Sutherland, Haunted Canada Graphic Novel, Volume 2, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 |
| Andrew Battershill, Pet, Pet, Slap, Coach House Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Julien Chung, Chicka Chicka Peep Peep, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Jerry Faivish, Can Posters Kill?: Antisemitic Propaganda and World War II, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Uzma Jalaluddin, Moonlight Murder, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #429/431 | |
| Andrew Larsen, Call Me Gray, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Bells Larsen, Call Me Gray, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Barbara Reid, The Story Hunter, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| Erin Silver, Plant Attack!: The Fascinating Ways Flora Defends Itself, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 12:20 PM | Guy Elston, The Character Actor Convention, Gordon Hill Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Allister Thompson, Birch and Jay, Latitude 46 Publishing | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 12:30 PM | Celina Myers, Hollow, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #429/431 |
| Colleen Nelson, Making a Splash: How Humans Consume, Control and Care for Water, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 12:40 PM | Kate Blair, We Bury Nothing, Cormorant Books | OBPO Pavilion |
| Brad Smith, Billy Crawford’s Double Play, Wolsak & Wynn | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 1:00 PM | Kerry Clare, Definitely Thriving, House of Anansi Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Standoff (Kidnapped from Ukraine #2), Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| Cinda Gault, Everything I Hope For; A Small Compass; This Godforsaken Place, Cinda Gault | Independent Authors | |
| Joanne Kwok, Akemi’s Song, Plumleaf Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Frances Lee, Ami Moon and the Galactic Peacekeepers, Raincoast Books | Booth #414-420 | |
| Michael Mirolla, How About This…?, Literary Press Group | Booth #417 | |
| Julie Thompson, Just Kickin’ It, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Alina Tysoe, The Great Puptective, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Anuja Varghese, A Kiss of Crimson Ash, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 | |
| 1:15 PM | Carrianne Leung, Wonderland Road, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #429/431 |
| 1:20 PM | Philippa Dowding, The Love Song of Mr Byrd, Cormorant Books | OBPO Pavilion |
| Howie Shia, Ra! Ta! Ma! Cue!, Annick Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 1:30 PM | Melissa Cho, The Fabulous Edweena, Second Story Press | Booth #423 |
| Deborah Kerbel, No Huddles for Heloise, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Kathy Stinson, Levi’s Gift, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
| 1:40 PM | Miranda Schreiber, Iris and the Dead, Book*hug Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Lorna Schultz Nicholson, The Man In Motion: How Rick Hansen’s World Tour Helped Break Down Barriers for People with Disabilities, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 2:00 PM | Marianne Ackerman, Oyster, Dundurn Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Leonarda Carranza, The Friendship Blanket, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| Bar Friedman-Tell, Honeysuckle, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Susan Hughes, Miss Match, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Colleen Nelson, Mystery At The Biltmore: A Recipe For Robery, Pajama Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Alina Tysoe, My Sister the Werebeast, Raincoast Books | Booth #414-420 | |
| 2:20 PM | Lea Beddia, My Green Style, James Lorimer & Company Ltd | Booth #328 |
| Jessica Popeski, The Problem with Having a Body, Gordon Hill Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 2:30 PM | Nadia Alam, Sarabeth’s Garage, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 |
| Melanie Florence, Sarabeth’s Garage, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 | |
| Christopher Gudgeon, Canine Connection: How Dogs and Humans Evolved Together, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 2:40 PM | Moira Welsh, The Astonishing Lives of Older Women: How to Create Pleasure Over Peril in Peak Longevity, ECW Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Kari-Lynn Winters, Double-Up Day!, Pajama Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 3:00 PM | Alison McGauley, Kenzie’s Little Tree, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Christina Minaki, Love on Planet A, James Lorimer & Company Ltd | Booth #328 | |
| 3:20 PM | Mary Jane Mossman, Quiet Rebels: A History of Ontario Women Lawyers, Wilfrid Laurier University Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Michael Walsh, Singing in Forever in My Memories, Mosaic Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 4:00 PM | Mychal Threets, I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 |
Friday |
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| 9:30 AM | Rita Burke, Reflections on Sisterhood: Voices from Black Canada. I Like Being In the Kitchen, I Am – Therefore We Are, I Like Being on the K T-E-A-M, – , I Like Being Me Books | Independent Authors |
| Paul Coccia, The Bear Fairy, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 | |
| 9:40 AM | Eddie Kawooya, Ace and the Misfits vs. the Soccer Knights, James Lorimer & Company Ltd | Booth #328 |
| Larry Swartz | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 10:00 AM | Maria Birmingham, Can We Talk? How Humans Stay in Touch, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Kate Cayley, Property, Coach House Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Cory Doctorow, Enshittification, Raincoast Books | Booth #414-420 | |
| Casey Lyall, The League of Littles, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #429/431 | |
| Colleen Nelson, How To Save A Library, Whitehots Inc | Booth #513 | |
| Mai Nguyen, Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Miki Sato, If You Go Walking, Pajama Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Lorna Schultz Nicholson, Amazing Hockey Stories: Auston Matthews, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| Jessica Vitalis, Unsinkable Cayenne, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #429/431 | |
| Xulin Wang, Can We Talk? How Humans Stay in Touch, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 10:20 AM | Morgan Christie, Grandma, Cho Cho and Me, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion |
| Sandra Mirabelli, Teaching Vocabulary in the Content Areas, Pembroke Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 10:30 AM | Ambreen Butt-Hussain, You’re Out of Luck, Alina Butt, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Sean Minogue, Terminal Solstice, Literary Press Group | Booth #417 | |
| Alice Priestley, The Light Keeper, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| 10:40 AM | Peter N. Bailey, Tyson’s Song, Playwrights Canada Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Stacey Robinson, Carnival Curves, James Lorimer & Company Ltd | Booth #328 | |
| 10:45 AM | Rick Mofina, One Second Away, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 |
| 11:00 AM | Andrew P. Barr, Ink of Nightmares, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Maria Birmingham, Left-Handed: Getting a Grip on Handedness, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Michael Bungay Stanier, The Coaching Habit, Raincoast Books | Booth #414-420 | |
| Nadine Presley, A Ramadan Night, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Erin Silver, Women’s Hockey Fanbook, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| Jeff Szpirglas, Ink of Nightmares, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Phuong Truong, Take a Breath Olive Tran, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Ashraf Zaghal, Seven Heavens Away, House of Anansi Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 11:20 AM | Cary Fagan, A Fast Horse Never Brings Good News, Book*hug Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Erica Fyvie, The Sustainable School, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 11:30 AM | Eric Walters, Finding Harmony, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| 11:40 AM | Lynn Hutchinson Lee, Nightshade, Assembly Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Camellia Koo, Yaya and the Dan-Tats, Annick Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 11:45 AM | Ted Staunton, Comic Shift, Library Bound Inc | Booth #311/313 |
| 12:00 PM | James Braithwaite, Billie Builds a RoboCorn, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 |
| Kate Graham, Run the World Like a Girl: International Women Leaders, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Sophia Hannan, We Were Never Here, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço, Billie Builds a RoboCorn, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 | |
| Elizabeth MacLeod, Meet Frederick Banting (Scholastic Canada Biography), Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| Maria Marianayagam, No Purchase Necessary, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #429/431 | |
| Kim Spencer, I Won’t Feel This Way Forever, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Nadia Staikos, Until They Sleep, Guernica Editions | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Ted Staunton, Comic Shift, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| Eric Walters, Sam, Cormorant Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 12:20 PM | Kelly Collier, I Will Not Walk to School, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Naseem Hrab, I Will Not Walk to School, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Alexis von Konigslow, The Exclusion Zone, Wolsak & Wynn | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 12:30 PM | Cheryl Isaacs, The Others, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #429/431 |
| Meegan Lim, Cracking the Code: The Human Quest to Uncover Secrets, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 12:40 PM | Oksanna Crawley, Katie Crumble and the Case of the Missing Underwear, Plumleaf Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| 1:00 PM | Ellie Arscott, The Warmest Blanket in the World, Second Story Press | Booth #423 |
| Habiba Mariam Diallo, #BlackInSchool, University of Regina Press | Booth #319 | |
| Denise Dias, T Is for Terry: An ABC of Courage, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
| James Gladstone, My Subway Runs, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Kate Hilton, City of Muse, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Emily Kewageshig, Of the Sun, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #215/217 | |
| Mark Laliberte, ZZOO, Palimpsest Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Meaghan (M.J.) McIsaac, Cheat Code, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Mischa Oak, Rainbow Wisdom, Raincoast Books | Booth #414-420 | |
| Jade Wallace, ZZOO, Palimpsest Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 1:15 PM | Kim Spencer, Here For a Good Time, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 |
| 1:20 PM | Conor McDonnell, What We Know So Far Is…, Wolsak & Wynn | OBPO Pavilion |
| Renée Sylvestre-Williams, The Singles Tax: No-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo Earners, ECW Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 1:30 PM | Matt Beam, Shoot the Moon, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Victoria Evans, The History of Everything, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #429/431 | |
| 1:40 PM | Anne Baldo, One Day, Hard and Clear, Dundurn Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Koom Kankesan, Killing Shakespeare, Mawenzi House Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 2:00 PM | Jan Dolby, I Drove My Bed to Grandma’s House, Cormorant Books | OBPO Pavilion |
| Amanda Jones, That Librarian, Raincoast Books | Booth #414-420 | |
| Barkha Lohia, Bird Brothers, A Delhi Story, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Carolyn Huizinga Mills, I Drove My Bed to Grandma’s House, Cormorant Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Shane Neilson, What to Feel, How to Feel, Palimpsest Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Debbie Ridpath Ohi, I’m Busy, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Rina Singh, Bird Brothers, A Delhi Story, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 2:30 PM | Monique Polak, Just a Minute: Why Humans Tell Time, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Patmeena Sabit, Good People, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718-724 | |
| TBD | Lori Wong, Ellie Awakens the Spirits of Tam Kung Temple, Yen Wo Tsung Tsin (Hakka) Society | Booth #130T |