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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9:40 AM | Mahak Jain, The Only Astronaut, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion |
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Diane Vetter, Students Mentoring Students in K–8 Classrooms, Pembroke Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
10:00 AM | S. K. Ali, Love From Mecca to Medina, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 |
Ashley Barron, This Is a Tiny Fragile Snake, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
Natalie Jenner, Every Time We Say Goodbye, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 | |
Nicholas Ruddock, This Is a Tiny Fragile Snake, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
Moez Surani, The Legend of Baraffo, Book*hug Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
10:20 AM | Martha Baillie, There is No Blue, Coach House Books | OBPO Pavilion |
Bahram Rahman, If You See a Bluebird, Pajama Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
10:30 AM | Jade Armstrong, Food School, Publishers Group Canada | Booth #414/416 |
Samantha Bailey, A Friend in the Dark, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
Paul Coccia, I Got You Babe, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Anita Daher, Peanut Butter and Chaos, The Literary Press Group of Canada | Booth #417 | |
Adrienne Kress, Fade to Black: An AFK Book (Bendy #3), Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
Robin Lefler, Not How I Pictured It, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
Hannah Mary McKinnon, Only One Survives, Harlequin | Booth #728/730/732 | |
Joel A. Sutherland, Haunted Canada 12, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
Tom Wilson Tehoháhake, Mohawk Warriors, Hunters & Chiefs | Kanien’kehá:ka Ronterí:ios, Rontó:rats & Rotiiá:ner, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
10:40 AM | Calyssa Erb, Maya Plays the Part, Annick Press | OBPO Pavilion |
Daniel Soha, Vignettes: Short Fiction, Mosaic Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
11:00 AM | Kern Carter, And Then There Were Us, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 |
George Elliott Clarke, Black Activist, Black Scientist, Black Icon: The Autobiography of Dr. Howard D. McCurdy, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 | |
Thao Lam, One Giant Leap, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
Deb Loughead, Wildfire, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Robert Rotenberg, What We Buried, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
Ray Xu, Alterations, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #213/215 | |
11:20 AM | Adriana Chartrand, An Ordinary Violence, House of Anansi Press | OBPO Pavilion |
Sandra Mirabelli, Fail-Safe Strategies for Science and Literacy, Pembroke Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
11:30 AM | Mathias Ball, Still My Tessa, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 |
/th> | Mary Fairhurst Breen, Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism, Second Story Press | Second Story Press booth #423 |
Sylv Chiang, Still My Tessa, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
James Lindsay, Only Insistence, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
Suharu Ogawa, Good Food, Bad Waste, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Rachel Salt, Your Plastic Footprint, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
Erin Silver, Good Food, Bad Waste, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
11:40 AM | Ronna Bloom, A Possible Trust: The Poetry of Ronna Bloom, Wilfrid Laurier University Press | OBPO Pavilion |
Natalie Hyde, Swept Away, Cormorant Books / DCB Young Readers | OBPO Pavilion | |
11:45 AM | Shana Almeida, Toronto the Good?, University of Toronto Press | Booth #229 |
12:00 PM | Gary Clement, K Is in Trouble, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #213/215 |
Rosena Fung, Age 16, Annick Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
Sara Furlong, Every Brain is Beautiful, Junior Detective Agency | Booth #102T | |
Sadi Muktadir, Land of No Regrets, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
Roza Nozari, Fluffy and the Stars, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Ruth Ohi, We Belong Here, Library Bound Inc | Booth #329/331 | |
Lara Jean Okihiro, Obaasan’s Boots, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
T’áncháy Redvers, Fluffy and the Stars, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Joel A. Sutherland, House of Ash and Bone, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
Opal Wei, Wild Life, Harlequin | Booth #728/730/732 | |
12:20 PM | Gary Barwin, Imagining Imagining: Essays on Language, Identity and Infinity, Wolsak & Wynn Publishers | OBPO Pavilion |
Sandra McTavish, The Cricket War, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
12:30 PM | Maria Birmingham, Are We There Yet?: How Humans Find Their Way, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
Lorna Schultz Nicholson, The Girl Who Loved Poutine, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
Drew Shannon, Are We There Yet?: How Humans Find Their Way, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Marty Wilson-Trudeau, Phoenix Gets Greater, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
12:40 PM | Rosalind Gill, Face Into the Wind, Mosaic Press | OBPO Pavilion |
1:00 PM | Marion Agnew, Making Up the Gods, Latitude 46 | OBPO Pavilion |
Sandra Bradley, Cocoa Magic, Pajama Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
Ani Castillo, People Are My Favorite Places, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #213/215 | |
Matteo L. Cerilli, Lockjaw, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
Catherine Chan, Open Science, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Lily Chu, The Takedown, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 | |
Scott Clarke, Oak Island Odyssey: A Masonic Quest, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
Claudia Dávila, Friends Find a Way!, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
Jenny Kay Dupuis, Heart Berry Bling, Portage & Main Press / HighWater Press | Booth #441 | |
Heather M. O’Connor, Friends Find a Way!, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
Phuong Truong, Everyone Is Welcome, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
Dan Yashinsky, The Golden Apples, The Literary Press Group of Canada | Booth #417 | |
1:20 PM | Safia Fazlul, The Red One, Mawenzi House | OBPO Pavilion |
Mary Sanders, 9 Lives by 35: An Olympic Gymnast’s Inspiring Story of Reinvention, Ontario Book Publishers Organization | OBPO Pavilion | |
1:30 PM | Sameea Jimenez, What Does Hate Look Like?, Second Story Press | Booth #423 |
Corinne Promislow, What Does Hate Look Like?, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
Alan Syliboy, When the Owl Calls Your Name, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
Eric Walters, Flight Plan, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Kari-Lynn Winters, All Our Love, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
1:40 PM | Steve Barwin, No Known Address, Lorimer | OBPO Pavilion |
Hana Shafi, People You Know, Places You’ve Been, Book*hug Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
2:00 PM | S. K. Ali, Grounded, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #213/215 |
S. K. Ali, The Kindest Red, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #213/215 | |
Nadia L. Hohn, The Antiracist Kitchen, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Jackie Khalilieh, Something More, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
Jackie Lau, Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
Aimee Reid, Animal Snuggles, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 | |
Adam Schafer, Smash, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
Noel Tuazon, Smash, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
Jessica Westhead, Avalanche, Invisible Publishing | OBPO Pavilion | |
2:20 PM | Tamara Faith Baeger, Yara, Coach House Books | OBPO Pavilion |
Kate Blair, A Mist of Memories, Cormorant Books / DCB Young Readers | OBPO Pavilion | |
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Wait Softly Brother, Wolsak & Wynn Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
2:30 PM | Andrew Larsen, Jungle Cat, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
Whitney Moran, I Want to Build a Seahouse, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
2:40 PM | Christine Estima, The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society, House of Anansi Press | OBPO Pavilion |
Allyson McOuat, The Call is Coming From Inside the House: Essays, ECW Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
3:00 PM | Paola Ferrante, Her Body Among Animals, Book*hug Press | OBPO Pavilion |
Mireille Messier, No Horses in the House: The Audacious Life of Artist Rosa Bonheur, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Aimee Reid, A World of Love, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
Rachel Ricketts, All I Need to Be, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
Eric Walters, The Club, Cormorant Books / DCB Young Readers | OBPO Pavilion | |
Friday |
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10:00 AM | Tanaz Bhathena, Of Light and Shadow, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 |
Lana Button, The Only Lonely Fairy, Whitehots Inc | Booth #513 | |
Peggy Collins, The Only Lonely Fairy, Whitehots Inc | Booth #513 | |
Melanie Florence, Kaiah’s Garden, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
Sharon Frayne, The Sound of a Rainbow, Latitude 46 | OBPO Pavilion | |
M.J. McIsaac, Countdown, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Kari-Lynn Winters, What If I’m Not a Cat?, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
10:20 AM | Andrew B. Campbell, Stop the Hate for Goodness Sake, Pembroke Publishers | OBPO Pavilion |
Flo Leung, The Blue Bowl, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
Larry Swartz, Stop the Hate for Goodness Sake, Pembroke Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
10:30 AM | Heather Camlot, I Can’t Do What?, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 |
Sarah Everett, The Probability of Everything, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
Alina Khawaja, Maya’s Laws of Love, Harlequin | Booth #728/730/732 | |
Jean Mills, Wingman, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Richard Scrimger, At the Speed of Gus, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
10:40 AM | Sahar Golshan, So Loud!, Annick Press | OBPO Pavilion |
Marcel Stewart, Freedom: A Mixtape, Playwrights Canada Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
11:00 AM | Christine D.U. Chung, Viewfinder, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 |
Melanie Florence, Benjamin’s Thunderstorm, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
Ian Hamilton, The Fury of Beijing, House of Anansi Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
Steven P. Hughes, Book of Screams, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Salwa Majoka, Viewfinder, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
Jeff Szpirglas, Book of Screams, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Andrew Varga, The Mongol Ascension (Jump in Time: Book Three), Publishers Group Canada | Booth #414/416 | |
Marty Wilson-Trudeau, Phoenix ani’ Gichichi-I’/Phoenix Gets Greater, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
Marty Wilson-Trudeau, Phoenix Gets Greater, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
11:20 AM | David Neil Lee, The Great Outer Dark, Wolsak & Wynn Publishers | OBPO Pavilion |
Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, The Road to Heaven: A Patrick Bird Mystery #1, Ontario Book Publishers Organization | OBPO Pavilion | |
11:30 AM | Andrea Blinick, Serge the Snail without a Shell, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 |
Laurie Freedman, Dwelling, The Literary Press Group of Canada | Booth #417 | |
Joanne Levy, The Book of Elsie, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Harriet Alida Lye, Serge the Snail without a Shell, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
Suri Rosen, A Bucket of Stars, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
Keltie Thomas, Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
11:40 AM | Kelly Collier, Otis & Peanut Forever and Ever, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion |
Naseem Hrab, Otis & Peanut Forever and Ever, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
11:45 AM | Jessica Outram, Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold, Second Story Press | Booth #423 |
12:00 PM | Lawrence Hill, Beatrice and Croc Harry, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 |
Christina Kilbourne, 40 Days in Hicksville, Cormorant Books / DCB Young Readers | OBPO Pavilion | |
Casey Lyall, Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
Meaghan McIsaac, The Bear House: Scales and Stardust, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
Rick Mofina, Someone Saw Something, Harlequin | Booth #728/730/732 | |
Lorna Schultz Nicholson, Leon Draisaitl (Amazing Hockey Stories), Library Bound Inc | Booth #329/331 | |
Erin Shields, Queen Goneril, Playwrights Canada Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
Rina Singh, Once, a Bird, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Kevin Sylvester, Power Play (Hockey Super Six), Library Bound Inc | Booth #329/331 | |
12:20 PM | Nate Hendley, Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War, Ontario Book Publishers Organization | OBPO Pavilion |
12:30 PM | Anne Dublin, She’s A Mensch! Ten Amazing Jewish Women, Second Story Press | Booth #423 |
Soyeon Kim, When Sunlight Tiptoes, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
Jean Mills, Bliss Adair and the First Rule of Knitting, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
12:40 PM | L. E. Carmichael, Polar, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion |
Lindsay Zier-Vogel, Dear Street, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
1:00 PM | Lana Button, Stay My Baby, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
Stephanie Cooke, The Racc Pack, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
Sebastien de Castell, Crucible of Chaos, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #213/215 | |
Kathy Kacer, Two Pieces of Chocolate, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
Karen Krossing, Monster vs. Boy, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
Elizabeth MacLeod, Meet Clara Hughes (Scholastic Canada Biography), Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
Keith Merith, A Darker Shade of Blue: A Police Officer’s Memoir, ECW Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
Basil Sylvester, Night of the Living Zed, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
Kevin Sylvester, Night of the Living Zed, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
Shelley Thompson, Roar, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
1:20 PM | Dave Hurlow, Deep Sea Feline, Latitude 46 | OBPO Pavilion |
Colleen Nelson, The Umbrella House, Pajama Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
1:30 PM | Chelsea Charles, The Trailblazing Life of Viola Desmond: A Civil Rights Icon, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
Larissa Crawley, Pirate Glitterbeard, The Literary Press Group of Canada | Booth #417 | |
Oksanna Crawley, Pirate Glitterbeard, The Literary Press Group of Canada | Booth #417 | |
Hajer Nakua, Khadija and the Elephant Toothpaste Experiment, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
Farah Qaiser, Khadija and the Elephant Toothpaste Experiment, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
Ronnie Riley, Asking for a Friend, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211 | |
1:40 PM | Joshua Chris Bouchard, Burn Diary, Wolsak & Wynn Publishers | OBPO Pavilion |
A. G. A. Wilmot, Withered, ECW Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
2:00 PM | Norman Douglas, You Be The Judge, Irwin Law Inc | OBPO Pavilion |
Paul Gilligan, Pluto Rocket: Joe Pidge Flips a Lid, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
Elizabeth MacLeod, Get Out and Vote!: How You Can Shape the Future, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
2:40 PM | Jennifer Falkner, Above Discovery, Invisible Publishing | OBPO Pavilion |