Author’s are an integral and exciting part of the program at OLA Super Conference. We are happy to hosting many conference sessions, readings and signing opportunities with our favourite authors.

Thursday

9:40 AM Nancy Cooper, Biindigen! Amik Says Welcome, Owlkids Books Owlkids Books OBPO Pavilion
Kathleen Gould Lundy, Teaching Fairly in an Unfair World, 2nd Edition, Pembroke Publishers Pembroke Publishers OBPO Pavilion
10:00 AM Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says, Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
Alie Christensen, Stealing John Hancock, Turnstone Press Literary Press Group of Canada Booth #414
Hejsa Christensen, Stealing John Hancock, Turnstone Press Literary Press Group of Canada Booth #414
Jennifer Hillier, Things We Do in the Dark, Raincoast Books Raincoast Books Booth #417/419
Elaine Kachala, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Hannah Mary Mckinnon, The Revenge List, HarperCollins HarperCollins Canada Booth #728/730/732
Abbie Saunders, Canada’s Pandemic Heroes, Saunders Book Company Booth #505
Craig Shreve, The African Samurai, Simon & Schuster Canada Simon & Schuster Canada Booth #605/607
Carey Sookocheff, The Remembering Stone, Groundwood Books Groundwood Books OBPO Pavilion
Amy Stuart, A Death at the Party , Simon & Schuster Canada Simon & Schuster Canada Booth #605/607
10:20 AM SJ Okemow, Âmî Osâwâpikones, Annick Press Annick Press OBPO Pavilion
Grace Vanderzande, Unbuttoned – Our Farming Life in Southeastern Ontario, Crossfield Publishing Inc. Crossfield Publishing Inc. OBPO Pavilion
10:30 AM Mary Fairhurst Breen, Any Kind of Luck at All, Second Story Press Second Story Press Booth #423
Lori Sherritt-Fleming, Hungry for the Arts, Thomas Allen & Son/ Fitzhenry & Whiteside Thomas Allen & Son Booth #319/321
Kari-Lynn Winters, Hungry for the Arts: Poems to Chomp On, Thomas Allen & Son/ Fitzhenry & Whiteside Thomas Allen & Son Booth #319/321
10:40 AM Andrew Larsen, The Bird Feeder & Another Squiggly Story, KIds Can Press KIds Can Press OBPO Pavilion
A.G. Pasquella, Welcome to the Weird America, Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd. Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd. OBPO Pavilion
11:00 AM Lanna Chu, The Comeback, Raincoast Books Raincoast Books Booth #417/419
Paul Coccia, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Loridee De Villa, How to Be the Best Third Wheel, Wattpad Books Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group Booth #723
Anand Giridharadas, The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy, Knopf Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724
Doretta Groenedyk, What If? From Worries to Wonder, Acorn Press Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Andrew Katz, A Starlit Trip to the Library, Canadian Manda Group Canadian Manda Group Booth #312/314
Juliana Léveillé-Trudel, A Starlit Trip to the Library, Canadian Manda Group Canadian Manda Group Booth #312/314
Carey Sookocheff, Lost Things, Kids Can Press Kids Can Press OBPO Pavilion
Anuja Varghese, Chrysalis, House of Anansi Press House of Anansi Press OBPO Pavilion
Eric Walters, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
11:20 AM Kelly Collier, Otis & Peanut, Owlkids Books Owlkids Books OBPO Pavilion
Naseem Hrab, Otis & Peanut, Owlkids Books Owlkids Books OBPO Pavilion
Natasha Adiyana Morris, The Negroes Are Congregating, Playwrights Canada Press Playwrights Canada Press OBPO Pavilion
11:30 AM Ann Gomez, Workday Warrior: A Proven Path to Reclaiming Your Time, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
Bruce Kidd, A Runner’s Journey, University of Toronto Press University of Toronto Press Booth #311/313
Elizabeth MacLeod, Meet J. Armand Bombardier (Scholastic Canada Biography), Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
Sarah Raughley, The Song of Wrath, Simon & Schuster Canada Simon & Schuster Canada Booth #605/607
Itah Sadu, I Am BIG!, Second Story Press Second Story Press Booth #423
Patricia Westerhof, The Canadian Guide to Creative Writing and Publishing, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
11:40 AM Maya Ameyaw, When It All Syncs Up, Annick Press Annick Press OBPO Pavilion
Carly Brown, The Celine Bower Story Chronicle Two, Mosaic Press Mosaic Press OBPO Pavilion
12:00 PM Liisa Kovala, Sisu’s Winter War, Latitude 46 Publishing Latitude 46 Publishing OBPO Pavilion
Andrew Larsen, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Jennifer Maruno, While You Sleep, Pajama Press Inc. Pajama Press OBPO Pavilion
Jennifer Maruno, While You Sleep, Pajama Press Whitehots Inc Booth #513
James H. Morrison, The Right to Read: Social Justice, Literacy, and the Creation of Frontier College, The Alfred Fitzpatrick Story, Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Kevin Sylvester, Apartment 713, HarperCollins Canada HarperCollins Canada Booth #728/730/732
Jamie Tennant, River, Diverted, Palimpsest Press Palimpsest Press OBPO Pavilion
Vikki VanSickle, P.S. Tell No One, Library Bound Library Bound Inc Booth #329/331
12:20 PM Kim Conklin, King of Hope, Palimpsest Press Palimpsest Press OBPO Pavilion
Sameea Jimenez, What Does Hate Look Like?, Second Story Press Second Story Press OBPO Pavilion
Corinne Promislow, What Does Hate Look Like?, Second Story Press Second Story Press OBPO Pavilion
12:30 PM Scott Clarke, Oak Island Odyssey: A Masonic Quest, Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Silver Threads, Thomas Allen & Son/ Fitzhenry & Whiteside Thomas Allen & Son Booth #319/321
Anna Rosner, My Left Skate: The Extraordinary Story of Eliezer Sherbatov, Great Plains Publications Literary Press Group of Canada Booth #414
Erin Silver, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Marsha Skrypuch, Silver Threads, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Thomas Allen & Son Booth #319/321
Teresa Toten, Eight Days, Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
12:40 PM Judith Woodsworth, History of the Jews in Quebec, University of Ottawa Press University of Ottawa Press OBPO Pavilion
1:00 PM Daniel Aleman, Brighter than the Sun, Canadian Manda Group Canadian Manda Group Booth #312/314
Lana Button, Tough Like Mum, Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724
Nettie Cronish, Fair Trade Ingredient Cookbook, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited Fitzhenry & Whiteside OBPO Pavilion
Joanne Lebold, Around the Hearth: Tales of Home and Family, Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Kyo Maclear, If You Were a City, Raincoast Books Raincoast Books Booth #417/419
Romi Moondi, 24 Hours in Paris, W by Wattpad Books Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group Booth #723
Charlie Petch, Why I Was Late, Brick Books Brick Books OBPO Pavilion
Rina Singh, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
1:20 PM Ian Hamilton, The General of Tiananmen Square, House of Anansi Press House of Anansi Press OBPO Pavilion
Rick Revelle, The Elk Whistle Warrior Society, Crossfield Publishing Inc. Crossfield Publishing Inc. OBPO Pavilion
1:30 PM Mitchell Consky, Home Safe: A Memoir of End-of-Life Care During COVID-19, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
Sally Lane, Reasonable Cause to Suspect: A Mother’s Ordeal to Free Her Son from a Kurdish Prison, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
Gianna Patriarcha, Nonna and the Girls Next Door, Second Story Press Second Story Press Booth #423
1:40 PM Robert McGill, A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life, Coach House Books Coach House Books OBPO Pavilion
Andrew F. Sullivan, The Marigold, ECW Press ECW Press OBPO Pavilion
2:00 PM Charlene Chua, Amy Wu and the Ribbon Dance, Simon & Schuster Canada Simon & Schuster Canada Booth #605/607
Melanie Florence, Autumn Bird & the Runaway, Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
Katie Harvey, Quiet Time, Vagrant Press/Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado About Nada, HarperCollins Canada HarperCollins Canada Booth #728/730/732
H. N. Khan, Wrong Side of the Court, Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724
Thao Lam, Happy Birthday to Me, Groundwood Books Groundwood Books OBPO Pavilion
Liz McLeod, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Wendy Million, Miss Matched, W by Wattpad Books Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group Booth #723
Richard Scrimger, Autumn Bird & the Runaway, Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
Diane Vetter, Mentoring Each Other, Pembroke Publishers Pembroke Publishers OBPO Pavilion
2:20 PM Eric Walters, Made 4 You, Cormorant Books Cormorant Books OBPO Pavilion
Dr. Dave Williams, Space on Earth: How Thinking Like an Astronaut Can Help Save the Planet, Annick Press Annick Press OBPO Pavilion
2:30 PM Annahid Dashtgard, Bones of Belonging: Finding Wholeness in a White World, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
Thom Ernst, The Wild Boy of Waubamik: A Memoir, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
Monica Ittusardjuat, Making a Whole Person: Traditional Inuit Education, Inhabit Education Books Inhabit Media Booth #715/717
Kathleen McDonnell, Growing Old, Going Cold: Notes on Swimming, Aging, and Finishing Last, Second Story Press Second Story Press Booth #423
Nancy Regan, From Showing Off to Showing Up: An Impostor’s Journey from Perfect to Present, Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Nancy Regan, From Showing Off to Showing Up: An Impostor’s Journey from Perfect to Present, Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Karin Wells, More Than a Footnote: Canadian Women You Should Know, Second Story Press Second Story Press OBPO Pavilion
2:40 PM Tyler Pennok, Blood, Brick Books Brick Books OBPO Pavilion
Claire Ross Dunn, At Last Count, Invisible Publishing Invisible Publishing OBPO Pavilion
3:00 PM Shazia Afzal, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Jessica Cunsolo, Be With Me, Wattpad Books Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group Booth #723
Mo Duffy Cobb, Crescent Moon Friends, Acorn Press Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Erum Shazia Hasan, We Meant Well, ECW Press ECW Press OBPO Pavilion
Shane Peacock, The Book of Us, Cormorant Books Cormorant Books OBPO Pavilion
Kevin Sylvester, Over Time (Hockey Super Six), Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
3:20 PM Lana Button, Tayra’s Not Talking, Kids Can Press Kids Can Press OBPO Pavilion
Danny Ramadan, Salma Makes a Home, Annick Press Annick Press OBPO Pavilion
3:30 PM Bruce Geddes, Chasing the Black Eagle, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
Andrew Hunter, It Was Dark There All the Time, Goose Lane Editions Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
C.S. O’Cinneide, Eve’s Rib, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
C.S. Richardson, All the Colour in the World, Knopf Canada Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724
4:00 PM Melanie Florence, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412

Friday

9:40 AM Anna Humphrey, Bee & Flea and the Puddle Problem, Owlkids Books Owlkids Books OBPO Pavilion
Larry Swartz, Write to Read, Pembroke Publishers Pembroke Publishers OBPO Pavilion
10:00 AM Tanaz Bhathena, Of Light and Shadow, Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724
Taslim Burkowicz, Ruby Red Skies, Roseway Publishing Literary Press Group of Canada Booth #414
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Winterkill, Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
Stacey May Fowles, The Invitation, Groundwood Books Groundwood Books OBPO Pavilion
Kate Graham, Govern Like a Girl: The Women Who Became Canada’s First Ministers, Second Story Press Second Story Press Booth #423
Joanne Levy, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Lydia Lukidis, Deep, Deep Down, Capstone Capstone Booth #812
Sylvia McNicoll, What the Dog Knows, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
David Miller, Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis, University of Toronto Press University of Toronto Press Booth #311/313
Rick Mofina, Everything She Feared, HarperCollins HarperCollins Canada Booth #728/730/732
Colleen Nelson, The Undercover Book List, Pajama Press Inc. Pajama Press OBPO Pavilion
Jennifer Robson, Coronation Year, HarperCollins Canada HarperCollins Canada Booth #728/730/732
Alisha Sevigny, The Oracle of Avaris, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
10:20 AM Jodi Carmichael, The U-nique Lou Fox, Pajama Press Inc. Pajama Press OBPO Pavilion
Rhonda Waterfall, Sombrio, Gordon Hill Press Gordon Hill Press OBPO Pavilion
10:30 AM Hugh Brewster, Unsinkable Lucile: How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic, Firefly Books Firefly Books Booth #706
Tziporah Cohen, City Beet, Sleeping Bear Press Thomas Allen & Son Booth #319/321
Nicola Davison, Decoding Dot Grey, Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Camille Hernández-Ramdwar, Suite as Sugar, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
Nathan Whitlock, Lump, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
10:40 AM Mark Abley, Strange Bewildering Time, House of Anansi Press House of Anansi Press OBPO Pavilion
Kathy Kacer, Hidden on the High Wire, Second Story Press Second Story Press OBPO Pavilion
11:00 AM Malak Kalmoni Chehab, Perfectly Flawed , FriesenPress Yesmeen Booth #125T
Marina Cohen , Shadow Grave, Raincoast Raincoast Books Booth #417/419
Marsha Faubert, Wanda’s War: An Untold Story of Nazi Europe, Forced Labour, and a Canadian Immigration Scandal, Goose Lane Editions Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Paul Gilligan, Pluto Rocket: New in Town, Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724
Sarabeth Holden, Benny the Bananasaurus Rex, Inhabit Media Inc. Inhabit Media Booth #715/717
Peter O’Brien, love & let go, Mosaic Press Mosaic Press OBPO Pavilion
Mary Jennifer Payne, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Robin Stevenson, When You Get the Chance, Canadian Manda Group Canadian Manda Group Booth #312/314
Rochelle Strauss, The Global Ocean, Kids Can Press Kids Can Press OBPO Pavilion
Katie Wicks, Hazel Fine Sings Along, W by Wattpad Books Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group Booth #723
11:20 AM Philippa Dowding, Oculum Echo, Cormorant Books Cormorant Books OBPO Pavilion
Bernadette Gabay Dyer, Segovia Stories, Mosaic Press Mosaic Press OBPO Pavilion
11:30 AM Manahil Bandukwala, Monument, Brick Books Brick Books OBPO Pavilion
Brenden Carlson, Dark All Day, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
Barbara Fradkin, Wreck Bay, Dundurn Press Dundurn Press Booth #435
Kathy Kacer, Under the Iron Bridge, Second Story Press Second Story Press Booth #423
Mai Nguyen, Sunshine Nails, Simon & Schuster Canada Simon & Schuster Canada Booth #605/607
Suzanne Sutherland, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Jo Treggiari, Heartbreak Homes, Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Laura Watson, I Can, Too!, Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
12:00 PM David Barrick, Nightlight, Palimpsest Press Palimpsest Press OBPO Pavilion
Stephen Dorsey, Black and White: An Intimate, Multicultural Perspective on “White Advantage” and the Path to Change, Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Deborah Kerbel, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Bianca Marais, The Witches of Moonshyne Manor, HarperCollins HarperCollins Canada Booth #728/730/732
Meaghan McIsaac , The Bear House, Penguin Random House Canada Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724
Scott Miller, Leading the Pack: 50 Years of Sudbury Wolves History, Latitude 46 Publishing Latitude 46 Publishing OBPO Pavilion
Wanda Taylor, The Grover School Pledge, HarperCollins Canada HarperCollins Canada Booth #728/730/732
12:15 PM Rita Winkler, My Art My World, Second Story Press Second Story Press Booth #423
12:20 PM Peggy Collins, A Sky-Blue Bench, Pajama Press Inc. Pajama Press OBPO Pavilion
Bahram Rahman, A Sky-Blue Bench, Pajama Press Inc. Pajama Press OBPO Pavilion
Judith Woodsworth, History of the Jews in Quebec, University of Ottawa Press University of Ottawa Press OBPO Pavilion
12:30 PM Sharon Jennings, A Home for Us, Red Deer Press Thomas Allen & Son Booth #319/321
Nancy Lam, The Loyal Daughter, At Bay Press Literary Press Group of Canada Booth #414
Joel A. Sutherland, Haunted Canada 11: Frightening True Tales, Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
1:00 PM Jaypeetee Arnakak, The Story of the Loon and the Raven, Inhabit Education Books Inhabit Media Booth #715/717
Maria Birmingham, Canada Wild: Animals Found Nowhere Else on Earth, Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing Booth #531/533
Nan Forler, Rodney Was a Tortoise, Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724
Sameea Jimenez, What Does Hate Look Like?, Second Story Press Second Story Press Booth #423
Brenda Missen, Tumblehome: One Woman’s Canoeing Adventures in the Divine Near-Wilderness, Inanna Publications Inanna Publications OBPO Pavilion
Nicole Nwosu, The Bad Boy and the Tomboy, Wattpad Books Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group Booth #723
Corinne Promislow, What Does Hate Look Like?, Second Story Press Second Story Press Booth #423
Robin Stevenson, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Dan K. Woo, Taobao: Stories, Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd. Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd. OBPO Pavilion
1:20 PM Rummana Chowdhury, Dusk in the Frog Pond and Other Stories, Inanna Publications Inanna Publications OBPO Pavilion
Maurice J.O. Crossfield, Borderline Truths, Crossfield Publishing Inc Crossfield Publishing Inc. OBPO Pavilion
1:30 PM Peggy Collins, Hungry for Science, Thomas Allen & Son/ Fitzhenry & Whiteside Thomas Allen & Son Booth #319/321
Lori Sherritt-Fleming, Hungry for Science, Thomas Allen & Son/ Fitzhenry & Whiteside Thomas Allen & Son Booth #319/321
Kim Spencer, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
1:40 PM Khashayar Mohammadi, WJD, Gordon Hill Press Gordon Hill Press OBPO Pavilion
Christina Wong, Denison Avenue, ECW Press ECW Press OBPO Pavilion
2:00 PM Matt Cahill, Radioland, Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd. Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd. OBPO Pavilion
Matthew Dawkins, Until We Break, Wattpad Books Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group Booth #723
Lisa de Nikolits, Everything You Dream is Real, Inanna Publications Inanna Publications OBPO Pavilion
Maureen Fergus, The Pancake Problem (Weenie Featuring Frank and Beans Book #2), Penguin Random House Canada Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724
M. K. Lobb, Seven Faceless Saints, Canadian Manda Group Canadian Manda Group Booth #312/314
Mireille Messier, Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers Booth #410/412
Louisa Onomé, The Melancholy of Summer , HarperCollins Canada HarperCollins Canada Booth #728/730/732
Ronnie Riley, Jude Saves the World, Scholastic Canada Scholastic Canada Booth #211
2:20 PM MLA Chernoff, [SQUELCH PROCEDURES], Gordon Hill Press Gordon Hill Press OBPO Pavilion
2:40 PM Kern Carter, Boys and Girls Screaming, Cormorant Books Cormorant Books OBPO Pavilion
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Reaching for Starlight, Playwrights Canada Press Playwrights Canada Press OBPO Pavilion
3:00 PM Robin Stevenson, Kid Trailblazers: True Tales of Childhood from Changemakers and Leaders, Penguin Random House Canada Penguin Random House Canada Booth #716–724