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

9:40 AM Mahak Jain, The Only Astronaut, Kids Can Press OBPO Pavilion
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
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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

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