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 |
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9:40 AM | Nancy Cooper, Biindigen! Amik Says Welcome, Owlkids Books | Owlkids Books OBPO Pavilion |
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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 |
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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 |