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.
Author Signings
Thursday |
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| 9:30 AM | Jenny Kay Dupuis, Heart Berry Bling, Portage & Main Press/HighWater Press | Booth #441 |
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| 9:40 AM | Andrea Blinick, The Light from My Menorah, Pajama Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| 9:45 AM | Rosena Fung, Age 16, Annick Press | Booth #320 |
| 10:00 AM | Shalini Abeysekara, This Monster of Mine, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #215/217 |
| Kath Jonathan, The Resistance Painter, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Alina Khawaja, Writing Mr. Right, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
| Shari Lapena, What Have You Done?, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| Theresa Meikle, Assessment in Action, Pembroke Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Ella Russell, Hugs Are (Not) for Everybody, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Lorna Schultz Nicholson, Stopping the Shots, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 | |
| Emma Theriault, A Lady Would Know Better, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 | |
| 10:20 AM | Louise Ells, Lies I Told My Sister, Latitude 46 Publishing | OBPO Pavilion |
| Barbara Tran, Precedented Parroting, Palimpsest Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 10:30 AM | Sheila James, Outcaste, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 |
| Mikaela Lucido, Danica dela Torre, Certified Sleuth, Annick Press | Booth #320 | |
| Jennifer Maruno, Broom for Two, Whitehots Inc. | Booth #513 | |
| Leslie Shimotakahara, Sisters of the Spruce, Literary Press Group | Booth #417 | |
| Kim Tait, Minerals and Rocks: A Beginner’s Guide, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
| 10:40 AM | Eric Walters, Good Boy Timmy, Cormorant Books | DCB Young Readers | OBPO Pavilion |
| Phoebe Wang, Relative to Wind, Assembly Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 11:00 AM | Jane Blondie, Do Not Turn the Page!, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 |
| Catherine Bush, Blaze Island, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
| Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 | |
| Laurel Croza, Rock, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Rebecca Fisseha, Only Because It’s You, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| Sarabeth Holden, Sea Snooze, Inhabit Media | Booth #216 | |
| Matt James, Rock, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Kathy Kacer, Two Pieces of Chocolate, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Adrienne Kress, Ghost Circus, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #215/217 | |
| Lydia Lukidis, Up, Up High, Capstone | Booth #812 | |
| Joelle Peters, Niizh, Playwrights Canada Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Farida Zaman, Meena Can’t Wait, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Jade Zhang, Ghost Circus, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #215/217 | |
| Liann Zhang, Julie Chan is Dead, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| 11:20 AM | Margaret Nowaczyk, Marrow Memory: Essays of Discovery, Wolsak & Wynn Publishers | OBPO Pavilion |
| Rosemary Sadlier, The Kids Book of Black History in Canada, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 11:30 AM | Curtis Campbell, Dragging Mason County, Annick Press | Booth #320 |
| Joanne Levy, Bird Brain, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Keltie Thomas, Stitching Science: Exploring Science From A-Z, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
| Lauren Wright Vartanian, Stitching Science: Exploring Science From A-Z, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
| 11:40 AM | Emily De Angelis, The Stones of Burren Bay, Latitude 46 Publishing | OBPO Pavilion |
| 11:45 AM | Joel A. Sutherland, Haunted Canada Graphic Novel, Volume 1: Four Terrifying Tales, Library Bound | Booth #311/313 |
| 12:00 PM | Solange Burrell, Yeseni and the Daughter of Peace, Publishers Group Canada | Booth #416 |
| Dana L. Church, Animal Minds, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Paul Coccia, Recommended Reading, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #215/217 | |
| Stephanie Cooke, Prince and the Pawper, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Pamela Cross, And Sometimes They Kill You: Confronting the Epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence, Between the Lines | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Sara de Waard, Defy, Cormorant Books | DCB Young Readers | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Under Attack (Kidnapped from Ukraine #1), Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 | |
| Michael McCreary, Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic: A Comedian’s Guide to Life on the Spectrum, Annick Press | Booth #320 | |
| Ozoz Sokoh, Chop Chop: Cooking the Food of Nigeria, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| 12:15 PM | Uzma Jalaluddin, Detective Aunty, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 |
| Kritika Rao, The Legend of Meneka, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
| 12:20 PM | Kelly Collier, Steve, a Pretty Exceptional Horse, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Jack Wang, The Riveter, House of Anansi Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 12:30 PM | Lana Button, First Ones on the Ice, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 |
| Jillian Dobson, Girl Takes Drastic Step!, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
| Edwin Dumont, The Fabulous Edweena, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Farah Heron, Remember Me Tomorrow, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
| Sidura Ludwig, Swan, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
| Coltrane Seesequasis, Secrets of Stone, Literary Press Group | Booth #417 | |
| Wali Shah, Call Me Al, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Andy Tolson, How to Kidnap a Mermaid, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
| Eric Walters, Call Me Al, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 12:40 PM | Shazia Afzal, The Eidi Bag, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion |
| Amy Rosen, Off Menu, ECW Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 12:45 PM | Rosena Fung, Today I Am, Library Bound | Booth #311/313 |
| Jael Richardson, Today I Am, Library Bound | Booth #311/313 | |
| Liselle Sambury, Today I Am, Library Bound | Booth #311/313 | |
| 1:00 PM | Sita Jit, Divya’s Supersecret Plan, Capstone | Booth #812 |
| Adrienne Kress, Five Nights at Freddy’s: Return to the Pit (Interactive Novel #2), Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 | |
| Tanya Lloyd Kyi, When You Meet a Dragon, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Evanka Osmak, Ali Hoops, Plumleaf Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Laurie Petrou, The Rehearsal Club, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Bonny Reichert, How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| Liselle Sambury, A Mastery of Monsters, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Shelly Sanders, The Night Sparrow, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
| Sadé Smith, Julie and the Mango Tree, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 | |
| Susan Yoon, Gwendolyn and the Light, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #215/217 | |
| 1:20 PM | Gary Barwin, Scandal at the Alphorn Factory, Assembly Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Robert McGill, Simple Creatures, Coach House Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 1:30 PM | Andrew Larsen, Sally’s Snow Day, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Kathy Stinson, The Bare Naked Book, Annick Press | Booth #320 | |
| Anita Yasuda, Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
| 1:40 PM | Adelle Purdham, I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself, Dundurn Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| 2:00 PM | Shelly Becker, ABCs for a Peaceful Me, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #215/217 |
| Marley Berot, I, Too, Am Here, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Stephen Cain, Walking and Stealing, Book*hug Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Lily Chu, Drop Dead, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 | |
| Paul Coccia, The ANNEthology: A Collection of Kindred Spirits Inspired by the Canadian Icon, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
| Matthew Dawkins, The ANNEthology: A Collection of Kindred Spirits Inspired by the Canadian Icon, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
| Monica Ittusardjuat, The Scarf and the Butterfly, Inhabit Media | Booth #216 | |
| Susanna Kearsley, The King’s Messenger, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Meegan Lim, What Do We Eat?: How Humans Find, Grow and Share Food, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Catherine Little, Anne of the Library-on-the-Hill, Plumleaf Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Bianca Marais, A Most Puzzling Murder, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
| Nita Prose, The Maid’s Secret, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| 2:15 PM | Michael Martchenko, 5 Absolutely Outrageous Munsch Stories, Annick Press | Booth #320 |
| 2:20 PM | Colleen Nelson, Mystery at The Biltmore, Pajama Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Priya Ramsingh, The Elevator, Palimpsest Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 2:30 PM | Jessice Rose, Let’s Get Creative: Art for a Healthy Planet, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |
| Wai Mei Wong, Courage, Every Day, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
| 2:40 PM | Concetta Principe, Disorder, Gordon Hill Press & The Porcupine’s Quill | OBPO Pavilion |
| David Gagnon Walker, This Is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear, Playwrights Canada Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 3:00 PM | Charlene Chua, The Pink Pajamas, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 |
| David A. Robertson, 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| Kathy Stinson, The Rock and the Butterfly, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Phoenix Wilson, Phoenix Gets Greater, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Marty Wilson-Trudeau, Phoenix Gets Greater, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| 3:30 PM | Laura Bontje, When the Air Sang, Annick Press | Booth #320 |
| Sarah Whang, When the Air Sang, Annick Press | Booth #320 | |
Friday |
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| 9:30 AM | Eric Fan, Barnaby Unboxed!, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 |
| Terry Fan, Barnaby Unboxed!, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| 9:45 AM | Sahar Golshan, So Loud!, Annick Press | Booth #320 |
| 10:00 AM | Janie Hao, Mad at Dad, Kids Can Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Deborah Kerbel, Iggy Included, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 | |
| Andrew P. Barr, Pages of Doom, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Larry Swartz, Write to Read, Pembroke Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Jeff Szpirglas, Pages of Doom, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Nancy Taber, A Sea of Spectres, Nimbus Publishing | Booth #531/533 | |
| Phuong Truong, Every Little Bit Olive Tran, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Ellie K. Wilde, Only in Your Dreams, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| 10:20 AM | Tim Falconer, Windfall: Viola MacMillan and Her Notorious Mining Scandal, ECW Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Caroline Fernandez, Plague Thieves, Cormorant Books | DCB Young Readers | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 10:30 AM | Samantha Bailey, Hello, Juliet, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 |
| Leonarda Carranza, Fighting Words, Annick Press | Booth #320 | |
| Etta Kaner, Do NOT Eat Like a Tiger Shark!, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Casey Lyall, Waking the Dead and Other Fun Activities, Whitehots Inc. | Booth #513 | |
| Heather Wilson, Do NOT Eat Like a Tiger Shark!, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 10:40 AM | Jody Chan, impact statement, Brick Books | OBPO Pavilion |
| Jean Mills, After the Wallpaper Music, Pajama Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 10:45 AM | Deborah Kerbel, Opposite Identicals, Literary Press Group | Booth #417 |
| 11:00 AM | Kelley Armstrong, Cold as Hell, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 |
| Karen Autio, Playdate Surprise, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 | |
| Paul Coccia, Leon Levels Up, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Kate Gies, It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Daniel Sarah Karasik, Disobedience, Book*hug Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Kenneth Oppel, Best of All Worlds, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| Sunshine Punzalan, Soccer Scaries, Plumleaf Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Julie Thompson, When Isaac Hears the Rain, Canadian Manda Group | Booth #215/217 | |
| Laura Watson, Playdate Surprise, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 | |
| 11:15 AM | Rick Mofina, If Two Are Dead, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 |
| 11:20 AM | Ken Daley, The One and Only Question, Groundwood Books | OBPO Pavilion |
| Adam Lindsay Honsinger, Giving Up the Ghost, Gordon Hill Press & The Porcupine’s Quill | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 11:30 AM | Zain Bandali, Mehndi Boy, Annick Press | Booth #320 |
| Melanie Florence, Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Mark Peck, Bird Eggs: A Young Naturalist’s Guide, Firefly Books | Booth #319/321 | |
| Nadia Devi Umadat, The Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Seen, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| 11:40 AM | Rod Carley, RuFF, Latitude 46 Publishing | OBPO Pavilion |
| 12:00 PM | Onome Ako, I Am Cherished, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 |
| Nadia L. Hohn, Patty Dreams, Owlkids Books | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Hayden Maynard, Mighty Scared, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Erin Silver, Mighty Scared, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Liz Worth, Inside Every Dream, a Raging Sea, Book*hug Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 12:15 PM | Stephanie Cooke, Pillow Talk, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 |
| Sarah Raughley, The Queen’s Spade, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
| 12:20 PM | Tasneem Jamal, I Never Said That I Was Brave, House of Anansi Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| 12:30 PM | Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Emily Posts, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 |
| Willie Poll, Our Ancestors’ Kitchen, Annick Press | Booth #320 | |
| Vikki VanSickle, Into the Goblin Market, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| Wai Mei Wong, I Love Myself, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 12:40 PM | Jim Johnstone, The Anstruther Reader, Palimpsest Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Aaron Kreuter, Lake Burntshore, ECW Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 1:00 PM | Lana Button, See You Later, Alligator!, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 |
| Matteo Cerilli, Something’s Up With Arlo, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
| Erin Della Mattia, Undaunted Ursula Franklin: Activist, Educator, Scientist, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Monica Franklin, Undaunted Ursula Franklin: Activist, Educator, Scientist, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| Markus Harwood-Jones, The Haunting of Adrian Yates, Literary Press Group | Booth #417 | |
| Natasha Ramoutar, Baby Cerberus, Wolsak & Wynn Publishers | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Aimee Reid, Baby Animals Trying, Raincoast Books | Booth #418/420 | |
| Erin Silver, In It to Win It, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Stephanie Simpson McLellan, Two Tales of Twenty-Six, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Wanda Taylor, A Recipe for Rhyme and Rescue, HarperCollins Canada | Booth #728/730/732 | |
| Alina Tysoe, Purranormal Activity, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| 1:20 PM | Gregory Frankson, Alphabet Soup: A Memoir in Letters, Dundurn Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| 1:30 PM | Sid Sharp, Bog Myrtle, Annick Press | Booth #320 |
| Rina Singh, Barefoot Skateboarders, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| 1:40 PM | Chido Muchemwa, Who Will Bury You?, House of Anansi Press | OBPO Pavilion |
| Catherine Rondina, Zoom in on Zombies, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Kari Lynn Winters, Zoom in on Zombies, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited | OBPO Pavilion | |
| 2:00 PM | Kern Carter, Is There A Boy Like Me?, Scholastic Canada | Booth #211/213 |
| Barbara Fradkin, Shipwrecked Souls: An Inspector Green Mystery #12, Dundurn Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Dale Jacobs, On Comics and Grief, Wilfrid Laurier University Press | OBPO Pavilion | |
| Rukhsana Khan, Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt!, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| Sarena Nanua, Spirit Service, Simon & Schuster Canada | Booth #605/607 | |
| Michelle Simpson, Jordan and Max, Race Day, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Lauren Soloy, Tove and the Island with No Address, Penguin Random House Canada | Booth #718/720/722/724 | |
| Suzanne Sutherland, Jordan and Max, Race Day, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 | |
| Karin Wells, Women Who Woke Up the Law: Inside the Cases That Changed Women’s Rights in Canada, Second Story Press | Booth #423 | |
| 2:30 PM | Monique Polak, Remember This: The Fascinating World of Memory, Orca Book Publishers | Booth #410/412 |