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.
Author signings will be added mid-January. Keep checking back as new signings will be added right up until the conference!
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Crime Writers of Canada
Thursday 2:00 PM – 2:55 PM
- Victoria Abbott, The Marsh Madness (Berkley Prime Crime)
- Ryan Aldred, Rum Luck (Five Star Publishing)
- Rick Blechta, Roses for a Diva (Dundurn)
- Gail Bowen, What’s Left Behind (M&S/PenguinRHC)
- Rob Brunet,
- Steve Burrows,
- M.H. Callway, Windigo Fire (Seraphim Editions)
- Melodie Campbell, The Goddaughter Caper (Orca Books)
- Erika Chase, Law and Author (Berkley Prime Crime)
- Lisa de Nikolits, The Nearly Girl (Inanna Publications)
- Vicki Delany, Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen (Berkley Prime Crime)
- Barbara Fradkin, Fire in the Stars (Dundurn)
- R.J. Harlick, A Cold White Fear (Dundurn)
- Hilary MacLeod, Bodies and Sole (The Acorn Press)
- Rosemary McCracken, Raven Lake (Imajin Books)
- J.A. Menzies, Shadow of a Butterfly: The Case of The Harmless Old Woman (MurderWillOut Mysteries)
- Angela Misri, Thrice Burned (Fierce Ink Books)
- Rick Mofina, Every Second (MIRA)
- Judy Penz Sheluk, The Hanged Man’s Noose (Barking Rain Press)
CANSCAIP Book Launch
Friday 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM
- Karen Bass, Uncertain Soldier (Pajama Press)
- Caroline Fernandez, Boredom Busters (Cico Books)
- Sharon Jennings, Home Free (Second Story Press), Dot to Dot (Second Story Press)
- Marthe Jocelyn, What We Hide (Tundra), A Big Dose of Lucky (Orca Book Publishers)
- Kathy Kacer, Stones on a Grave (Orca), The Magician of Auschwitz (Second Story Press)
- Elizabeth MacLeod, Collosal Canada (Scolastic Canada), Galloping through History (Annick Press)
- Sharon McKay, End of the Line (Annick Press), Prison Boy (Annick Press)
- Sylvia McNicoll, Dying to Go Viral (Fitzhenry & Whiteside), Best Friends Through Eternity (Tundra Books)
- Jennifer Mook-Sang, Speechless (Scholastic Canada)
- Liam O’Donnell, Tank and Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede (Orca Book Publishers)
- Lorna Schultz Nicholson, Fragile Bones (Clockwise Press)
- Emil Sher, Young Man with Camera (Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books)
- Allan Stratton, The Dogs (Scholastic Canada)
- Janet Wilson, Our Heroes: How kids are making a difference (Second Story Press)
- Frieda Wishinsky, Collosal Canada (Scholastic Canada), Avalanche (Scholastic Canada), Shipwreck (Scholastic Canada) Avis Dolphin (Groundwood Books)
Booth Events
Who Dundurn-It Mystery Event
Thursday 3:00 PM at Dundurn Press #428/432
- Jack Batten
- Steve Burrows
- Vicki Delany
- Barbara Fradkin
- R.J. Harlock
- Jeffrey Round
Kid Lit Extravaganza
Friday 10:00 AM at Dundurn Press #428/432
- Jennifer Dance
- Philippa Dowding
- Jennifer Maruno
- Shelley Peterson
- Suzanne Sutherland
Author Signings
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| 9:00 AM | Carrianne Leung, The Wondrous Woo | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
| 9:30 AM | Shane Peacock, The Artist and Me | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
| 10:00 AM | A.M. Dellamonica, A Daughter of No Nation | Raincoast Books #417/419 |
| Scott Gardiner, Fire in the Firefly | Dundurn Press #428/430 | |
| Thao Lam, Skunk on a String | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| Liam O’Donnell, Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 | |
| Kenneth Oppel, The Nest | HarperCollins Canada #730/732 | |
| Iain Reid, I’m Thinking of Ending Things | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 | |
| Patricia Storms, The Ghosts Go Spooking | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| Amy Stuart, Still Mine | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 | |
| Beverley Terrell-Deutsch, Running Scared | Fitzhenry & Whiteside #221 | |
| Keith Weaver, An Uncompromising Place | Shaftesbury Associates #T23 | |
| 10:30 AM | Mark Cullen, The New Canadian Garden | Dundurn Press #428/430 |
| Allison Day, Whole Bowls Cookbook | Thomas Allen & Son #318/320 | |
| Edward Keenan, The Art of the Possible | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 10:45 AM | Marthe Jocelyn, A Big Dose of Lucky | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 |
| 11:00 AM | Alex A, Jon Le Bon series | Georgetown Publications Inc #714 |
| Renne Benoit, A Year of Borrowed Men | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| Marina Cohen, The Inn Between | Raincoast Books #417/419 | |
| E.K. Johnston, A Thousand Nights | Canadian Manda Group #217/219 | |
| Caroline Pignat, Greener Grass | Fitzhenry & Whiteside #221 | |
| Barbara Reid, Read Me A Book and Sing a Song of Bedtime | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| 11:30 AM | Karen Bass, The Hill | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
| Daniel Rotsztain, All the Libraries Toronto | Dundurn Press #428/430 | |
| Teresa Toten, Shattered Glass | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 | |
| 12:00 PM | Don Cummer, Blood Oath | Scholastic Canada #211 |
| Jasmine D’Costa, Real Justice: Branded a Baby Killer | James Lorimer & Company #522 | |
| Farzana Doctor, All Inclusive | Dundurn Press #428/430 | |
| Wesley King, OCDaniel | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 | |
| Alan Syliboy, The Thundermaker | Nimbus Publishing #218 | |
| Kari-Lynn Winters, Bad Pirate | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 12:15 PM | Trudee Romanek, Raising the Stakes | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 |
| 12:30 PM | Ted Barris, Fire Canoe | Dundurn Press #428/430 |
| Melanie Florence, One Night, Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools | James Lorimer & Company #522 | |
| Joel A. Sutherland, Haunted Canada 5 | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| Larry Swartz, This Is a Great Book | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 1:00 PM | Kelley Armstrong, City of the Lost | Penguin Random House Canada #716–724 |
| Melodie Campbell, The Goddaughter Caper | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 | |
| Teresa Cascioli, M is for Money: The Storybook Volume 1 | Canadian Manda Group #217/219 | |
| Lena Coakley, Worlds of Ink and Shadow | HarperCollins Canada #730/732 | |
| Vicki Delany, Haitian Graves | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 | |
| Natalie Hyde, Stay Strong | Fitzhenry & Whiteside #221 | |
| Toko Hosoya, ABC Animals and 123 Sea Creatures | Thomas Allen & Son #318/320 | |
| Kathy Lowinger, Give Me Wings | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| Jennifer Mook-Sang, Speechless | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| David Skuy, The Beautiful Game | James Lorimer & Company #522 | |
| Ausma Zehanat Khan, Language of Secrets | Raincoast Books #417/419 | |
| 1:15 PM | Gail Benick, The Girl Who Was Born That Way | Literary Press Group #332 |
| 1:30 PM | Brian Deines, Elephant Journey | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
| Anne Dublin , 44 Hours or Strike! | Second Story Press #416/418 | |
| Rob Laidlaw, Elephant Journey | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 2:00 PM | Ann Choi, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 |
| Terry Fallis, No Relation | Penguin Random House Canada #716–724 | |
| Melanie Florence, Missing Nimama | Fitzhenry & Whiteside #221 | |
| Mahak Jain, Maya | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| Jess Keating, How to Outfox Your Friends When You Don’t Have A Clue | Raincoast Books #417/419 | |
| Andreas Oertel, Prisoner of Warren | Nimbus Publishing #218 | |
| Tanis Rideout, Above All Things | Penguin Random House Canada #716–724 | |
| David Skuy, Last Shot | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| Eric Walters, Innocent | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 | |
| 2:30 PM | Deborah McCallum, The Feedback-Friendly Classroom | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
| 2:45 PM | Vicki Grant, Small Bones | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 |
| 3:00 PM | Alex A, Jon Le Bon series | Georgetown Publications Inc #714 |
| Karma Brown, The Choices We Make | HarperCollins Canada #730/732 | |
| Willow Dawson, The Wolf-Birds | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| Eric Fan, The Night Gardener | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 | |
| Terry Fan, The Night Gardener | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 | |
| Mahtab Narsimhan, Mission Mumbai | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| 3:15 PM | Norah McClintock, Tru Detective and My Life Before Me | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 |
| 3:30 PM | David Anderson, Friend or Foe | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
| E. Graziani, War in My Town | Second Story Press #416/418 | |
| Etta Kaner, Friend or Foe | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 4:00 PM | Heather O’Connor, Betting Game | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 |
| Jess Taylor, Pauls | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 4:30 PM | Carol Koechlin, Q–Tasks | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
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| 8:30 AM | Kenneth Sherman, Wait Time: A Memoir of Cancer | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
| 9:00 AM | Sigmund Brouwer, Rock The Boat and Unleashed | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 |
| Shakil Choudhury, Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us vs Them | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| Andreas Oertel, Prisoner of Warren | Nimbus Publishing #218 | |
| Keith Weaver, An Uncompromising Place | Shaftesbury Associates #T23 | |
| 9:30 AM | Brent van Staalduinen, Saints, Unexpected | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
| Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, Firsts | Raincoast Books #417/419 | |
| David Goldbloom, How Can I Help? | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 | |
| Catherine Lo, How It Ends | Raincoast Books #417/419 | |
| Patricia McCowan, Upstaged | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 | |
| Sharon McKay, Prison Boy | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| Evan Munday, Loyalist to a Fault: The Dead Kid Detective Agency Book 3 | Canadian Manda Group #217/219 | |
| Stella Partheniou Grasso, Five Busy Beavers | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| 10:30 AM | Jennifer Robson, Moonlight Over Paris | HarperCollins Canada #730/732 |
| Dana Wagner, Flight and Freedom: Stories of Escape to Canada | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 11:00 AM | Alan Cumyn, Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 |
| Joyce Grant, Tagged Out | James Lorimer & Company #522 | |
| Courtney Summers, All the Rage | Raincoast Books #417/419 | |
| Alan Syliboy, The Thundermaker | Nimbus Publishing #218 | |
| Kira Vermond, Half-Truths and Brazen Lies | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 11:30 AM | Helaine Becker, A Porcupine in a Pine Tree | Scholastic Canada #211 |
| Caroline Fernandez, More Boredom Busters | Thomas Allen & Son #318/320 | |
| Maria Noriega Rachwal, From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall: Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women’s Symphony Orchestra | Second Story Press #416/418 | |
| Laura Peetoom, Alex Vs. | James Lorimer & Company #522 | |
| Lex Von Konigslow, The Capacity for Infinite Happiness | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 12:00 PM | Sally Christie, The Rivals of Versailles | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 |
| Kathy Kacer, Stones on a Grave | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 | |
| Ruth Ohi, Shh! My Brother’s Napping | Library Bound Inc #329/331 | |
| Emil Sher, Young Man With Camera | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| Kathy Stinson, The Man with the Violin | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 12:30 PM | Amanda Sun, Heir to the Sky | HarperCollins Canada #730/732 |
| Gisela Sherman, The Farmerettes | Second Story Press #416/418 | |
| Brenda Stein Dzaldov, Ready, Set, Learn | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| 12:45 PM | Andrea Torrey Balsara, Philip Roy Mouse Tale series | Literary Press Group #332 |
| 1:00 PM | Peggy Collins, Hungry for Math | Fitzhenry & Whiteside #221 |
| Wallace Edwards, Once Upon a Line | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| Sylvia Taekema, Ripple Effect | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 | |
| Frieda Wishinsky, Survival: Shipwreck! | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| 1:30 PM | David Booth, Exploding the Reading | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |
| David Carroll, Sight Unseen | Scholastic Canada #211 | |
| 2:00 PM | Leah Bobet, An Inheritance of Ashes | Scholastic Canada #211 |
| Elizabeth McLeod, Galloping Through History | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 | |
| Jeff Ross, At Ease and Set You Free | Orca Book Publishers #410/412 | |
| Lorna Schultz Nicholson, Born With | Fitzhenry & Whiteside #221 | |
| K.A. Tucker, He Will Be My Ruin | Simon & Schuster Canada #605/607 | |
| 2:15 PM | Ella Burakowski, Hidden Gold | Second Story Press #416/418 |
| 2:30 PM | Andrea Thompson, Over Our Heads | Ontario Book Publishers Organization #535/537 |