Speakers for this event

• H.G. Watson

  H.G. Watson

  H.G. Watson is a writer based in Toronto.Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Vice, Toronto Life, Toronto Star, Canadian Business, Chatelaine, The Narwhal, and many more. She has a newsletter called Plucky, where she writes about media and feminism. She’s also researching a book about the teen mags of the 1990s and 2000s.Watson teaches journalism and writing at universities and colleges around Toronto, including advanced courses on multimedia production and creative nonfiction.In 2025, Watson graduated from the Stonecoast MFA program in creative writing at the University of Southern Maine. When she’s not writing or reading, you can find her hiking or walking her dog around Toronto.

• Maurice Vellekoop

  Maurice Vellekoop

  Maurice Vellekoop was born in Toronto in 1964. After graduating from Ontario College of Art (now OCADU) in 1986, he joined Reactor Art and Design, an agency for illustrators. In a more than thirty-five year career, Maurice has created illustrations for top international editorial and advertising clients, published numerous zines, comics and books, created art for animation, and participated in art shows around the world. I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together, his graphic memoir from Pantheon Books NYC and Random House Canada was published in February of 2024. It won the Toronto Book Award, The Doug Wright Award and the Trillium Book Award this year.

  URL mauricevellekoop.com

• Morgan Campbell

  Morgan Campbell

  Morgan Campbell is an award-winning sports writer, and the author the acclaimed memoir of My Fighting Family: Borders And Bloodlines And The Battles That Made Us. The book details his experience growing up Black and American, in Canada, in a family whose two halves are locked in a bitter, generations-long conflict. My Fighting Family is a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, the Balcones Prize, and the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. It was also named a National Association of Black Journalists Outstanding Book of 2025.Campbell is a Mississauga native, and a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

  URL https://bymorgancampbell.com