Speakers for this event

• Chantaie Allick

  Chantaie Allick

  CHANTAIE ALLICK is an author, strategist, and storytelling consultant based in Toronto. A former newspaper reporter and journalist, she is the author of Amoya Blackwood is Brave, published by Tundra Books and an as yet unnamed follow up title. A storyteller to her core – she is a true believer in boldly and bravely sharing your unique light with the world. Most days you can find her working with business owners and creators to understand, shape, and share their stories. She is a proud aunty with a toy poodle named Logan who very much approves the message of her books. Chantaie also writes a storytelling newsletter, Adventures in Storytelling, that helps readers understand, craft, and share their unique stories.

• Deborah Kerbel

  Deborah Kerbel

  Deborah Kerbel is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for young people. From graphic novels to non-fiction, picture books to middle grade, and YA to wordless, her work has been honoured with the Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Award, the IODE Jean Throop Book Award, and both the Red Cedar Fiction and Non-Fiction Award. Her books have been translated into French, Korean, Turkish, German, and Standard Chinese. Born in a future police station in London, England and raised in the suburbs of Toronto, Deborah currently lives and writes in Thornhill, Ontario with her family. 

  URL https://www.deborahkerbel.ca

• Edwin Dumont

  Edwin Dumont

  Edwin Dumont was born in Parry Sound to a family with Ojibway heritage. His mother is a member of Henvey Inlet First Nation. He has always been called Edweena. Cinderella said, “A dream is a wish your heart makes,” and Edwin’s dream of being a writer came true. He owns a hair salon and lives with his husband in Toronto.