Over the years, Centauri Arts has worked with dozens of authors. Many of them have taught for us, offered guest classes, or advised our young writers. Others are parents who have sent their kids to our overnight arts camp – or writers who attended our programs as children. Here’s a selection of poets, children’s writers, novelists and writers of creative non fiction you may wish to check out, all of them with Centauri connections:
Vikki Van Sickle
Vikki writes for children, and lives in Toronto. She offers occasional guest classes with Centauri and taught for our summer writing camps in 2023.
Check out Vikki’s Book on Amazon.ca
Laura Farina
Laura taught at our writing camps for many years. She has written poetry collections, picture books and essays on the art and craft of writing.
Check out Laura’s Book on Amazon.ca
Gillian Sze
Gillian is a poet and picture book writer who also ran creative writing programs for us for many years. One of her books is illustrated by Soyeon Kim, who taught art at our camp!
Check out Gillian’s Books on Amazon.ca
Stuart Ross
A poet and writer of fiction, Stuart Ross taught creative writing at our camp, at our adult arts retreat, and ran guest classes with us in Toronto.
Check out Stuart’s Books on Amazon.ca
The following four writers are camp parents whose books come highly recommended:
K.R. Wilson
Kevin Wilson’s debut novel won the Guernica Prize in 2018.
Check out Kevin’s Book on Amazon.ca
Mark Abley
Mark Abley’s long career includes works of non-fiction, poetry and children’s books.
Check out Mark’s Books on Amazon.ca
Gary Barwin
Barwin’s novel Yiddish for Pirates was nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Literature.
Check out Gary’s Books on Amazon.ca
Robert Rotenberg
Check out his best-selling crime thrillers on Amazon.ca
Finally, we are excited to recommend books by authors who were themselves campers in our arts programs, many years ago:
Michael McCreary
Michael is a stand up comedian and autism advocate who has written – as you can imagine – a very funny book:
Check out Michael’s Book on Amazon.ca
Alwyn Hamilton
Alwyn is a New York Times bestselling author whose young adult fantasy novels have been published in 15 countries:
Check out Alwyn’s Books on Amazon.ca
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