Save the date for the 2025 OSNGUPL Local Author Book Fair!
The fair takes place at the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library and the Tom Thomson Art Gallery on:
Friday, October 24th from 1:00- 4:00 pm
And Saturday, October 25th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.
The Local Author Book Fair will showcase a wide range of genres and give the public a chance to get to know the authors, purchase their books and enter to win some prizes.
Alanna Rusnak
Author of “When the Trees all Burned” (fiction)
https://www.alannarusnak.ca/
Alison Leonard
Author of “Vikings: A Pocket Museum” (non-fiction)
https://dralisonleonard.wixsite.com/archaeology
Allan Walker
Author of “The Philosophy of Volume” (non-fiction)
Indigo
Amberley Gardhouse
Author of “Foster” (short story)
https://www.amberleygardhouse.com/
AnnMarie Rowland
Author of “Pieces of Time; a Patchwork of Memories” (non-fiction)
Anne Darling
Author of “Forbidden Ride” (fiction)
Amazon
Bailey Baldassari
Author of “Finding Home” (poetry)
New Press Books
Bill Dickson
Author of “The Incredible Adventures of Bobby Bogart” (middle grade fiction)
Cam Scholey
Author of “This Happy Home” (memoir)
https://camscholey.com/
Cindy Matthews
Author of “The Roach Family and Other Stories” (short story / essay)
Amazon
David Carreira
Author of “Etherio’s Threat” (fiction)
http://www.david-carreira.com/
Diana Young
Author of “A Short History of the Beginning” (fiction)
Amazon
Dorothy Ladd
Author of “Memengwaa” (children’s picture book)
Friesen Press
Edith Faye Chester
Author of “But I Just Can’t Sleep” (children’s picture book)
Facebook
Eric Zweig
Author of “It’s a Numbers Game! Hockey: The math behind the perfect slap shot, the split-second save, and so much more!” (children’s non-fiction)
http://ericzweig.com/
Esther Boles
Author of “Quiote, el sueño de Cuco, Cuco’s Dream” (children’s picture book)
Iguana Books
Gwen Lamont
Author of “The View from Coffin Ridge: A Childhood Exhumed” (non-fiction)
https://www.gwenlamontauthor.ca/
Attending Saturday Only
Jenna M. Prestidge
Author of “Rosie the Hockey Player” (children’s easy reader)
https://www.rosiethehockeyplayer.com/
Attending Saturday Only
Jennifer Frankum
Author of “The Position of my Heart” (poetry)
Brucedale Press
Jennifer McGuire
Author of “Nest” (non-fiction)
J.K. Gravier
Author of “Blood Machines” (fiction)
Amazon
John O’Neill
Author of “Goth Girls of Banff” (short stories)
NeWest Press
Jules Torti
Author of “Trips that went South: from Point A to Beware” (non-fiction)
https://julestorti.substack.com/
Lauren Best
Author of “Just Leaves” (poetry)
https://laurenbest.com
Lili Anne Holding
Author of “Bios: Owen Sound’s Greek Community 1963-2024”
Ginger Press
Lyn Carlson
Author of “I had in mind…” (poetry)
Facebook
Lynda Pilon
Author of “We may not be crazy but sometimes I wonder” (non-fiction)
https://lyndapilon.ca/
Matt Bors
Author of “Justice Warriors” (graphic novel)
Maurine Gillberry
Author of “Seeking Sara” (fiction)
Chicken House Press
Michael Holden
Author of “Somerby House” (fiction)
https://michaelholden.ca/
Murgatroyd Monaghan
Author of “White Spaces” (poetry)
Off Topic Publishing
Nadia Comeau
Author of “Lights! Action! You’re On!” (children’s picture book)
Friesen Press
Nicky McMaster
Author of “Twelve Stones of Grace: The Story of Dr. Aletta G. Bell” (non-fiction)
Milton & Hugo Publishing
Owen Sound Field Naturalists
Author of “Orchids Bruce and Grey” (non-fiction)
https://owensoundfieldnaturalists.ca/
Paula Hiscox
Author of “What Do You Leave in your Wake?” (children’s picture book)
https://loftyliterature.com/
Rebecca Diem
Owen Sound Poet Laureate (poetry)
https://rebeccadiem.com/
Renn James
Author of “One Million Times I Love You” (children’s picture book)
https://rennjames.com/
Richard Thomas
Author of “The Jewel of Georgian Bay” (non-fiction)
https://www.richardjthomas.ca/
Rob Ritchie
Author of “Between the Sand and the Sea” (fiction)
https://www.robritchiemedia.com
Rob Rolfe
Author of “Don’t Look Back” (Poems, Prose, Songs)
Facebook
Ryan Ball
Author of “The Cold Case of Jack Williams” (fiction)
Facebook
Attending Saturday Only
RW Duder
Author of “Isolation” (fiction)
https://rwduder.com/
Sean Stokes
Author of “The Ghost of Vimy Ridge” (fiction)
Link Tree
Sheila Balls
Author of “All Right So far” (non-fiction)
Amazon
Susan Cullen
Author of “The World Collective” (young adult fiction)
https://www.susancullen.com/
Susan McElroy
Author of “Finally” (poems and short stories)
https://www.susaningrey.ca/
Suzanne Sloan
Author of “Corky” (fiction)
Brucedale Press