Talia C. Johnson Talia C. Johnson is a Jewish ritual and service leader, writer, poet, sensitivity editor, public speaker, workshop facilitator, educator, mentor, coach, and activist. She is a woman who is, in no particular order, an out queer autistic lesbian trans woman. Talia is Chair of the Heartspark Press Board of Directors, part of… Continue reading Talia C. Johnson
Author: Presses Renaissance Press
At Presses Renaissance Press, we do things differently. We are passionate about books, and we care as much about our authors enjoying the publishing process as we do about our readers enjoying a great, professional quality and affordable product on the platform they prefer.
Happy anniversary! (video)
Hello everyone, We are so incredibly grateful to the contributors, authors, and supporters who have made everything we have done in the past five years possible. Here is a little video to express our thanks!
Natalie Cousineau
Natalie has a long list of passions, but two of her favourites are writing and editing. She believes that stories inspire us, teach us, and make us better people—more than we could ever realize. A Professional Writing graduate and a published author, Natalie strives to make the world a better place...one story at a time.
Massive 5th anniversary party,
It's been five years already since Renaissance was founded by a group of friends, and it hasn't just grown in that time - it's exploded. In that period of time, we signed a total of 19 Canadian authors; built a team of 13 editors, designers, and artists; published twenty novels and three games; and are planning ten more releases, including one game… Continue reading Massive 5th anniversary party,
Su J. Sokol
is a social rights advocate and a writer of speculative and interstitial fiction. A former legal services lawyer from New York City, xe now makes Montréal xyr home. Sokol is the author of three novels: Cycling to Asylum, which was long-listed for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic and has been… Continue reading Su J. Sokol
Our Frankenkickstarter is ALIIIIVE!
Our Kickstarter is aliiiive! Our Kickstarter campaign is live as of right now! Help us get the funds we need to make this anthology all it can possibly be!! The campaign has amazing perks, and you should definitely go over to Kickstarter right now and check it out!! Here's a bit more info: We Shall… Continue reading Our Frankenkickstarter is ALIIIIVE!
Stephen Graham-King
Stephen Graham King Stephen Graham King lives in Toronto. His first book, Just Breathe, tells the funny, blunt, uncompromising story of his three year battle with metastatic synovial sarcoma. Since then, he has concentrated on writing speculative fiction, in particular, queer-themed space opera, and his short fiction has appeared in the anthologies North of Infinity… Continue reading Stephen Graham-King
Elizabeth Hirst
Elizabeth Hirst Elizabeth Hirst is an author, animator and all-around arts junkie from Hamilton, Ontario. She began writing books as a child, because she couldn't find enough books that made rural Niagara magical. Her previous credits include They Called Her Canada: The War Diaries of Nursing Sister Bessie Beyer and contributions to the Mousehunt and Levynlight apps. On a typical weekend,… Continue reading Elizabeth Hirst
MJ Lyons
MJ Lyons is a writer, journalist and game maker. Covering arts and culture, he has written for dozens of publications, and penned a five-year-long column with a colleague on lesser known LGBT history, History Boys, for Xtra, Canada's national queer news source. Recently he has contributed writing to game projects including LongStory, a LGBT-positive dating sim for… Continue reading MJ Lyons
Ronnie Ritchie
Ronnie Ritchie is a comic artist and storyteller originally from the rural Northern California coast, now living and working in Peterborough, ON. They are the creator of the autobiographical comic GQutie and contributed to comic anthologies We're Still Here and Wayward Sisters. Their comics have been used to educate others across the world, in classrooms as well as online. Books… Continue reading Ronnie Ritchie
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