1. Christopher Meades

   Vancouver-based author of The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark and The Last Hiccup.

2. David Rakoff

   Canadian-born New York-based humourist, essay writer and best selling author of Fraud and Don't Get Too Comfortable

3. Jeff Burney

   Author, illustrator and creator of Attica, a daily comic strip in the Ottawa Citizen

4. Mark Laliberte

   Author, artist, publisher, editor of Carousel Magazine and Descant

5. Blair Kitchen

   Comic book artist, writer, publisher and genius behind The Possum.

6. Dushan Milic

   Amsterdam-based artist, founding member of Repless Abandon, freelance illustrator and regular contributor to The Globe & Mail

7. Chris Oliveros

   Founder and publisher of Drawn & Quarterly

8. Graham Roumieu

   Frequent illustrator for Harper’s Magazine and The Walrus and author/illustrator of Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir and Bigfoot: I not Dead

9. Stuart McLean

   Novelist, humorist, host of CBC Radio’s The Vinyl Café and three-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor

10. Sheila Heti

    Author, playwright, creator of the Trampoline Hall lecture series and conductor of many interviews for The Believer.

11. Pamela August Russell

    Co-creator of the Better Off Dead Poets Society and author of B Is for Bad Poetry