LIT CAFÉ IX – “ROAD STORIES: TALES OF TRAVEL AND

LITCAFÉIX–“ROADSTORIES:TALESOFTRAVELANDJOURNEYING
Monday,September12,7-9pm,LonghouseActivityRoom@CampAlex
AuthorBiographies
MarkCameron
MarkCameronisanavidtraveller,entrepreneur,husband,and
fatheroftwounschooledchildren.Aftertwentyyearsinthe
softwareindustry,Markclimbedintoacampervanwithhisfamily,
sethisGPSto"Mid-lifeCrisis"andtravelledaroundNorthAmerica
forthebetterpartofayear--ajourneythatledtotwosolovisitsto
Ecuador,awholesalecareerchange,andthereleaseofhisdebut
novel,GoodnightSunshine,in2015.Thesedays,Markcanbefound
writingintheco-workingofficehemanagesinGibsons,British
Columbia,orinacoffeeshopsomewhereelseonEarth.
JoeiCarltonHossack
JoeiCarltonHossackhasbeenwritingfortwenty-oneofher
seventy-twoyears.Astheenjoymentofwritingprogressedshe
addedphotography,entertainingandinspirationalspeaking,
travel-writingandmemoir-writingteaching,storytellingand
finallywentbacktoherloveofcraftscreatingbeaded
bookmarks,beadedspiders,angelcharmsandpendantstoname
butafew.Shehasturnedherhobbyintoabusinessandlovesall
ofit.SheisstilltravellingsoloinherRVfromtimetotimebut
nowpreferscruiseships,bustripsandtraintripsoranymodeof
transportationwheresomeoneelsedoesthecookingand
cleaninganddrivingbutshestillLOVEStellingherstories.
CaitlinHicks
CaitlinHicksisanauthor,internationalplaywright,and
acclaimedperformer.Monologuesfromseveralofherplays
werefeaturedinSmith&Kraus’seriesBestWomen’sStage
Monologues(NewYork).Shealsowrotetheplay,later
adaptedforthescreen,SingingtheBones,debutingat
MontrealWorldFilmFestival.ATheoryofExpandedLove,her
debutnovel,won:iBooksBestNewFiction(Spring2015);
SomersetAwards(LiteraryFiction);BestInspirationalFiction:NextGenerationIndieAwards;
BRONZEbookoftheyear(LiteraryFiction)INDIEFABAwardsandJDCTopMustReadBooksof
2015.HickshasworkedasawriterforCBSandNBCradioandhasperformedherfictionand
non-fictionforCBCnationalradio.Hickswasraisedinalarge,CatholicfamilyinPasadena,
California.
NeilMcKinnon
NeilMcKinnonwasraisedinSaskatchewan.Heservedinthe
RCNandhasbeenabusinessman,archaeologist,university
lecturer,andfreelancewriter.HeisanalumnusoftheWriting
withStyleprogramattheBanffCentre.Hisarticleshave
appearedinternationally,andin1999hewonfirstprizeinan
InternationalWritingCompetitionsponsoredbytheCanadian
Author'sAssociation.Theentry,Xi'antoLantian,was
publishedinacollectionin2000.In2002hereceivedthird
prizeintheCAA'sInternationalShortStoryCompetitionfor
BreakingUpIsHardToDo,publishedinananthologyin2003.
HisbookTuckahoeSlidebottlewasshort-listedforthe
StephenLeacockAwardforhumourandfortheAlbertaBookAwardforshortfiction.
JimMcWilliams
JimMcWilliamsgrewupinandaroundMooseJaw,
Saskatchewan,inanatmosphereofhistoryandmusic.Hehas
pursuedthesetwolures,plusanurgetoexplore,forhiswhole
life.Consequentlyhehassampledmanyoccupationsincluding
soldier,social-worker,labourer,farm-hand,musician,
waiter/cook,teacher,internationalvolunteer-worker,andwriter.
Jim’spublicationsincludesnumerousmagazinearticles,one
musiccollection,threehistoricalstudiesoftheFirstWorldWar,
andthehistorical/adventureseries,“TheMacHughMemoirs–
fourpublished,andthreemoreinthefinalstagesofproduction.