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Our Mentees
Meet the rising literary stars enrolled in our mentorship programs.
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Aaron Kreuter
WRITER/MENTEE
Aaron Kreuter is a writer of fiction and poetry. He is the author of the 2016 poetry collection… Read More
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Adam Elliott Segal
WRITER/MENTEE
Winner of the 2020 Toronto Star Short Story Contest (“Burning”) and nominated for a National Magazine Award (“The… Read More
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Aisha Sasha John
WRITER/MENTEE
Aisha Sasha John is a poet, dancer and choreographer. Her solo performance ‘The Aisha of Oz’ premiered at… Read More
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Akosua Amo-Adem
WRITER/MENTEE
Akosua Amo-Adem is an actor, writer, and director/acting coach based in Toronto. Through out her career Akosua has… Read More
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Alice Chacon
WRITER/MENTEE
Alice is a Venezuelan-Canadian writer of fiction that blends magical realism with the political upheaval and inequality that… Read More
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Alicia Elliott
WRITER/MENTEE
Alicia Elliott is a Mohawk writer and editor living in Brantford, Ontario. She has written for The Globe… Read More
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Alicia Peres
WRITER/MENTEE
Alicia has twenty years’ experience editing and is a member of Editors Canada and the Indexing Society of… Read More
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Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
WRITER/MENTEE
Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga is allergic to place. She writes about migrant experiences with the help of a tornado auntie,… Read More
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