Dan Dowhal
Dan Dowhal will be at Berton House in January and February 2012. A writer and digital media producer, he was born and raised in Toronto’s culturally feisty Queen West neighbourhood and lives and works there to this day. His novels to date include Skyfisher and Flam Grub.

Tim Falconer
Tim Falconer will be at Berton House from April to June 2012. He is a freelance writer and instructor at Ryerson University's School of Journalism. He is the author of three books and is intending "to work on a book about music -- singing actually" while at Berton House.

Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill will be at Berton House in March 2012. He is the author of seven books, including the international bestseller The Book of Negroes. He has co-written the screenplay for the coming film adaptation of the novel, and is busy at work on his fourth novel. He in Hamilton, Ontario.

Joan Thomas
Joan Thomas will be at Berton House from July to April 2012. She is a novelist who has received several awards, including the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. While staying at Berton House, Tomas intends to work on her third novel, entitled Help Island.

The Writers

2013

Melanie Siebert, Victoria, BC
Chris Turner, Calgary, AB

2012

Sherry MacDonald, Vancouver, BC
Joan Thomas, Winnipeg, MB
Tim Falconer, Toronto, ON
Lawrence Hill, Hamilton, ON
Dan Dowhal, Toronto, ON

2011

Manjushree Thapa, Toronto, ON
Jacob McArthur Mooney, Toronto, ON
Jeanne Randolph, Winnipeg, MB
Sara Tilley, St. John's, NL

2010

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, Edmonton, AB
Billeh Nickerson, Toronto, ON
Jeramy Dodds, Fredericton, NB
Mylène Gilbert-Dumas, Sherbrooke, Quebec

2009

Linda Goyette, Edmonton, AB
Pasha Malla, New York, New York
Robert D. Turner, Victoria, BC
Jalal Barzanji, Edmonton, Alberta

2008

Frances Backhouse, Victoria, BC
Elin Kelsey, Bowen Island, BC
Charlotte Gray, Ottawa, Ontario
Monica Graham, Sundridge, Nova Scotia

2007

George Ilsley, Vancouver, BC
Robert Sawyer, Toronto, Ontario
Lisa Pasold, Montreal, Quebec
Julie Burtinshaw, Vancouver, British Columbia

2006

Bruce McDougall, Toronto, Ontario
Phil Hall, Toronto, Ontario
C. E. Gatchalian, Vancouver, BC
Gregory M. Cook, St. John, NB

2005

Charles Wilkins,Thunder Bay, Ontario
Lulu Keating, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Paul McKay, Westport, Ontario

2004

Dick North, Dawson City, Yukon
Brian McKillop, Ottawa, Ontario
Eric Wilson, Victoria, BC

2003

Mark Zuehlke, Victoria, BC
George Fetherling, Vancouver, BC
Jan Thornhill, Sudbury, Ontario

2002

Andrea and David Spalding, Pender Island, BC
Ken McGoogan, Calgary, Alberta
Wayne Curtis, Miramichi, NB

2001

Maureen Hull, Pictou Island, Nova Scotia
Suzanne Harnois, Montreal, Quebec
Benjamin Gallander, Toronto, Ontario
Rachel Manley, Toronto, Jamaica
Steven Heighton, Kingston, Ontario

2000

Kelly Aitken, Toronto, Ontario
Sally Clark, Vancouver, BC
Luanne Armstrong, Vancouver, BC

1999

Julie Brickman, Carlsbad, Ontario
Mansel Robinson, Prince Albert, Alberta
Carmine Starnino, Montreal, Quebec
Darlene St. Pierre, Ladysmith, BC

1998

Michael Kusugak, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
Tess Fragoulis, Montreal, Quebec
Julie Lawson, Sooke, BC
Yvonne Harris, Whitehorse, Yukon

1997

Andrew Pyper, Toronto, Ontario
Audrey Thomas, Galiano Island, BC

1996

Russell Smith, Toronto, Ontario