Stuart Woods is the editor of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine about the book trade.

Kelly Duffin is the executive director of The Writers’ Union of Canada. In her publishing career, she has worked for the Beverley Slopen Literary Agency, Penguin Canada, the International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront, and Coles bookstores. In her own business, she worked with clients including Somerville House Publishing, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Chapters, and the Giller Prize (where she currently sits on the advisory board). More recently she was vice-president of marketing and corporate communications at Random House of Canada and has held executive positions in the non-profit sector.

Douglas Gibson, one of Canada’s most revered book editors, has worked with authors such as Alice Munro, Hugh MacLennan, Mavis Gallant, Morley Callaghan, Robertson Davies, Jack Hodgins, and Terry Fallis. He is the former president and publisher of McClelland & Stewart and remains in charge of the Douglas Gibson Books imprint, Canada’s first editorial imprint when it was founded in 1986.

Nathan Whitlock is an associate editor at Toronto Life and the author of the novel. A Week of This (ECW Press). His fiction and non-fiction has appeared in The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Maisonneuve, Geist, and elsewhere. Before joining Toronto Life, he was the reviews and books for young people editor at Quill & Quire.