Ted Bishop

Ted Bishop has authored books and articles on Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, and modernist publishing. His literary non-fiction has appeared in Cycle Canada, Enroute, Prairie Fire, Rider, and Word Carving: The Craft of Literary Journalism. Riding with Rilke was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, it was nominated for the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize, and it won the Motorcycle Awards of Excellence. Ted Bishop lives in Edmonton and teaches at the University of Alberta.

A professor of English literature and film studies at the University of Alberta, his first non-academic publication was Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books, a memoir which was a Canadian bestseller in 2005 and a finalist for the 2005 Governor General’s Award for English non-fiction.

Todd Babiak

Todd Babiak grew up in Leduc. He moved to Edmonton to attend the University of Alberta. In 1995 he was thrilled to graduate with a BA in Political Science. There was much rejoicing when he learned he would move to Montreal to do a Master’s Degree in English literature at Concordia University. 

Todd is the culture columnist at the Journal. On the side, he writes novels. His first is called CHOKE HOLD. His second, THE GARNEAU BLOCK, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the City of Edmonton Book Prize. THE BOOK OF STANLEY, his third novel, is published by McClelland & Stewart.

What else? Oh! Todd is on the board of PEN Canada, on the steering committee for Architecture Alberta and the former lord mayor of Old Strathcona. He plays ultimate frisbee, speaks poor French with his daughter and reads books for fun. Please look at http://www.toddbabiak.com/ for more startling information.