Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

About Aviaq JohnstonCara BryantGayle KabloonaJay BulckaertK.C CarthewRachel Qitsualik-TinsleyRepo KemptRichard Van CampSean Qitsualik-TinsleyThomas Anguti Johnston

Aviaq Johnston is a young Inuk author from Igloolik Nunavut. Her debut novel Those Who Run in the Sky was released in the spring of 2017. In 2014 she won first place in the Aboriginal Arts and Stories competition for her short story Tarnikuluk which also earned her a Governor Generals History Award. Aviaq is a graduate of Nunavut Sivuniksavut and she has a diploma in Social Service Work from Canadore College. Aviaq loves to travel and has lived in Australia and Vietnam. She spends most of her time reading writing studying and procrastinating. She lives in Iqaluit Nunavut. Richard Van Camp is an internationally renowned storyteller and bestselling author. He was born in Fort Smith Northwest Territories and is a proud member of the Dogrib (Tcho) Dene Nation. He is the author of The Lesser Blessed (Douglas & McIntyre 1996) a Canadian classic that has been adapted into a feature film with First Generation Films. He lives in Edmonton AB with his family. Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley was born at the northernmost edge of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. She grew up learning traditional survival lore from her father. She and her husband Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley were brought together by a love of nature and each other. They write Arctic speculative fiction and nonfiction for various ages. Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley was born at the southernmost edge of Ontario learning woodcraft from his father. He and his wife Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley were brought together by a love of nature and each other. They write Arctic speculative fiction and nonfiction for various ages. Thomas Anguti Johnston grew up moving around the Baffin region of Nunavut and northern Quebec (Nunavik). He now lives in Iqaluit Nunavut with his two daughters Amy and Leah. Anguti has been involved in the Inuit political realm mostly with the National Inuit Youth Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. He decided to pursue his passion of filmmaking and writing full-time in 2014 and hasnt looked back. Anguti has received Nunavut Commissioner's award for youth development and the Diamond Jubilee award for media arts. Anguti is a producer writer and lead actor playing Inuk Qablunaaq on the popular Inuktitut television program Qanurli? on APTN. Repo Kempt spent over fifteen years working as a criminal lawyer in the remote communities of the Canadian Arctic. He is a regular columnist for Litreactor.com and a member of the Horror Writers Association. You can find him on Facebook Instagram and Twitter at @repokempt. Jay Bulckaert grew up in farm-town Ontario then moved up North in 2001 where he has carved out a career as a filmmaker with his company Artless Collective and founded the mayhem that is the Dead North Film Festival. He lives hunts and creates in Yellowknife with his lady and their two cats. Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona is Ukkusiksalingmiut (from the Back River area north of Baker Lake Nunavut). Now based in Ottawa she is interested in blending traditional Inuit storytelling with science fiction and magic realism to create alternate realities. Gayle is an urban planner emerging writer and multidisciplinary artist with a focus on fibre arts ceramics and printmaking. Cara Bryant holds a degree in English and Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto. She is a based in Yellowknife Northwest Territories where she lives with her husband two kids and dog Jenni. K.C. Carthew is an award-winning filmmaker from Yellowknife Northwest Territories. Her work across genres tends to feature the landscape as a character and speaks to the ways in which ones relationship with the environment impacts ones well-being.