Journalists and Writers
- Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
- Bill Bissett, poet
- Robert Bringhurst, poet
- Douglas Coupland, author (genX fiction)
- Ranj Dhaliwal, author (crime-fiction)
- Philip K. Dick, author (science fiction)
- Ralph Edwards, naturalist/author (Caruso of Lonesome Lake)
- Allan Fotheringham, columnist (politics, often satirical)
- Bruce Hutchison, editor/columnist and author (The Fraser)
- Timothy Findley, author
- Austin Gary, author
- Terry Glavin, columnist/author and naturalist (ecology, fisheries, politics)
- W.P. Kinsella, author/columnist (Shoeless Joe Goes To Iowa)
- Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, editor/columnist
- Malcolm Lowry, novelist (Under the Volcano, October Ferry To Gabriola)
- Eswyn Lyster, genealogist and war bride author (Most Excellent Citizens, Trafford Press 2010)
- Alan Morley, journalist and historian (Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis)
- Susan Musgrave, poet
- Kliph Nesteroff, writer, broadcaster
- Spider Robinson, author (science fiction)
- George Ryga, playwright (The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe)
- Paul St. Pierre (Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse)
- Robin Skelton, poet
- Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun religion reporter
- Margaret Trudeau, author
- Jack Wasserman, columnist (society, show biz, politics)
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