Mahak Jain is the author of the award-winning picture book Maya. She also writes stories for adults. Learn more at www.mahakjain.com. Interview by Rebeccah Love Can you tell me about your experiences with reading and writing as a child? I didn't really start reading for pleasure until I was 9 years old, shortly after my family immigrated to the United States. I disliked reading before then. Words seemed boring. I did like stories a lot, though. I watched a lot of cartoons and

James Bastable works in post-production sound in Toronto. Interview by Rebeccah Love How did you first develop an interest in sound? My love of music and movies came from my dad. Music was always playing in the house or in the car and my dad was always introducing me to key films at various stages growing up. I started playing guitar when I was 11 and as my musical tastes matured I became interested in ways of pushing the instrument beyond its traditional parameters. When I w

Conor Casey is a Toronto-based screenwriter and illustrator. His films have played at Sundance and SXSW. He's worked with Vince Vaughan, MTV, HBOGo, and Letterkenny. He's currently working on an Italian sitcom called "New School." Follow him on instagram @conorcaseyart #ConorCasey #comic

Grayson Moore is a Toronto-based filmmaker. Interview by Rebeccah Love What types of creative activities do you remember engaging with as a kid? I’ve liked writing as long as I can remember. I wrote a short story in the second grade that I had a classmate illustrate, and we sold copies of the story for $5 to parents who weren’t about to give a hard ‘no’ to a couple of six year olds. The story was called The Couch Potato and the classmate was called Heather. It was a redemptio