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ANUJA VARGHESE (she/her) is a queer author from Hamilton, Ontario. Her new book Chrysalis explores themes of queerness, intersectionality, the value of community and the cultural expectations of women of colour. The story details the relationship of a marriage in shambles facing divine intervention and the role of community.

CHRYSALIS has been shortlisted for the Writers Trust of Canada’s Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers AND Chrysalis recently WON the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction. Follow the Author on socials at @anuja_v across Twitter, IG and TikTok.

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BOBBI SUMMERS (he/him) is a Canadian comic and musician. A product of Toronto’s alt-comedy scene, Bobbi is currently moving into the world of scripted content with CBC’s new queer dark comedy series “I Hate People, People Hate Me”. The series is both created and written by Summers, who also wrote and performed an original soundtrack for the show under his musical moniker “Peachy-CC”.

In the new CBC Gem original series, I HATE PEOPLE, PEOPLE HATE ME (which premiered on CBC Gem November 7th), two friends perpetually disturbed by the world around them, navigate their lives as outliers in Toronto's queer community. This offbeat comedy explores queer identity in a time when queerness has not only been mainstreamed, but commodified. Creator and writer Bobbi Summers poses the question - who wants to fit in with society anyway? Follow the artist online at @bobbi_summers on Insta or the show at @ihatepeopletv