Nancy Pearcey is a bestselling author and speaker. A former agnostic, she was hailed in The Economist as “America’s pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual.” Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Times, First Things, Human Events, American Thinker, Daily Caller, The Federalist, CNSNews, and Fox News. She has appeared on NPR, C-SPAN, and Fox & Friends. She is currently a professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. Pearcey’s books have been translated into 19 languages and include Total Truth, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, Love Thy Body, and The Toxic War on Masculinity.

Joshua Claycamp is a husband, father of three, and lead pastor at First Baptist Church in Kamloops, where he has served since 2008. Above all else, Joshua is a man who loves Jesus and believes in the beauty, inerrancy, authority and sufficiency of God's Word. He hopes to stir a love for the Bible everywhere he goes.

Dustin was born and raised in the Kamloops area. He first took an interest in Classical Christian Education while expecting the birth of his first daughter, and has read whatever book on Classical Education he can get his hands on since that time. He is a founder of First Baptist Classical Academy, and his children were some of the first students enrolled. Dustin currently teaches Mediaeval English Poetry and Ancient Greek History at First Baptist Classical Academy.

Paul Dirks is a husband, father of five, and lead pastor at New West Community Church, where he has served for fourteen years. He has been highly involved in sex and gender issues, advocating for women's sex-based rights and against child-medical transition, appearing before the Senate on Bill C-16, and organizing public rallies. Recently he has helped launch a classical Christian school: COMPASS Community Learning Centres, and a classical Christian liberal arts college, New Antioch Institute. He is the author of Is There Anything Good About Hell? and Deep Discipleship for Dark Days.

As a second-generation homeschooling mom, Hester is passionate about setting others up for success. Hester wants everyone to understand that homeschooling is not just about checking off boxes or finishing a book or curriculum; it’s about relationships, character building through literature and community, and discovering the good, the true, and the beautiful in all things. Good books can pierce the soul in the best of ways, and she is committed to passing that love on to others by first asking, ‘Have you read this one?’