Tilya Gallay Helfield launched her story collection, Metaphors for Love, last night at Holy Blossom Cultural Centre's new Salon Series. She was a participant in several of my workshops... read more
Toronto, Ontario
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Edmonton-based Karen Matthews and Judy Sillito are partners in Weasel Tale, a company that facilitates workshops on digital storytelling. I recently invited the two women to present workshops as part... read more
Polish up your best creative nonfiction story! The Malahat Review, one of Canada's premier literary magazines, runs an annual creative nonfiction contest to honour former editor Constance Rooke (1942−2008).... read more
In 2010, I was invited to teach memoir writing in residence at Los Parronales Writers' Retreat in Chile -- a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The two-week retreat was organized by Susan Siddeley,... read more
Canadian career journalist ELINOR FLORENCE, who lives in the mountain resort town of Invermere, British Columbia, has written for daily newspapers and magazines including Reader’s Digest. Her first historical novel,... read more
Cea Sunrise Person, author of the bestselling memoir North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Counterculture Family, and How I Survived Both (HarperCollins Canada, 2015), will be... read more