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Valerie Adolph, Delta
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Val Adolph writes both fiction and non-fiction. She is interested in helping new writers and people working on memoirs.

Jeanne Ainslie, White Rock
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, journalist.
Available For: Contract work
I am an experienced editor and published writer (novels and articles) with a BSc(Hons) in geology and an MSc in geochemistry. My editing speciality is science, and I have published articles in sharedVISIONS, Alive, Resource World, and The Graduate magazines.

Emmanuel Aligizakis (also known as Manolis), Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Writing of short stories which, although fictionalized, are based on real life events.

Susan Ambrose, 150 Mile House
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, poetry
Available For: Contract work
Living near Horsefly and enjoy writing about nature, solitude, poetry and true events.

Natalie Appleton, Vernon
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, journalist
Available For: contract work, readings, workshops, lectures
Natalie Appleton's writing has appeared in publications around the world, including The Bangkok Post and The Globe and Mail. After graduating from the University of Regina's School of Journalism, she went on to work for several newspapers across western Canada. The urge to write something that wouldn't be at the bottom of a birdcage tomorrow led her to London UK, where she began an MA in Creative Writing (Narrative Non-Fiction) at City University London. She is now completing a memoir about leaving Alberta for Bangkok entitled How To Meet a Nice Man from Medicine Hat. In addition, whe is exploring the world of fiction. Credits coming soon. To see samples of my published dowr or to see what I'm up to please visit my website.

Laurel Archer, Comox
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction Books, Journalist, Playwright, Poet in School
Available For: Fulltime Positions
Laurel Archer has a BA in Communications and Sociology and a Masters degree in Distance Education. Her work experience includes outdoor education, sea kayak and wilderness canoe guiding, adult education, and technical writing.

Nicholas Azad, Kamloops
Writing Categories: technical writer, poetry
Available For: Contract Work, Fundraise
I am a University Student majoring in chemistry who also loves creative writing

Marisa Azad, Kamloops
Writing Categories: Fiction, Screenwriter, Poetry
Available For: Contract work.
University student writer, interested in screenwriting, poetry.

Gordon A. Bailey, Pender Island
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist, poetry.
Available For: Contract work.
Retired Sociologist from Capilano University. Now exploring fiction and creative nonfiction.

Charles Baker, Coquitlam
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Available For:
ACE BAKER (pen name of A. Charles Baker) is an award-winning teacher, writer and poet. He's had short works published in literary journals around the world, as well as in books such as How I Got the Gig and Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolution. He also edits and teaches writing workshops and every year he instructs young writers especially, who become published authors in their own right.

Pandora Ballard, Coquitlam
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, journalist, poetry
Available For: contract work
I write in a variety of genres: poetry, children's fiction, journalistic pieces, humour

Kim Bannerman, Cumberland
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Screenwriter, EPublishing
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures, contract work.
With a background in anthropology and an interest in parapsychology, my work explores the esoteric realms of myth and magic.

Antonia Banyard, Nelson
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Designer/Publisher
Available For: Readings
Antonia Banyard has a MPhil (CW) from the University of Quessnsland (Brisbane, Aus) and a BA (CW) from the University of Victory in BC. In 1999, she attended the Writing Studio at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Her work has appeared in Canadian journals such as Grain, The Capilano Review, PRISM International, and The Antigonish Review as well as Australian, British and American journals. Her completed novel manuscript is patiently waiting to find a willing publisher. Originally from Africa, she recently moved from Vancouver to Nelson.

Paul Baran, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Technical writer.
Available For: Contract work.
Good copywriting sells. Make your message more compelling by using a copywriter with more than 25 years of international experience in marketing and corporate communications, public relations and journalism.

Michelle Barker, Penticton
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
Published writer, experienced editor, workshop leader

Gurjinder Basran, Delta
Writing Categories: fiction
Available For: readings, lectures, workshops, contract work

Margo Bates, Surrey
Writing Categories: Historical Fiction, Humour Writer, Journalist, Technical Writer
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
Margo Bates writes for a living. A seasoned public relations professional, when she isn't speaking on the telephone, she is most often writing at her computer. She has over thirty-five years business experience, with twenty-eight years in the public relations field. She is the author of P.S. Don't Tell Your Mother, a humorous historical account of life in Northern British Columbia. She's currently writing her second novel in the P.S. series, Queen of the Gated Community.

Heather Ray Bax, New Westminster
Writing Categories: fiction, poetry
Available For: readings
I have written and published a children's fantasy novel entitled The Charm Tree. The Charm Tree is the first book in the four-part Shansymoon Series, and I am currently working on the second book in the series with an expected launch date in 2011

David Baxter, Chase
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist, poetry.
Available For: Readings.

Marilyn Belak, Dawson Creek
Writing Categories: Poetry
Available For: readings

Robert C. Belyk, Port Coquitlam
Writing Categories: Non-fiction, journalist.
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Experienced in media interviews.

Janey Bennett, Hornby Island
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, sharing computer skills
architectural historian by education, proofreader by trade, fiction writer by passion

Karen Bissenden, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist, Poetry, Poet in School.
Available For: Readings.
First love? First Book? Poetry. The most ink in public? Magazine articles, interviews and product reviews, some newspaper articles. Presently training in the sport of short stories.

W. Paul Blakey, Sechelt
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, designer/publisher.
Available For: Workshops, lectures.
Publisher and writer interested in Western mystery tradition, young adult fantasy and Canadian nonfiction memoirs.

Tracey Block, New Westminster
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Nonfiction, Journalist
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I am a writer with 25 years experience writing for newspapers, magazines and advertising agencies. I never miss a deadline and enjoy a good challenge.

Yvonne Blomer, Victoria
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, Journalist, Poetry, Poet in School.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Yvonne Blomer was born in Bindura, Zimbabwe. Her poetry has been published internationally and is included in the anthologies In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry as well as in The Fed Anthology and Mocambo Nights. She has appeared on CBC and BBC radio, won numerous literary awards and has been a finalist in the Malahat Review's Long Poem Prize and in the CBC Literary Awards. Yvonne recently completed a master's degree in Creative Writing - Poetry (Distinction) from the University of East Anglia in the UK. She teaches poetry and memoir through community centers and privately.

Andrew Boden, Burnaby
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, Contract Work.
Andrew Boden lives and works in Burnaby, British Columbia. He holds a degree in Philosophy from Simon Fraser University.

Sonni Bone, Penticton
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
Former Penticton Herald editor; also wrote for several business publications; also former media representative for Ironman Canada, etc. etc. Wrote weekly newspaper column on herbs (gardening, food, cosmetic, medicinal) for several years: Also wrote own weekly newspaper column, I'm Glad You Asked, for several years.

Cathie Borrie, West Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwright.
Available For: Readings, Contract Work.
Currently completing first work in non fiction (memoir).

Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.

Lynne Bowen, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
I am the author of five books on Western Canadian history written for a general audience. I am an experienced writing teacher and have served on several contest and book prize juries.

Kat Brackley, Burnaby
Writing Categories: finction, technical writer, journalist, poetry
Available For: contract work
I am available for copywriting and also journalism assignments. I am an experienced Arts and Entertainment journalist and also have an avid interest in photography and nature

Colleen Bradshaw, Castlegar
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For:
I teach English at Selkirk College; two of my short stories were published, one in Antigonish Review, the other in Dalhousie Review.

Susan Braley, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For:
I am a fiction writer who enjoys writing both short stories and novels. Previously, I was a professor of literature and women's studies, and in that role, published academic papers on women authors, women's issues and new media in education.

Connie T. Braun, Abbotsford
Writing Categories: non-fiction, poetry, poet in school
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Vi Brown, Victoria
Writing Categories: business and technical writing, fiction, non-fiction, journalist.
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I'm available for editing or writing both fiction and non-fiction. If you have an interesting story to tell, I can turn it into a book. I enjoy challenges and thrive on new projects. I once wrote a column 'Food for Thought' for a community newspaper covering numerous topics and provoking thoughts and discussions within the community.

Cullene Bryant, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non fiction
Available For: workshops, lectures, readings
C. Bryant is studying at the Writer's Studio SFU. She is a retired hospital chaplain who wants to keep up with the youngsters. Her two books of short fiction were published in Edmonton AB

Gail Buente, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Journalist
Available For: Contract Work
In my 20 years of professional writing, I've covered the whole spectrum of non-fiction writing. My writing is clear, concise and creative. I'm also a proficient researcher and editor. Some of my favourite writing topics are popular history, nature, the environment, fitness, music and the arts.

Nicole Burgers, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist, Technical Writer
Available For: Readings, Workshops, Lectures, Contract Work.
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Sarah Burgoyne, Victoria
Writing Categories: poetry, poet in school
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
Sarah Burgoyne is a poet currently in her fourth year of the UVIC Creative Writing program. She edits for UVIC's undergraduate review 'The Warren'

Angela Burns, Comox
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, journalist, poetry, designer/publisher, EPublishing.
Available For: Contract work
Journalist, editor, publisher, proofreader, etc.

Julie Burtinshaw, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, EPublishing.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Julie offers highly interactive workshops about creativity and writing for teenagers from grades 8 to 12. An in-demand popular speaker, she has appeared in festivals and classrooms across Canada.

Claudette Burton, Balfour
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalist, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I have tended to write creative nonfiction on matters that capture my heart concerning my home -- the earth/environment, family history and my spiritual path.

Kristin Butcher, Campbell River
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Fiction, Non Fiction
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
A former teacher, I have been working as a full-time writer and speaker since 1996. I currently have 16 published books and two more to be released in 2011

Joylene Butler, Vanderhoof
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Workshops, lectures
Joylene was born in Manitoba, grew up in Haney, and raised her sons in Prince George, BC. She and her husband built a cottage on Cluculz Lake in 1992. The jury is out whether they'll retire there or not. Canada is a beautiful place and they could end up anywhere. Which is good because life should be an adventure.

Irene Butler, Richmond
Writing Categories: non-fiction, journalist
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
Irene is an author/ freelance travel writer/photographer. Her book "Trekking the Globe with (mostly) Gentle Footsteps: Twelve Countries in Twelve Months" (May 2010) (ISBN 978-1-894694-79-7) tells of how after 35 years of varied careers, ranging from teaching school to owning and operating businesses, she and her husband Rick hung up their stationary hats and donned a gypsy existence exploring the globe. This was only the beginning, the Butlers continue to explore the highways of the world for six months each year, and have visited 72 countries to date. Irene revels in recounting anecdotal experiences and to bring out the geographical, architectural and cultural aspects of each destination. Has been published in many local, national and international magazines, newspapers and E-Zines.

Margaret Cadwaladr,
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist, Technical Writer
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
MA, UBC, Post Bacc. Diploma in Adult Education. Small business background

Heather Campbell, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, poetry
Available For:
Heather Campbell is a new writer who lives and works in the Lower Mainland. Most recently, she won second prize for a piece of flash fiction in the Ascent Aspirations fiction and poetry contest (Autumn 2007).

Kristina Jane Campbell, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, technical writer, journalist, EPublishing
Available For: readings, contract work
An educator with over a decade's experience working with young children, I currently write on education-related topics as managing editor of the School View blog on the Vancouver Observer news website. As a certified communication therapist, I have technical knowledge of all the possible forms any given message can take. I have a keen eye for grammatical detail and a preference for brevity. My writing, above all, aims to delight.

Susan Carr, New Westminster
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist, poetry.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
Emerging writer. Enjoys travel writing, nonfiction.

Norma Charles, Vancouver
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Author Bio: Norma Charles is the author of many books for children including the Moonbeam Bronze Medal Award winner, The Girl in the Backseat, and the Chocolate Lily Award winner, All the Way to Mexico. She enjoyed ice skating when she was growing up and attended school near Queen's Park Arena in New Westminster where she was thrilled to see Barbara Ann Scott starring as Canada's Sweetheart in the Hollywood Ice Review.

Deb Clay, Sooke
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, designer/publisher.
Available For: coaching, mentoring, editing, sharing, teaching, talking, workshops
I am a writer of poetry, stories, essay and articla. My experience is broad/varied and my skill list is long: publishing, editing, book/magazine design and layout person. An inevitable fine print.web design artist. I consider myself an always-developing writer & artist & thrive on experimentation, exploration & interaction in different media, which allows me to \"speak\" in many differnt languages of creation. I thrive on community, sharing thoughts, ideas

Heather Conn, Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast
Writing Categories: creative nonfiction, journalism, corporate & promotional writing, oral history, picture books, screenwriting
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, writing coaching, tutorials
Highly creative writer, author and educator in nonfiction; creative and inspirational writing; business communciations; media; writing coaching; spirtuality & personal growth fields; curriculum; screenwriting.Speciality Areas: arts & culture; environment; lifestyle; history; spirituality; transportation

Shannon Cowan, Errington
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist , Technical Writer, Designer/Publisher
Available For: Contract Work

S. E. Cox, Langley
Writing Categories: technical writer, fiction, non-fiction
Available For: available to do book reviews, proofreading, or other online work, contract work share computer skills
Aspiring writer specializing in fiction with a suspense edge, S.E. Cox blogs about writing (pen name D.G. Hudson) at http://dghudson-rainwriting.blogspot.com or women's issues at http://dghudson.blogspot.com. S.E. Cox writes book reviews, essays, short stories, novels and articles. She has 20+ years of technical writing, has a fine arts background and is a BCIT alumni (communications, business management and marketing).

Jennifer Craig, Nelson
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Playwright
Available For: Readings
I am retired and write for pleasure.

Daniel Edward Craig, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Daniel Edward Craig is a consultant and author of the Five-Star Mystery Series, which follows the adventures of hotel manager Trevor Lambert, the consummate host turned house detective. With an insider's view of the hotel industry, Craig has worked for luxury hotels across Canada, most recently as Vice President of Opus Hotels in Vancouver and Montreal.

Kathleen Crandall, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Fiction
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Mary Lou Crerar, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction
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Linda Crosfield, Castlegar
Writing Categories: fiction, poetry, Poet in School
Available For: readings
Member of The Federation of BC Writers and the Canadian Poetry Association. Associate member, League of Canadian Poets. Serves on the editorial committee for WordWorks. Was one of four writers who produced "The Noslen Enigma", a sci-fi romance with a mystery thrown in for good measure, serialized online from 1998-1999. Belongs to two writing groups, in Nelson and Castlegar. Blogs at www.purplemountainpoems.blogspot.com. Lives in Ootischenia, near Castlegar, BC.

Trisha Cull, Victoria
Writing Categories: fiction, nonfiction, playwright, poetry.
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, full time work.
I enjoy engaging in a variety of literary genres (poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, memoir, playwriting, screen writing, photography), oftentimes merging the genres into hybrid forms. Memoir has been my choice medium in recent years and was in turn my thesis for my MFA at UBC. Now, I have found myself squarely in the middle of all of the aforementioned forms. I'm a graduate of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at UBC (2005) and a recipient of the Earl Birney Scholarship. In 2006, I was named Lichen Magazine's Tracking a Serial Poet, and more recently I have won the Bliss Carman Poetry Award through Prairie Fire Magazine (2006). I am currently revising my short-listed entry in the 29th annual 3-Day Novel Contest into a play in five acts, in addition to completing a collection of personal essays and a poetry manuscript.

Wayne Cunningham, Kamloops
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Journalist , Technical Writer
Available For: Contract Work
Former instructor of business and technical writing, now a consultant to private training institutions seeking PPSEC accreditation, freelance writer and book review columnist.

Brian d'Eon, Nelson
Writing Categories: fiction, non fiction, poetry, playwright
Available For: readings, contract work
Very experienced with radio drama, winner of 1999 Mark Time Award for Best Science Fiction Audio Production, several pieces included in the MRTW/NAFT script books.

Kmiecik Dallys, Elkford
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Lorne Daniel, Victoria
Writing Categories: non-fiction, technical writer, journalist, poetry
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
Widely published author of poetry, non-fiction and freelance journalism. Owner of communications consulting firm (www.grandviewconsulting.com). See (www.lornedaniel.com) for sdetails.

Caroline Davidson, Ladysmith
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Technical Writer
Available For: Workshops, Readings, Lectures, Contract Work
Writer and poet creating pieces on positive, heart-warming and spiritual themes.

Margaret Deefholts, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, non-fiction, journalist
Available For: contract work
Margaret Deefholts has had short-fiction published in Canada and USA (some of which were award winners). Travel articles in community newspapers and magazines.

Jan DeGrass, Gibsons
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist
Available For: Readings, workshops and or lectures, contract work
Currently Arts and Entertainment columnist for a local newspaper, Jan DeGrass has also won awards for travel related articles. She wrote the winning essay in a national competition to further co-operative literature and has turned her writing talents to producing her own cookbook, Take Potluck! 101 Tasty, Simple Dishes for your Potluck Party.

Carolyn DeMarco, Winlaw
Writing Categories: NonFiction, Journalist, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures and contract work.
Experienced author and journalist in the fields of natural medicine, women's health. Occasional poet.

JoAnn Dionne, Victoria
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Workshops, readings, lectures, contract work.
JoAnn Dionne holds an honours BA in English from McGill University, and has lived in Japan, Mexico, China and Hong Kong. While in Hong Kong, she worked as an editor of educational materials for Oxford University Press. She now works as a freelance writer and editor of primary school textbooks and readers for both the Hong Kong and New York offices of Oxford University Press. Her first book, a travel memoir called Little Emperors: A Year with the Future of China, was published in 2008 by The Dundurn Group. She lives in Victoria.

Pat Dobie, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction
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Patricia Ann Donahue, Vernon
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings, Lectures
A budding novelist whose fiction writing was stimulated through a career focus on the study of human behaviour. Commenced academic article publication during university. Poetry & short story credits from university & community offerings.

Tricia Dower, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
Tricia Dower started writing fiction in 2002. Her first book, Silent Girl, is a collection of stories inspired by Shakespeare's female characters. Set in modern-day Canada, the U.S., Kyrgyzstan and Thailand, the stories explore such contemporary issues as human trafficking, domestic violence, bride kidnapping and gender politics.

Jan Drabek, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, screenwriter, journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, contract work, lectures.
Former president of the Federation of BC Writers, former ambassador, high school teacher and taxi driver. Author of 15 books.

Theresa Dunphy, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist, screenwriter, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, fulltime.
Crafting my writing life and opening new doorways!

Shellah J Easton, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, creative non fiction, journalist, playwright, poetry.
Available For: readings.
Tucked into wooded areas of blackberry brambles and deciduous trees in her home town of Vancouver, Shellah enjoys freelance writing, edits several poetry collections, and is constructing a bundle of short stories. She spent her early years in the BC interior mountains, then Toronto, and other areas. She has worked in music, publishing and journalism, producing feature articles, news columns, children's stories and poetry. She teaches ESL, volunteers for animal groups, and loves to write in cafes, enchanted by the blended aroma of ice cream and coffee. Forte: Song Lyrics. She is a member of SOCAN, CPA and CAA.

Daniela Elza, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Poetry
Available For: Readings and contract work.
Daniela Elza is pursuing (poetically) her doctorate in Philosophy of Education at S.F.U. Her work has appeared in more than 30 literary and peer-reviewed publications, including The Capilano Review, Paideusis, CV2, Van Gogh's Ear, Rocksalt Anthology, A Verse Map of Vancouver, and is forthcoming in Vallum, Press 1, The Trumpeter, and the books Poetic Inquiry (Sense Publishers), and 4 poets (Mother Tongue Publishing). Daniela is currently compiling her first full-length manuscript. She lives with her family in Vancouver.

Dorothy Jeanne Engst, Vancouver Island
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist, Designer/Publisher, Poet in School
Available For: Contract Work

Linda J. Eversole, Victoria
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Non Fiction.
Available For: Readings, contract work.
I have had a substantial career as a researcher, writer, heritage consultant and arts administrator in both Canada and England.

M.A.C. Farrant, North Saanich
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, journalist, playwright
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
M.A.C. Farrant is the author of ten collections of satirical and philosophical short fiction and a novel-length memoir,"My Turquoise Years". Her stage adaption of this memoir will be produced by the Arts Club Theatre of Vancouver in the 2011-12 season. She writes full-time and also reviews books for the Vancouver Sun an the Toronto Globe and Mail. Farrant's work is infused with acerbic wit and iconoclastic innovation. As the Globe has noted, "Farrant is better at startling us with unnerving, often misanthropic, visions of everyday life than perhaps any other Canadian writer. The Ottawa Citizen has called her "One of the best humourists in the land," BC Bookworld has called her "Canada most ascerbic and intelligent humourist." She is represented by Carolyn Swayze of the Swayze Literary Agency.

Katherine Fawcett, Pemberton
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, journalist, poetry, playwright.
Available For: Contract work.
I write like the weather, sometimes in buckets, sometimes in a fog, sometimes in a wave of heat. I have published fiction for kids, and written a play for adults, and have been contibuting freelance articles to magazines and newspapers for years, as well as doing newsletter work, press releases for various groups, and graffiti here and there. Also run a dogsled touring company in Whistler area.

Julie H. Ferguson, Port Moody
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Non Fiction, Journalist, EPublishing,
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings, Lectures.
Author and professional speaker, Julie runs Beacon Literary Services. BLS provides coaching for aspiring authors who seek commercial or self-publication in print or electronic media, including print-on-demand. She instructs in the creative writing program at Vancouver Community College and for Surrey's Creative Diploma program. Julie is also in high demand for her lively keynotes and break-out sessions at writers' and teachers' conferences. For more details about Julie and her presentations, visit her website: www.beaconlit.com.

Claire Festel, Penticton
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Non-Fiction, Journalist
Available For: Readings, Workshops, Lectures, Contract Work, Committee Work
I am a freelance non-fiction writer who has been doing contract work for various websites. I am capable of writing on a wide array of topics, however my areas of interest include: travel, outdoor adventure, gardening, sports, health and nutrition

Maureen F. Fitzgerald, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Nonfiction
Available For: Readings, workshops or lectures.
Maureen Fitzgerald, PhD, LLB, LLM, BComm, has practiced law for 20 years and written six nonfiction books. From legal textbooks to business books and self-help, she enjoys rearching and writing on cutting edge topics that make the world a better place.

Cynthia Flood, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction.
Available For: Readings.

Margaret J. Florczak, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
creative non-fiction writer, historical young adult, memoir writing, financial writing, short stories, poetry, scholarly articles

Lee Edward Fodi, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Designer/Publisher
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
I am a presenter and speaker who brings children right out of their seats, espeically with my rousing sessions of "Goblin Designing 101".

Liz M. Forbes, Crofton
Writing Categories: fiction, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings
I write creative non-fiction, literary fiction, and lifestyle journalism. Member of The Chemainus Writers

Renate Ford, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Retired teacher (California), still teaching privately (English, writing). Working on memoir and short stories.

Darlene Foster, Delta
Writing Categories: fiction
Available For: readings
Darlene Foster is an employment counsellor, an ESL Teacher, a wife, mother and grandmother. Besides telling stories she loves travel, shoes, cooking, chocolate, music, theatre, the beach and making new friends. She was brought up on a ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she dreamt of traveling the world and meeting interesting people. She lives in Tsawwassen with her husband and their two cats, Pumpkin and Monkey.

David Fraser, Nanoose Bay
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist, Poetry, Designer/Publisher, EPublishing
Available For: Readings
David Fraser writes poetry and short fiction, and is the editor and publisher of the online and print journal Ascent Aspirations Magazine.

Ryan Frawley, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction
Available For: contract work, readings, workshops, lectures

Colleen Friesen, Sechelt
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
I specialize in personal narrative, journalism and travel.

Dayle Gaetz, Campbell River
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
As a freelance writer, I write profiles, biographies, and stories of environmental interest.

Alison Gair, Victoria
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, poetry.
Available For: Readings and contract work.
In addition to my fiction writing, I ghost-write articles suitable for newspaper or magazine publication. I also write newsletters.

Pam Galloway, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Poetry has been my obsession for a number of years. As I've honed my skills as a poet I have enjoyed learning in writers' groups, from numerous mentors along the way as well as during my two years of poetic indulgence at U.B.C. where I obtained an M.F.A. in Creative Writing in 2000. My joint focus there was non-fiction. I also worked for some time as a freelance writer, my main subject area was health and medical writing. I love to give readings from my poetry and to connect with the audience and their responses. I have taught poetry courses through Langara College's continuing studies programme, teaching being another passion and also a great learning experience for me as it allows me to enter another person's perspective as we explore their writing.

Carol J. Garvin, Mission
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and journalism.
Available For: Readings. Workshops, Lectures.
Carol is a freelance writer living in the Fraser Valley. She is an executive member of the Langley Writers' Guild with published work -- poetry, short stories and non-fiction -- in multiple anthologies, newspapers and magazines. Her novels are currently seeking representation.

Andre Gerard, Vancouver
Writing Categories: non-fiction, poetry, EPublishing, poet in school
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
Born a twin in 1953, son of a German mother and a Belgian father, I grew up far from Wurzburg and from Liege, among the forests and lakes of the coastal pulp and paper town of Powell River, BC. Lover of endives and sauerkraut, lebkuchen and rice pie, I have a B.Sc. (74) and a BA (76) from UBC and a Master's of English Literature from the Univ. of Washington (77) and over the years I have worked as broke hustler, green chain hand, postal employee, commercial fisherman, apt. manager and tutor. Though I still work as a tutor, I am the publisher of Patremoir Press (http://patremoirpress.com) and the editor of Fathers: A Literary Anthology (http://patremoirpress.com/fathers).

Terry Gibson, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist, playwright, screewriter, poetry, EPublishing.
Available For: Contract work.

Kerry Gilbert, Vernon
Writing Categories: Fiction, Screenwriting, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
I teach Creative Writing at Okanagan College. I am really interested in writing verse-novels. I have published one and am currently working on another.

Bud Gilham, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, journalist, Design: Designer/Publisher
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
I am a 59 yr old man with a boy inside. My articles cover every day events, and life events. I do so with candor and humour, I tend to write like a conversation, you feel I am speaking to you. I have two books that are pbulished, one is a reflection of a families years together in short stories. It covers both the happy and not so happy moments. My second book is a fantasy tale set in a time of magic and mystery. The characters take you through the story as if you were beside them easy to understand and read. No dictionary needed.

Dianne D. Gillespie, Victoria
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Available For: share computer skills (Mac), grammar workshops, lectures, contract work
Writer in progress--working on a novel based on life experience in Northern BC

Simone Gingras-Fox, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry
Available For: Contract Work, Readings, Workshops and Lectures.
I write creative non-fiction and stories for children that incorporate elemental aspects of the human spirit. My school programs are designed to inspire young writers and readers. The essential writer's tool kit, self-esteem, fitness, and folktales are the focus of my current presentations.

Kim Goldberg, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalist, Screenwriter, Poetry, Designer/Publisher, Poet in School.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
I am an award-winning poet, journalist and author. I have supported myself as a professional writer since 1978, authoring five books (nonfiction and poetry) and over 2,000 articles, poems and short stories appearing in newspapers and magazines around the world. I also produce my own zines and my hand-built, trash-based book-art objects under my imprint of Pig Squash Press. Books made from roofing tarpaper, tree bark, paper bags. I organize many poetry and art happenings where I live, from Nanaimo's first "Poem Gallery" in a vacant storefront, to "Poets in the Underpass" where Nanaimo's homeless sleep, to the "Urban Eyes Art Exhibition" featuring 52 artists and architects on the theme of urban development. Basically, wherever I see a need--a poverty of collective vision and imagination--I try to address it publicly and locally through poetry and art. I also give talks and workshops on poetry, hand-built books, how to make a living as a writer, unlocking writer's block, Tai Chi as a path to writing, and more. I can be booked for public readings and talks through the League of Canadian Poets or The Writers' Union of Canada. (Contact me first.)

Alisa Gordaneer, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, technical writer, journalist, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Alisa Gordaneer is an award-winning journalist and poet who writes fiction, creative non-fiction and essays.

Katherine Gordon, Gabriola Island
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Journalist, Technical Writer
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
Katherine Gordon has been writing for magazines, newspapers, and other publications, both in Canada and abroad, since 1995. She works full time as a freelance journalist and is a published author of four books. Biography, history, travel writing and social and environmental commentary are her areas of expertise. With nearly twenty years' experience in the fields of business law and First Nations land claims negotiations, she also takes a strong interest in cultural issues, particularly in a contemporary context, and has considerable experience in technical writing for business and for government.

Lorraine Gordon, Grand Forks
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, technical writer.
Available For: Contract work.
A freelance writer, I have written creative advertising copy for radio; informative newsletters for a non-profit society; speeches for a Member of the BC Legislature; and many successful business proposals. I am a natural proofreader and editor, as a result of a lifetime of reading. I enjoy working alone or as an active part of a team. My business writing style is crisp, clear and smooth, and my fiction and other writing emerges in an honest and amusing way that people can relate to. I admire the laugh-out-loud writing style of American humourist Dave Barry, and aspire to the wry wit of Canadian essayist Arthur Black.

Laura Gosset, Kelowna
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, journalist, technical writer
Available For: readings, workshops,, lectures

Margaret Gracie, Victoria
Writing Categories: fiction, technical writer
Available For: readings, contract work
Margaret Gracie is a fiction writer living in Victoria. She has published short stories in Canadian and American literary journals and is currently working on a novel.

Ann Graham Walker, Nanoose Bay
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Journalist , Technical Writer
Available For: Contract Work, Fulltime Work
Professional career includes 10 years as CBC radio producer, 6 years as principal speech writer to Nova Scotia premier, many freelance magazine articles and a published book. Two and a half years as medical journalist on staff of Medical Post, and several published poems.

Joyce Gram, Surrey
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Contract work.
Freelance editor of all forms of fiction and non-fiction, newsletters, webpages, and business writing.

Kathy Lynn Grant , Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
I am a lawyer, and a writer of women-focused fiction with mysterious elements.

Heidi Greco, South Surrey
Writing Categories: Poetry, Technical Writer, Poet in School
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
In additional to writing poetry, reviews and educational materials, I work as an editor and instructor.

Shannon Griffin-Merth, Nelson
Writing Categories: non-fiction
Available For: contract work
Shannon Griffin-Merth is a editor and writer living in the Kootenay region of BC. She has a Master's in English Literature from the University of Toronto, with a focus on Canadian fiction.

Peggy Grigor, Ladysmith
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
My writing career started in my teens, when I wrote novelettes of my dreams and hopes. Always a journal writer and always interested in writing, I joined a writer's circle in 2006 where I was encouraged to pursue a life-long dream of taking my interest more seriously. Presently I am working on a fantasy piece for adults that marries the ideas of conservation of the planet and the soul.

Christine Grimard, Langley
Writing Categories: technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, designer/publisher
Available For: Readings, contract work, fulltime, lectures, workshops.
I have a B.A. in Psychology and Linguistics, as well as a Technical Writing Certificate from SFU, and have completed the Entrepreneur program at BCIT. I love finding new ways to express ideas.

Darren Groth, Delta
Writing Categories: Fiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract, full-time work.
I am an Australian author of two published fiction novels: 'The Procrastinator' and 'MVP - Most Valuable Potential'. 'MVP - Most Valuable Potential' was one of four shortlisted finalists in the Young Adult Book category at Australia's richest literary awards - the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, and was selected for the prestigious "100 Must Read Books From Queensland" list. My writing has been favourably reviewed in Australia by both local and national media, praised by internationally renowned authors including Nick Earls and James Moloney, and has been compared with the works of award-winning young adult author Markus Zusak. I am represented by Curtis Brown Literary Agency and my new young adult novel 'Kid Concentrate' is currently under consideration with Hachette Livre. I have appeared at numerous literary events, including the Brisbane Writers' Festival and the National Young Writers' Festival; I have been a guest speaker, workshop/masterclass facilitator and writer-in-residence for literary organisations, writing groups, schools and libraries. I am also a registered Writing Mentor with the Australian Society of Authors and have been a feature writer for the Brisbane (Australia) metropolitan daily newspaper 'The Courier-Mail'.

Heather Haley, Bowen Island
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, EPublishing, Poet in School.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Poet, author, musician, media artist.

Jane Hall, Langley
Writing Categories:
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
A creative non-fiction book detiling

Terrie Hamazaki, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, journalist, playwright, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Terrie has written, performed and produced one-act plays for the Vancouver Fringe and Women in View Performing Arts Festivals. Her writing has appeared in several publications, including The Fed Anthology (Anvil Press) and Beyond the Pale (Playwrights Press of Canada). She was selected as a fiction delegate to the 2001BC Festival of the Performing Arts, and has received Canada Council and BC Arts Council grant funding for her projects. She is a former member of the Banff Centre for the Arts Writing Studio (2003) and the SFU Writing Studio (2005).

Lyn Hancock, Lantzville
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Contract work, readings, workshops and lectures.
Aussie-born dynamo, Lyn has written and photographed more than 20 books and thousands of articles. She is an extraordinary teacher, renowned author, journalist, photographer, actress and adventurer. Through her writings, images, and powerful storytelling, she inspires and infuses audiences with a love of learning, literacy and life. She uses the passions of her extraordinary everyday life to motivate the passions in her readers and listeners, whatever their age.

Gwen Harmen, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Technical writers, fiction, nonfiction, poetry.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, full-time and contract work.
Gwen Harmen is a life-long communicator and educator. Her goal is to assist others in achieving their potential through positive communications and facilitation.

Joanne J. (Margery) Harris, Vernon
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Available For:
I am presently employed in health care and am a writer on my own time. At this time I am working on the first draft of a novel. I have not had formal training, but have enjoyed a couple of nice successes to date. I was selected as a promising writer by UBC Okanagan and had my work reviewed and critiqued by their writer in residence, Lynn Coady, (March 2008)

Christine Hart, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist, designer/publisher, EPublishing.
Available For: Contract work.
Based in Victoria, BC, I provide freelance journalism, research and contract writing. As a detail-oriented, resourceful writer with web and print experience, I produce engaging, informative articles. I can deliver features customized to a variety of audiences on a broad range of subjects. I also welcome the opportunity to illustrate with sketches, paintings and photography.

Amber Harvey, Mayne Island
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction,poetry
Available For: readings
I write mystery/adventures about Magda and her audacious friend Brent for boys and girls in the 9 to 12 age group. I love to read to the middle grades (4 to 6) and invite their suggestions for future novels. I always give the young isteners credit when I use their ideas. I have enjoyed reading to classes on Mayne Island and in Victoria and have been invited back to read again the following year.

Sandra Hawkes, Langley
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, technical writer, poetry
Available For: readings, contract work

William Hay, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist, Poetry, Poet in School
Available For: Readings, Lectures, Workshops, Contract Work.

Christine Hayvice, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, Journalist, Poetry
Available For:
I am a writer of memoir, non-fiction, poetry, jounalistic articles, travel and children's stories. I enjoy profiling individuals for publication and helping others research their family history. I have written and edited in-house publications for organizations.

Paul Headrick, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.

Margo Hearne, Masset
Writing Categories: NonFiction, Poetry, Journalist
Available For: Workshops, lectures, readings, contract work.
Margo writes non-fiction, poetry, journalism, funding proposals, and her particular favourite, wildlife, travel and the environment.

Darlene Spong Henderson, Coquitlam
Writing Categories: Fiction, poetry, poet in school.
Available For: Contract work, readings, workshops and lectures.
I am a poet who writes literary fiction and children's stories.

Ruth Hendricks, Prince George
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, technical writer, journalist, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, fulltime.
From a very young age, my life was transformed by words - words in books and magazines that took me away to new worlds I may never have known. It was no surprise to me then, when I realized I wanted to use words to impact other's lives too. I write because it is what makes me fully alive. I lose track of time and space when I am at play or at work with words. My special loves are metaphysical, philosophical and transformational writing. However, I enjoy writing about almost anything. I also enjoy the research, interviewing, and background work. It's all good!

Rebecca Hendry , Roberts Creek
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction
Available For: Readings, contract work.

Judith Heron, Victoria
Writing Categories: Poetry
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Judith has always ahd a poet's heart. She seeks first to live her life as a poet and then to be a wordsmith.

Peggy Herring, Victoria
Writing Categories: fiction
Available For:

Kitty Hoffman, Victoria
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, journalist, screenwriter.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.

Katrin Horowitz, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
Katrin Horowitz published her first novel, Power Failures, a mystery that deals with power politics, family history and international arms dealing, in 2007. The book was inspired by her work as a volunteer in Sri Lanka in the year of the tsunami. She is currently working on her second novel, an exploration of women and politics, set in Toronto.

Joei Carlton Hossack, Surrey
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Travel and memoir writing and teaching, amateur photography.

Ron Howard , Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Fiction, Journalist, Poetry, Designer/Publisher.
Available For:
A developing writer, applying 30 years experience on the BC coast, including undeveloped poetry, and specific magazine journalism.

Kathy Howland , Port Alberni
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry
Available For: Contract work
Mature, responsible woman with two grown children of her own. Successful completion (with Diploma) of the requisite Course of Study BREAKING INTO PRINT through the LongRidgeWritersGroup, a professional program of instruction in writing articles and short stories for publication. Therefore, also a member of the LongRidgeWritersGroup.

Joy Huebert, Victoria
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Fiction, Non Fiction
Available For: Contract work.
I am an advanced Toastmaster, experienced workshop leader, and manager of small non-profit organizations. Currently I work as a public librarian in Victoria.

Margaret Anne Hume, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For: Lectures, Workshops, Readings
Margaret Anne Hume, a former librarian at Concordia University in Montreal, is the author of the first biography of Mary Grannan, 'Just Mary,' the legendary CBC children's writer and broadcaster of the forties and fifties.

Don Hunter, Langley
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Screenwriter, Playwright
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
Published author of fiction and non-fiction; produced television drama scriptwriter; former career columnist with The Province newspaper.

Jane Hutchins, Mill Bay
Writing Categories:
Available For:
Business executive retired to a sheep farm, writing about everyday life here on the land beside the ocean.

Jane Hutchins, Mill Bay
Writing Categories: non-fiction
Available For: readings
Business executive retired to a sheep farm, writing about everday life here on the land beside the ocean.

June Hutton, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
I am a member of the novelists' writing group SPiN. We give readings from our novels as well as presentations with question/answer sessions on the topics of writing and writing groups (www.spinwrites.com/news.htm).

George K. Ilsley, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I write contemporary fiction that deals with issues of gender expression, identity, sexuality, and the nature of reality.

Stephanie Innes, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, full-time.
Stephanie Innes has been writing for over ten years. She is a trained educator with extensive experience in designing complex curriculums in many areas for a variety of companies. Stephanie is passionate about creative writing and has completed two novels, and published a poetry book.

Roy Innes, Gabriola
Writing Categories: Fiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
My published writing has been in the crime fiction genre, but I do write short fiction and more recently, poetry.

Thelma Irvine, Parksville
Writing Categories:
Available For:

Judy Ivanda, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Screenwriter, Playwright, Journalist , Technical Writer
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
I a BA Degree in Eng. Lit. and CRWR. I write short stories and children's literature as well as novels. I am also a freelance writer of magazine articles (with photography). Will work extensively doing Word Processing for any types of manuscripts.

Candice James, New Westminster
Writing Categories: fiction, screenwriter, poetry, document design / desktop publishing
Available For: share computer skills
Poet Laureate for the City of New Westminster. I am also ghostwriting an autobiography for a local entrepreneur.

Harvey Jenkins, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Poetry
Available For:

Randi Jensen, Nelson
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, journalist, designer/publisher, EPublishing
Available For: contract work
I have enthusiasm and backgound in creative non-fiction with a focus on biography. Travel writing and promotion are also venues which grab my interest.

Ron Johnson, Chilliwack
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For: Readings, contract work.
Everyone has a story to share, and I can help you do it. Pass your history on to your family and friends in a book containing your exploits, trials and tribulations and, most important, your joys.

Caitlin Patricia Johnston, Victoria
Writing Categories:
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, share computer skills
Caitlin Patricia Johnston obtained her B.A. from the University of Vancouver Island in Political Science and First Nations History. She graduated with an M.A. in Political Theory and is publishing her thesis titled, Rights and Tragedy: A look at Human Rights Discourse in the context of Indigenous/Settler Relations in Canada. She is currently working on a fiction novel that incorpoates her knowledge of political theory and the West Coast of Vancouver Island.

Diana Jones, Duncan
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
A former educator, consultant and workshop leader, Diana Jones is now devoting time to travelling and establishing a writing career.

Kenn Joubert, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Fiction, journalist.
Available For:

Arthur Joyce (aka Sean Arthur Joyce), New Denver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalist, Poetry, Designer/Publisher.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Poet, journalist and historian with a particular interest in local BC history, world history, mythology, politics and the environment. Capable of writing in any genre except technical or business writing.

Christie Margaret Judson, Surrey
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Contract work.
Christie Judson is an experienced feature writer and former marketing communications consultant. With a flair for getting to the crux of a story, Christie helps clients effectively communicate with their readers and publics. Specialties include feature articles, newsletter copy, marketing copy and media materials.

Surjeet Kalsey, Burnaby
Writing Categories: fiction, poetry, playwright
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, share computer skills
I am a published South Asian woman writer, have been writing poetry, short stories and drama as well as directed plays on social issues in lower mainland during the past twenty years. Graduated from UBC in Creative Writing and Translation. I write both in English and Punjabi and have done translations from Punjabi into English and transliteration from Urdu into Gurmukhi script

Julie Karey, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, Design: Designer/Publisher
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
Julie Karey is a graduate of the Masters of Arts program in Literature at SFU. She draws from her studies in Canadian literature and the classics in her poetic and fictional portrayals of contemporary life.

Karrie Kaszczuk, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, fiction, journalist, poetry.
Available For: Contract work.
Karrie is a former newspaper journalist who now focuses mainly on business communications. She is also working part-time on her first contemporary fiction novel which is an account of one woman's journey through life after her mother's sudden death at a young age.

Susan J. Katz, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, technical writer, journalist, poetry
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
I specialize in writing and teaching others to write personal narratives. I use news journalism to raise awareness of vulnerable or marginalized members of our communities by capturing and presenting their words and experiences to the public

Helen Kaulbach, Kelowna
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Playwright, Journalist , Designer/Publisher, E-Publishing
Available For: Contract Work
Journalist, photographer, website design, desktop publishing, newsletter, brochure design, travel writing, playwright.

Deanna Kawatski , Celista
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, Workshops/Lectures, Contract Work.
Deanna Kawatski is a best-selling author of creative nonfiction. She is popular as a writing workshop presenter, and also gives great readings. As a naturalist and conservationist her focus has been on nature, which she hopes to help preserve.

Kahlee Keane, Union Bay
Writing Categories: non-fiction.
Available For: readings, workshop, lecutres, contract work
Kahlee Keane also known as rootwoman, is an eco-herbalist and educator.

Stephen Keary , Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist, Epublishing.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Author, teacher, musician, writing about indigenous spiritual practices and planetary consciousness-transformation. ( I use the name Stephen Gray for the writing on planetary consciousness-transformation. work.)

Heather Kellerhals-Stewart, Heriot Bay
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings
A rural writer specializing in writing and storytelling for children. Has written both picture books for young children and novels for slightly older readers. To contact this writer, please call the Federation of BC Writers.

TJ Kelly, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction journalist
Available For: contract work
travel writer, blogger and journalist who is also plugging away on various fiction and creative non-fiction projects

Pamela Kent, Surrey
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For: Readings

Luke Kernan, Kamloops
Writing Categories: technical writer, poetry, designer/publisher and poet in school.
Available For: contract work, co-op work within the technical or creative avenues of writing
I am a senior student at Thompson Rivers University specializing in English (Rhetoric and Professional Writing) and the social sciences (Socio-Cultural Anthropology). I am at varying stages in the publication of three journal articles--a literary paper on Western epics and gifting rites, a social science report on grounded theory research, and a philosophical paper on worldview theory and literature. Additionally, I am engaged in an inter-arts project in which I am collaborating with a group of local creative writers and visual artists to produce an exhibition dealing with verbal and visual literacies via text and image artworks.

Susan Ketchen, Courtenay
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Before publishing her first young adult novel, Born That Way, Susan Ketchen published short fiction and humorous nonfiction articles in family therapy journals. She has an MSc. in Marriage and Family Therapy, and for many years ran her own counselling practice.

Crawford Kilian, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalist
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
A teacher and writer who has published 20 books and hundreds of articles.

Jonina Kirton, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical writer, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.

Ross Klatte, Nelson
Writing Categories: fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures,
Bookish nature lover who began writing seriously in the U.S. Navy; was a journalist before emigrating to Canads in 1971, winner of the CBC Literary Contest (1990), frequent book reviewer for the Calgary Herald,(1981-94), movie reviewer for the online Nelson Observer,(1997-2000); full-time writer since 1998

Ken Klonsky, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwright.
Available For: Readings, Workshops, Lectures.

Andrea Koehle Jones, Bowen Island
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalist, screenwriter.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Andrea Koehle Jones is an award-winning documentary producer and has worked as a CBC television and web writer and producer in Toronto, Vancouver and Yellowknife as well as a print reporter/photographer and a Greenpeace communications strategist during the campaign to save the Great Bear Rainforest. She has a geography degree from Queen's University and a Masters degree in journalism from The University of Western Ontario. On Earth Day 2006, Andrea founded The ChariTREE Foundation and lovetrees.ca. She lives on Bowen Island, British Columbia with her husband and two young children.

Darya Kowalski, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, poetry.
Available For: Contract work, full-time work.

Ruth Kozak, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Playwright, Journalist
Available For: Workshops, Readings
Ruth is a published travel writer and has presented workshops on travel & historical fiction writing for adults, Young Writer's Conference and the Off-the-Page school program. She teaches three writing classes for VSB Continuing Education on Travel Writing, Prompting the Muse & Novel Writing. She conducts a successful memoir writing group for the West End Comm. Centre (Barclay Manor); I have many travel articles published, some fiction; currently finishing a work-in-progress historical novel, have had one play produced successfully and I'm working on a new play; involved as chairperson for the W.E. Writers, member of Scribbler's critique group; involved in readings at Bolts of Fiction; She is a member of the BC Travel Writer's Assoc. W. Ruth Kozak's keen interest in travel and history began when she was a child. By the age of 10 she was penning WW2 war dramas and fantasies for her classmates. Her 1st publication at 12 was a snippet from a story she wrote about a Dutch war orphan. In her teens her interest was Roman & Greek history producing a number of novel-length historical fiction manuscripts. At 18 she wrote & produced a play "The Street" a tale for her peers about heroin addiction in the East side. After graduating from high school, Ruth worked as a copy-runner and research librarian for the Vancouver Sun. After marraige she became an Early Childhood Education daycare supervisor working with special needs children and families including immigrant families. She lived in Greece for several years teaching E.S.L. and researching her historical fiction "Shadow of the Lion", about the fall of Alexander the Great's dynasty. Her most recent travels were to Malaysia and Chile.

Lynn Krauss, Nelson
Writing Categories: fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Lynn Krauss (aka Geneva St. James) has recently returned from Tokyo and has taken up residence in Nelson, B.C. Her debut novel," Made For You," a fun look at rejection, was published in 2008 by Alpha World Press and is destined to become a queer classic. Lynn likes to explore the torments and solaces of the individual through intimate relationships. She has appeared at Toronto's "Writing Outside the Margins" festivaland and read at the "Saints and Sinners Literary Festival" in New Orleans in May 2009. She is currently hard at work on her second novel, "MyGirlfriend, Pillow."

Lynn Krauss, Nelson
Writing Categories:
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work

Guenther Krueger, Burnaby
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Technical Writer
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work
I do mostly medical journalism and technical medical research reports. However, I also do home improvement and travel stories.

Sharon McLean Kuroyama, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: fiction, poetry
Available For:

Constance Kurtenbach, Ladysmith
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Available For: readings
Connie writes short stories, poems and postcard works. Her writing is lyrical, appeals to the senses, paints pictures and evokes deep feelings. She is witty, and can make you laugh or cry or both! She writes music into stories. She is a gifted oral reader and presents well in public readings and interviews.

Minuette V. La Montague, Roberts Creek
Writing Categories: adult and children's fiction
Available For:

Linda May Langwith, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings

Phyllis Grant Lavelle, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Playwright
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
Retired University lecturer, Human Development & Family Studies, retired family therapist, currently aiming for PhD.

Michael Layland, Victoria
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For:
Michael Layland writes on popular history, specializing in exploration and mapping.

Eve Lazarus, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Nonfiction, Journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I've worked in journalism for more than 15years-- as a business reporter, a freelance writer, and most recently, an author. My articles have appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines including Nuvo, B.C. Business, Style at Home, Marketing Magazine, the Vancouver Sun and the Globe and Mail.

Heather Lea , Revelstoke
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist, playwright, designer/publisher.
Available For: Contract work, workshops and lectures.
Specializing in travel anthologies, humour fiction and non-fiction, short stories. Newspaper layout and design. Proofreading, editing.

Loreena M. Lee, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings, Contract Work.

Carl Leggo, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry
Available For: Workshops, Readings
Carl Leggo is a poet and associate professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia where he teaches courses in writing and narrative research. His degrees include: BA, BEd (Memorial University of Newfoundland); certificate in Biblical Studies (Tyndale Seminary); MA, MEd (University of New Brunswick); PhD (University of Alberta). His poetry and fiction and scholarly essays have been published in many journals in North America and around the world.-- He is the author of two collections of poems, titled Growing Up Perpendicular on the Side of a Hill and View from My Mother's House (both published by Killick Press, St. John's), as well as a book about reading and teaching poetry, titled Teaching to Wonder: Responding to Poetry in the Secondary Classroom (PacificEducational Press, Vancouver). He is currently seeking a publisher for a new book about writing, titled Tangled Lines: Nurturing Writers and Writing, and a new book of poems titled I Do Not Find It Easy to Be a Human Being. When not teaching or writing, he likes biking, running, and walking on the dike in Steveston, British Columbia where he lives joyfully with his wife, daughter, and son. And after twelve years on the Pacific coast of Canada, he still longs for the Atlantic coast, and Newfoundland which will always be home.

Mark Leiren-Young, Burnaby
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist, playwright, screenwriter.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.

James Leslie, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I am a late arriving new writer and am in transition from being a health sector planning consultant. My fiction is grounded in place, fishing communities on the BC Coast. Working in literary fiction I have completed the first of a sequence of three novels.

Bernice Lever, Bowen Island
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Poetry, Journalist , Technical Writer, Poet in School
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
Bernice Lever, living on Bowen Island, BC gets 'high on words'. GENERATION, Black Moss, 2009, is her 9th book of poetry, and she's written an English textbook, 'The Colour of Words' and other prose works. For 2011, she expects her 10th poetry book, IMAGINING LIVES. Currently, she is busy writing, freelance editing, giving readings and workshops. She's a regular presenter at Surrey Int'l Writer's Conference, '07 - '10 and 'Write on Bowen", '08-10. She has read her poems on 5 continents yet still enjoys performing on stage radio, or TV. Best known for editing WAVES, a literary magazine, '72 - '87, she has won awards, including the Wm. Henry Drummond prize '08. In '04 she won the Allan Sangster Award for her committee work with Canadian Authors Assoc. Also she has been honoured with Life Status by Canadian Poetry Assoc. 2000, World Poetry Society '08 and The Ontario Poetry Society '09. A Past VP for the League of Canadian poets, she is now a CAA rep. on the Public Lending Right commission. Bernice is a retired Seneca College English teacher who continues coaching others to get published as she follows CAA's motto: 'Writers Helping Writers'. For her rates, view her website.

Antonia Levy, New Westminster
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, fulltime.
I am a retired professor of Japanese history. I write extensively on Japanese animation and also on assessment in higher education. I am now beginning to write fiction.

Desmond Lindo, Courtenay
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, playwright.
Available For: Readings, workshops, contract work, lectures.
My ultimate concern is always the creative use of language; nothing else matters in the writing game.

April Link, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: technical writer, non-fiction, poetry, poet in school
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Focus on writing for green and ethical business, outdoor industry, eco-tourism, yoga-related and non-profits.

David Litvak, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Journalist
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings, Fulltime Work
I am a writer who specializes in the following genres; children's poetry and books, travel articles and books, children's Judaica and accounts of far flung Jewish communities. I am also a songwriter who has written prairie rap, rock, ska, folk, children's songs and song parodies.

Joyce Thierry LLewellyn, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: Have many years of teaching experience, developed and presented workshops in screenwriting in Canada & India. Was a North American Trainer of \"Our Whole Lives\:, taught & wrote a teen sexuality curriculum; have presented filmmaking workshops with Reel2Real IFF, taught teen filmaking
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Screenwriter & story editor for film & TV drama and documentary scripts, script analysis work for production companies, broadcasters, screenwriters, screenwriter instructor, workshop presenter, past-president of Women in Film & TV Vancouver, & more

Janice M. Lore, Tofino
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
Available For: Poet in School, readings, workshops, lectures
Janice Lore grew up on a farm in Alberta. She graduated from the University of Calgary with a degree in General Studies in Arts. In 1994, she moved to Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Writing is one of the ways she makes sense of the world.

Chris Lowther, Tofino
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, poetry
Available For: Contract work, fulltime, readings, lectures, workshops.
Nature writing, memoir, humour, non-fiction, poetry and love of place are my areas of interest and skill.

Candice Lucey, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Contract work.
I have a Masters Degree in Literature and am available for academic writing, fiction or children's writing, articles as well as editing.

Eswyn Lyster, Qualicum Beach
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Poetry
Available For: Contract Work
My work in progress (begun 1998) has the working title: "Most Excellent Citizens". It is a history of Canada's war brides of World War 2, written by someone who lived the experience and who has interviewed well over 200 war brides. I will also be working on a National Register of Canada's WBs of World Wars 1 and 2, which will follow "Citizens". I hope this will become an ongoing project as, although information on the 48,000 WBs of WW2 is in the National Archives, it is very difficult to access. (Very little has been recorded of the WBs of WW1.)

Robert Mackay, Surrey
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Carole MacRury, Point Roberts, Washington
Writing Categories:
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
Past judge of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Fetival's international haiku contest, and haiku workshop leader for Vancouver classrooms. Published free verse and haibun (Prose with haiku), concert appearances combining a fusion of poetry, music and arts.

Emily Madill, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Fiction, children's books.
Available For: Contract work, readings, workshops and lectures.
Emily is the author of four picture books: Captain Joe to the Rescue, Captain Joe Saves the Day, Captain Joe's Gift and Captain Joe's Choice.The Captain Joe books provide children with a valuable tool to help them learn conscious control of their thoughts and moods. Children will be inspired by Captain Joe to use their own thought-zapping wands and choose thoughts that promote healthy self-esteem. In doing this, they will also learn to be more accountable for their thoughts and feelings. In addition to the Captain Joe series, Emily developed a 90- page Teacher Resource Guide with lessons and activities for the classroom. She has a degree in Business and Psychology and is working on a degree in Education. Emily loves to write and teach. Being a mother is the most creative job she has had to date. Her calling is to guide young people to create their authentic selves and inspire them to embrace their individualism.

Vera Manuel, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
My writing is a way of putting words to situations that may be too painful to talk about. I often write about issues related to historical trauma, generational grief, genocide and survival. It is the will and determination to survive that inspires my writing,helps me to understand myself better and to evolve as a writer. Writing has been the greatest gift I have to get at the truth. Most of my work has been been presented through storytelling and performance, as opposed to being published.

Christel Martin, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Non-fiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, full-time.
BA General Studies SFU 1994 - anthropology, primatology, non-fiction writing, dance, photography. Phoenix Rising party after 35 years in medical/pharmaceutical industry; Phoenix hatched as a freelance writer, Toastmaster, and journalisn intern & theatre student at Malaspina Univesity College. Interests include environment, health, nutrition, heavy metals (mercury not music), Alzheimer's, chelation, home renos, animals, humour, gardening.

Adrienne Mason, Tofino
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Journalist , Technical Writer
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
I write and edit fulltime from my home town of Tofino. Currently I am the managing editor of the science magazine KNOW. I specialize in nature and science themes and have particular skill in putting scientific information into language suitable for the lay-person. I write books and articles for both adults and children and have published 25 books to date. I also write educational materials and have worked on textbooks (jr. and sr. high level) and distance-learn curriculum for science and language arts (elementary). As I am also a biologist I also occasionally work on scientific studies and papers.

Robert Frederick Hale Matthews, Vernon
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Workshops, lectures.
Retired after 25 year career in the addictions field, 3 university degrees, interest in awe, wonder, magic in life.

Ursula Maxwell-Lewis, Surrey
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist, epublishing.
Available For: Workshops, contract work and lectures.
A journalist, editor,columnist and photographer, Ursula Maxwell-Lewis has worked in South Africa, Britain and Canada. Established a community newspaper in 1996, sold it to Black Press Group Inc. in 2008. Remained as Managing Editor. Also writes local and international travel. Director Travel Media Association of Canada. Director (since 1992) Surrey International Writers' Conference.

Dayna Mazzuca, Victoria
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
Trained as a journalist with a degree in philosophy, I've worked in the publishing industry for 20 years as a writer, editor, storyteller and workshop ficilitator. My written and spoken work is based on Christian themes that flesh out the spiritual side of life. I've been widely published in everything from magazines to newspapers to short book length work. Lately, I've ventured into short stories on the Celtic saints and children's picture books. I have also tried my hand at social justice issues, both in print and inperson. There is a large need for redemption in this fallen world and I believe words make a difference.

James McCann, Coquitlam
Writing Categories: fiction
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
Growing up on the icy plains of Manitoba, James McCann spent most of his time as a teen reading comics and playing Dungeons and Dragons. Both of these hobbies taught him storytelling tools that he now uses as an author and creative writing instructor. Unlike the creatures of the night of which he writes, he lives peacefully in the daylight with his Shih Tzu, Conan.

Susan McCaslin, Langley
Writing Categories: Poetry
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
Susan McCaslin teaches English and Creative Writing at Douglas College, New Westminster, BC, Canada and is the author of five volumes of poetry.

Kay McCracken, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Journalist, Poetry
Available For: Readings
Kay McCracken, co-founder of the Shuswap Lake Writers' Festival and former bookseller, is taking time out from Festival organization to finish her memoir. She writes creatvie non-fiction, poety, short stories and a regular literary column.

Sheryl McFarlane, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Poet in School
Available For: Workshops, Readings and Lectures
Sheryl McFarlane is the author of twelve picture books including: A Pod of Orcas, This is the Dog, Jessie's Island and Waiting for the Whales. The Smell of Paint, her newly released YA novel, has already garnered positive reviews. Her books have won or been short-listed for: the Governor General's, the BC Book Prize, the Mr. Christie, the Blue Spruce and Chocolate Lily Awards. Sheryl has toured extensively, judged creative writing for The Canadian Children's Book Centre, and the BC Creative Writers' Grant Program, been a writer in residence in schools, and been involved in many Young Author programs. Her three daughters have inspired many of her stories. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

Judy McFarlane, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poet in school
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
As well as writing fiction and non-fiction, I work as a writer-in-residence in schools, helping students to develop plays about their own lives

Sharon McInnes, Gabriola Island
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction.
Available For: Contract work.
Sharon has worked in and for health and social services organizations in BC for over 20 years.

Leanne McIntosh, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Poetry
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Leanne McIntosh lives on Vancouver Island. She is a founding member of The Island Women's Poets and is active in promoting poetry within the community, including "Urban Poetry Cafe," a CHLY radio program with Kim Goldberg and Shirley Goldberg.

Leanne McIntosh, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: poetry
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Terri McKee, Chilliwack
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Debbie McKeown, Surrey
Writing Categories: nonfiction, journalist
Available For: contract work.
I am a British Columbia-based freelance writer who has travelled widely on all seven continents. This passion for travel extends to sharing my adventures with audiences of all ages. My clients, which include editors and tourism boards, have consistently recognized my fresh writing style and ability to deliver original articles and high quality photographs. In my work, I am consistently committed to rigorous fact-checking and meeting demanding deadlines.

Neil McKinnon, Richmond
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.

Susan McNicoll, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, Journalism
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Susan McNicoll is a freelance writer living in Vancouver. Her lifelong love of words and history has been the main focus of her writing career, which began with five years as a reporter for the Ottawa Journal in the 1970s. Although her published work to date has been in the nonfiction realm, Susan is currrently working on a series of fables based on the four seasons of healing.

L. Albert McQuillin, Quesnel
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Designer/Publisher
Available For: Readings, contract work.

George McWhirter, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Poet in School.
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
I am a Professor Emeritus of the UBC Creative Writing Department and a former high school teacher. Currently I am writing and translating (from Spanish) full-time.

Phil Menger, Abbotsford
Writing Categories: Fiction, poetry.
Available For: Contract work.
Forced retirement after 22 years in business, former CBC and private radio newscaster, writer, journalist, wannabe fiction writer, http://www.nanowrimo.org/ participant last four years, a "winner" three times.

Kimberly Mercer, Vancouver
Writing Categories: technical writer, non-fiction, jounalist, designer / publisher
Available For: contract work
Online content specialist, columnist, blogger and social media strategist. Research expert, copy and substantive editor

Gail Meyer, Saltspring Island
Writing Categories: non-fiction, journalist
Available For: contract work, full time work

Leila Meyer, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: technical wirter, journalist
Available For: editing, contract work

Markella Mildenberger, Vernon
Writing Categories: technical writer, fiction, non-fiction
Available For: contract work
I have been writing for personal and family for many years and this is my passion. I am diverse writer with skills in professional writing, ghostwriting, fictional writing, non-fiction writing, poetry and many creative outlets. I also have great skills in business writing, manuals, business letters, resumes and advertisements.

Janet V. Miller, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings

M. J. Milne, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, screenwriter, EPublishing
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
M.J. Milne is a Canadian artist, author and screenplay writer from Vancouver, BC. M.J. has traveled extensively, written magazine articles, screenplays and the revolutionary new-age science-fiction novel, "Universal Tides: Barbed Wire Blues." Her new book is non-fiction, New-Age Spirituality entitled "12 Golden Keys for a New World" (ISBN 978-0-9739654-1-4). She is now dedicated to teaching those guided to her how they, too, can remove society's veil to see their own inner truth as Soul. For more information go to her website where you can also sign-up for the free monthly 3-letters

Kuya Minogue, Golden
Writing Categories: Technical writer, Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalist
Available For: Readings, workshops and/or lectures, contract work.
Kuya Minogue teaches workshops on Zen Writing Practice

Shannon Moeser , Victoria
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction.
Available For: Contract work.
I am a retired university professor with extensive experience writing proposals and technical reports. I have a PhD in psychology and an MBA. I have written many reports for government and non-profit agencies.

Rita Moir, Winlaw
Writing Categories: Creative nonfiction
Available For: Readings
Award-winning writer of creative nonfiction, with a long history in radio and newspaper reporting

Lynda Monk, Salt Spring Island
Writing Categories: non-fiction
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work

Jeannette Montgomery, Oliver
Writing Categories: Technical writing, fiction, nonfiction, EPublishing.
Available For: Contract work.
I am new to the writing arena and hope to publish in the next few years.

Mary Ann Moore, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: poetry, personal essay, fiction, book reviews, profiles
Available For: readings, presentations, workshops, one-to-one mentroing
Mary Ann Moore has published her poetry, personal essays, fiction and book reviews in a variety of anthologies, literary journals, magazines and newspapers in Canada and the U.S. Since 1997 Mary Ann has encouraged people to begin and sustain a writing practice and delights in seeing people awaken their creative potential. She offers a mentoring program called Writing Home: A whole Life Practice as well as writing circles, courses and retreats. "Finding and Expressing Your Writing Voice" is one of the life writing courses Mary Ann teaches through Vancouver Island University. Other circles and workshops include "Writing Life" and "Poetry as a Doorway In"

Alan S. Morgan, Delta
Writing Categories: EPublishing, Fiction.
Available For: Contract work.
My puzzleworks appear in traditional published format in magazines, newspapers and books as well as in new digital formats and media as well as in mobile, cell phone games.

Michael Morris, Burnaby
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
Michael Morris, born in the interior from parents involved in ranching, is a poet who has written poetry for over forty years and uses it to express himself, much like a person might keep a diary. Writing reflects humanity in all aspects.

Dorothy Morrison, Penticton
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For years my sister has been after me to create a book but I had little respect for my writing. She and I, and my daughter spent the last year, I finding and correcting; they typing and advising. I expect it to be out in May. If it sells, it will be for our Grandmothers in Africa group. So the local Grannies have offered to help sell-- and want to have a party to "launch" the book. The book is called "Okanagan Reflections" and the cover is stunning. I need writers to read it and comment though I have some very nice comments already. I am excited that Terry Fallis liked my column in the Western.

David Morrison, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Technical writer, journalist, nonfiction, internet copywriting.
Available For: Contract work.
I am an English, Nanaimo-based freelance writer offering comprehensive writing services in any English language market.

Dianne Moscrip , New Westminster
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Fiction, Non Fiction, Designer/Publisher, EPublishing.
Available For: Contract work.

Samantha-jane Mugridge , Calgary
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Journalist.
Available For: Contract work.
M.Sc. degree in geology. Lots of experience writing and editing scientific and technical articles reports.

Gordon Mumford, New Westminster
Writing Categories: Creative nonfiction, memoirs, World War II, merchant navy, African history.
Available For: Readings.
My books are about the adventures of a young man in World War II and East Africa in the 1950s. I give illustrated talks about WW II at sea and Africa. In the 1950s, I worked in remote areas of East Africa making a VFH route to modernize telecommunicstions. In the 1960s and 1970s, I taught electronics under aid projects in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Indonesia. In the 1980s, I was the federal government emergency planning liaison for the Pacific Region.

Jane Munro, Shirley
Writing Categories: non-fiction, poetry, poet in school
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
Jane Munro has published four collections of poetry-- enjoys giving readings and has taught Creative Writing at three universities. Her poetry explores connections among the visual arts, yogic discipline. She spent months in India studying yoga. Jane has also been pushing her boundaries by working with people of all ages and backgrounds -- seniors, younger adults and children. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and a Doctorate in Education.

Anne Murray , Delta
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, Designer/Publisher, EPublishing.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I specialise in writing about nature, environmental, cultural and historical topics. I also have editorial and design/layout skills and work with other authors to publish books and documents.

Kim Nayyer, Victoria
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, technical writer, journalist
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
I am a former practising lawyer and trained librarian. I have extensive experience in legal research, analysis and writing as well as in teaching and giving presentations on these subjects. I can perform thorough, accurate research in fiction as well as non-fiction, short stories, essays, book reviews, and columns. I am interested in receiving assignments of short fiction pieces essays, textbook chapters, course modules, web site marketing pieces, and blog posts as well as preparing first drafts or proofreading or editing any of these.

Marybeth Nelson, Duncan
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry.
Available For: Readings

Marybeth Nelson, Duncan
Writing Categories: fiction, poetry
Available For: readings
Retired teacher. Published a text book titled Medieval Times and some poetry. Published a novel for middle readers seeking publication

Cherry Nettleton, North Delta
Writing Categories: fiction
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I write creative fiction stories that connect the generations, de-mystifying myths and notions of what it means to be old. My writing is based on my experiences working with institutionalized individuals whose stories are never told. I want children to be able to read stories with characters with mental illness or dementia, so if their parents or grandparents have these challenges the children are not afraid.

Elsie Neufeld, Abbotsford
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Poetry, Writer in School
Available For: Readings, Workshops, Contract Work

Pat Newson, Comox
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist, poetry
Available For: Readings
In the mid-80s I was attending the U of Calgary (in a Master's of English Lit program) & was active in the Calgary writing community. My poetry was being published (under name of Pat Allan). Meltdown. Self-exile. Now, 20-odd years later, writing again -- mainly poetry (though I have other projects, including rejuvenating 20-year-old 350-pg mss, a "journey memoir"). I am most interested in the ghazal form of poetry, especially as evolving in Canadian writing. Have written journalism. Three years as regular contributor to The Island Word on vegan, raw foods nutrition, environmental & animal liberation. I live with & love dogs.

Janet Nicol, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Journalist.
Available For: Readings, contract work, workshops and lectures.
I have written a wide range of non-fiction articles.

Mary Novik, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Mary Novik's debut novel Conceit (2007) was hailed as ?"a magnificent novel of seventeenth-century London"? by The Globe and Mail. Called "?the book that critics have been drooling over?" (Ottawa Citizen), it was embraced by book clubs and chosen as a book of the year by both Quill & Quire and The Globe and Mail. Conceit was longlisted for the Giller Prize and won BC\'s top fiction prize for 2008, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award. Mary was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and now lives with her husband in Vancouver, where she is at work on a new novel. She belongs to the writing group SPiN, which includes Jen Sookfong Lee and June Hutton. To get in touch, please use the contact page at http://www.marynovik.com

Ben Nuttall-Smith, Crescent Beach
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
Ben Nuttall-Smith taught music, theatre, art, and language until he retired in 1991. He now lives in Crescent Beach, where he writes, paints, makes music, and travels with his best friend and soulmate.

Cary O'Malley, Surrey
Writing Categories: Poetry.
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Margaret Ostrowski, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For: Contract work

Kathy Page, Salt Spring Island
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Screenwriter.
Available For: Workshops, Readings, Lectures.
Kathy Page was born and lived much of her life in London, England. She has taught fiction writing in universities in the UK, Finland and Estonia, and held residencies in schools and a variety of other institutions and communities, including a fishing village and a men's prison. She won The Traveller Writing Award in 1992 and the Bridport Short Fiction Prize in 1994. In 2001, she and her family moved to Salt Spring Island. Kathy has written for radio and television and her short fiction is widely anthologised in the UK. Her fifth novel, The Story of My Face, was long-listed for the 2002 Orange Prize. Her themes are loss, survival, transformation: the magic by which a bad hand becomes a good chance. Her next novel, Alphabet, was due out in 2004.

Kamal Parmar, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, poetry.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
I am a poet and also write haiku poetry. My poems are evocative and descriptive with a lot of visual undertones. Also specialize in writing poetry that reflects cultural diversity.

Randy Paterson, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, lectures and workshops.
I have published two self-help books: The Assertiveness Workbook and Your Depression Map, and have published additional books and therapy guides through Changeways Clinic. Treatment manuals based on the clinic's work have been distributed across Canada and internationally.

Darlene Patrick, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For: Readings, Workshops, Lectures, Contract and Full-time positions.
I am primarily interested in pursuing memoir writing, specifically about my crazy and colourful background.

Rosemary Patterson, Qualicum Beach
Writing Categories: fiction, screenwriter
Available For: Readings, workshop, lectures.
Rosemary I. Patterson, Ph.D. is a former School Psychologist and present career assessment person who writes novels and screenplays with psychological themes. She is particularly interested in the difficulty of the Adolescent Identity Task for multi-cultural populations.

Tanna Patterson-Z, Creston
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction
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Tanna Patterson-Z had her first novel published by NeWest Press, Edmonton Alberta.

Krista Pavane, Port Coquitlam
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Fiction, Non Fiction, Playwright, Poetry, Designer/Publisher.
Available For: Contract work.
Krista Pavane is a mother of four children first, a lighting designer for live theatre second, and a writer in those few unused seconds that remain.

Ronnie Pelletier , Taylor
Writing Categories: fiction.
Available For: edited the BC Writers website news page and was the The Islands rep in the past

Barbara Pelman , Victoria
Writing Categories: Poetry, Poet in School.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
High school teacher of English, creative writing, and journalism for thirty years, adept at working with adolescents and building enthusiasm for the writing process. Worked with teachers to encourage a love of teaching poetry to students. Strong background in English literature and contemporary poetry. Works well with audiences of teenagers and younger students.

A.S. Penne, Halfmoon Bay
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalist, Playwright, Screenwriter.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Facilitator of weekly writing workshops for literary writers (including poetry, fiction, nonfiction,essays, stage and screenplays, etc) I also work privately with (new) writers and am available for editing entire manuscripts or piece work.

Mike David Perry, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, screenwriter
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Sheila Peters, Smithers
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry
Available For: Workshops, Readings
A writer and college instructor, Peters is willing to give readings, teach writing and creativity workshops, and discuss the craft of writing.

Lois J. Peterson, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Journalist , Designer/Publisher, Poet in School
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
Dynamic speaker/presenter. Experienced with children storytelling.

Lynda Grace Philippsen, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalist, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures and contract work.

Leanne Prain, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, designer/publisher, epublishing.
Available For: Workshops and lectures.
Leanne Prain is a co-author of the subversive knitting book Yarn Bombing: The Art of Knit and Crochet Graffiti. A professional graphic designer, Leanne has a BFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and is a candidate in the Master of Publishing program at Simon Fraser University. She lives, writes, and knits in Vancouver, BC.

Tea Preville, Nelson
Writing Categories: non-fiction
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Lily Price, Courtenay
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I am 74, Chinese, born in Quesnel, BC. My first effort at writing includes my memoirs; the personal story of my Father, Chow Dong Hoy, the reknown Photographer; and my 10 years in Africa through letter form.

Deanna Proach, Sechelt, Sunshine Coast
Writing Categories: fiction
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures contract work
I've written numerous short content articles for online magazines. Online magazines that I've written for have included Suite 101.com, Helium.com and Edubook.com. I also have a personal blog that I frequently write on.

Anna Raasveldt, Port Coquitlam
Writing Categories: Fantasy/contemporary fiction
Available For: Contract Work.

Sheri Radford, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Technical Writer
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
I am the author of a new series of humorous children's picture books, and I also write non-fiction aritcles for magazines and newspapers.

Fauzia Rafiq, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, journalist, screenwriter, poetry.
Available For: Readings.

Andrea McKenzie Raine, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, journalist, poetry, poet in school.
Available For: Readings.
I am a poet, aspiring novelist, freelance writer and editor. I also have a background in journalism and communications writing.

Anuradha (Anu) Rao, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, journalist, technical writer
Available For: readings, contract work
I am a marine conservation biologist and writer; I've published technical and popular articles and am currectly working on my first novel.

Patricia Rawson, Nelson
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Doris Ray, Fraser Lake
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Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.

Charra Rede, Port Moody
Writing Categories: Fiction
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Charra is writing a series that features a Wicca coven in Vancouver who solve mysteries and use their powers for good.

Elizabeth Rhett Woods, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Playwright
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
My writing reflects the creative tensions in my life between art and politics; private work and public endeavor; liberty and love; solitude and community.

Roberta Rich, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
My first novel was published in Feb 2011

Joan Rippel, Coquitlam
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry
Available For: Readings
I am a retired lady who writes fictionalized novels based on ancient civilizations, i.e., Sumeria, and SciFi adventure fantasies. I have had some poetry published, also.

David G. Roche, Roberts Creek
Writing Categories: Playwright, nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
My book, "The Church of 80% Sincerity," based on my one man humorous show of the same title, is described in a red starred Publishers Weekly review as "part memoir, part inspiration handbook." The theme is the acceptance of self and others I have learned through the life experience of facial difference.

Gabriella Romano, Heriot Bay
Writing Categories: Playwright, screenwriter, poetry
Available For:

Richard Lee Rose, Yahk
Writing Categories:
Available For:
At age 12, Lee's grandfather bought him a typewriter and he typed a short story entitled "More Beans & Bacon". He mailed it to the Saturday Evening Post magazine but it was rejected. Encouraged by his teachers he continued writing and had his first poem published in Oregon 1989. His poetry has been well rec'd at Wynndel Coffee Housesd, Creston Fall Fairs and various celebrations and fund raisers for the last 5 years. He hosted a radio program on CIDO, Creston Valley Radio for two yrs where he read his poetry. His articles have appeared in local newspapers and magazines. After retiring from teaching, he began his first novel drawing inspiration from an old log cabin on his property and with imagination, developed a very interesting character.

Emily Rose, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, technological writer, journalist
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, share computer skills
Emily Rose is an Australian Canadian writer living in Vancouver. She has a postgraduate degree in Psychology and has facilitated therapeutic creative writing workshops for individuals with mental illness. When not working as a freelance editor and writer she attends The Writer's Studio at SFU. She is currently editing a fiction manuscript and writing a narrative non-fiction novel about mental illness in North America.

Elizabeth Ross, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Poet in School.
Available For:
I'm an MFA student at UBC and the incoming poetry editor of PRISM international. I teach writing workshops at the UBC Learning Exchange, the Science Creative Literacy Symposia, and as a New Shoots mentor in high school. I write and edit primarily poetry and fiction, and am experienced in business communications, as well. I've received an Honorable Mention in The Malahat Review's Far Horizons Poetry Contest, and placed second in the Vancouver International Writers' Festival Poetry Contest.

Christine Rowlands, New Westminster
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction, Designer/Publisher, EPublishing.
Available For: Contract work, full-time.
I am a writer of non-fiction, including essays, reviews, and magazine articles. I am also an editor with experience in publishing.

Lenore Rowntree, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, poetry, poet in school.
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Lenore Rowntree's play 'The Woods at Tender Creek' enjoyed a successful run this summer as part of the Walking Fish/Neanderthal Arts Festival. Her poetry will be included in the anthology Best Canadian Poetry 2010 to be published by Tightrope Books, and her creative nonfiction was shortlisted for a CBC Literary Award 2009. She wrote and illustrated a children's alphabet book which won a Moonbeam Gold Medal in 2007.

Sonya Roy, Langley
Writing Categories: fiction, journalism
Available For: contract work
writes newsletters for non-profit organizations, reporting, column-writing, non-fiction short stories

Shirley Rudolph, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, designer/publisher.
Available For: Contract work, fulltime.
I'm available for work in desktop publishing, either by contract, or in-house. As an example of my work, please see the Fed's WordWorks Magazine, beginning with the Summer 2006 issue.

Nora Ryan, Squamish
Writing Categories: Technical writer, Fiction, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, contract work.
Two years living on a small island in the Caribbean provided the inspiration for a trilogy of works by Nora Ryan. "Across the Great Divide" is a novel exploring the divide caused by race and socio-economic circumstance and the ability of the human spirit to bridge the divide. "Cracked Conch" delivers a series of vignettes into the lives of a colorful cast of misfits and mischief-makers, all shaped by that exquisite tapestry of live woven on sun-drenched islands. "Marie's Story" is the poignant account of a young Haitian girl with AIDS (unpublished at this time)

Ann Saddlemyer, North Saanich
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Journalist.
Available For: Workshops, readings, lectures.
Theatre critic, editor and biographer

Marie Sadro, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, portry
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures, contract work
I am a translator for German, French and Spanish fiction, historical writing and non-fiction articles.

Elvina Sainte-Marie, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For:

Renee Sarojini Saklikar, New Westminster
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Available For: Readings.
Renee Sarojini Saklikar writes poetry and non-fiction and is currently working on The Canada Project ? about her life from India to Canada, from coast to coast. A recipient of the 2003 first place poetry award at the Surrey International Writers festival, Renee writes a current affairs blog for http://canadasworld.wordpress.com.

Sheryl Salloum, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, fiction, journalist.
Available For: Workshops, Lectures, Contract Work, Readings.
I have published two biographies, book reviews, local histories, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, memoirs, and articles related to art, photography, travel and children's issues.

Stan Sauerwein, Westbank
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures.

Nancy Sayre, Surrey
Writing Categories:
Available For: share computer skills

Mary Schendlinger, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Non Fiction
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.

Kathleen Schmitt, Burnaby
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry.
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Author of Seasons of the Feminine Divine. Three volumes: Crossroad New York mid-90's. Kathleen has also won several Short Story awards in Canada, including Amethyst, Truro, Nova Scotia, and The Edmonton Sun. A retired Anglican priest living in Burnaby, BC, she recently spent three years working in the Anglican Church of El Salvador. Currently she is revising a young adult novel and completing a first draft of a novel related to her El Salvador experience.

Verena Schneider, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Designer/Publisher.
Available For: Readings, contract work, fulltime.
I am a novelist specializing in historical and contemporary fiction. I am also a visual artist and graphic designer.

John Schreiber, Victoria
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For: Readings
I am a retired ex-logger, miner, fisherman, teacher-counsellor with a deep interest in ecological, cultural, and spiritual issues.

Wendy Scott, Riondel
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist.
Available For:

Elana Scraba, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.

Robert Scriba, Campbell River
Writing Categories: Nonfiction.
Available For:
Robert Scriba is a wildlife guide and photographer on the west coast of B.C.

Tuija Seipell, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Non Fiction, EPublishing.
Available For: Contract work.
Specialized in business writing and website copy. A full-time freelance business writer for more than 15 years. Business background and education. Understands the needs and audiences of different types of business. Writing for large and small businesses, non-profits, trade and consumer magazines, blogs and websites in Canada, US and internationally. Topics include design, marketing, retail architecture, hospitality, travel and tourism, general business, international business. Projects include website copy, corporate publications online and off, newsletters, media releases, magazine articles, annual reports, brochure copy, workshop materials, manuals and guides. Strong business background (retail, market research, international business, design, trade shows, marketing and PR), fluent in several languages, widely traveled.

David Semeniuk, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Contract work
I have a combined BSc.(H) in biology and oceanography. I am currently a PhD student in Chemical Oceanography, where I study the effects of the ocean on global climate in both the past and present. I am also the guest science editor for the online participatory news agency, NowPublic.com, and an avid non-fiction science writer.

Edward Shaffer, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical writer, Nonfiction,
Available For: Wrkshops, lectures, contract work.
Retired professor of economics. Decorated US Army WWII Veteran.

Barbara J. Shave, Kelowna
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Barbara Shave enjoys writing creative nonfiction, twists of fate and fancy, vignettes on life, humour, senior or retiree perspectives, and advertorials.

Carol Ann Shaw, Cobble Hill
Writing Categories: fiction
Available For: readings, as an author and artist I can help with design
I live in the wilds of Vancouver Island where I teach art part-time and work on a sequel to my debut novel.

Susanne Shaw, Kimberley
Writing Categories: technical writer, fiction, non fiction, journalist, playwright, poetry
Available For: contract work, workshops and/or lectures, readings
I enjoy creating newsletters for small organizations

Ron Shore, Abbotsford
Writing Categories:
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Sandy Shreve, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Poetry.
Available For: Readings.
Sandy Shreve's fourth poetry collection, Suddenly, So Much, "yields more on each re-reading. From the playful to the heartbreakingly beautiful, the essence of this book is transformation and grace in the midst of ruin. These are poems with the depth we hope for in poetry." (Kate Braid). Sandy co-edited (with Kate Braid) the highly acclaimed anthology In Fine Form - The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (Polestar, 2005). She has won the Earle Birney Prize for Poetry, and been shortlisted for a National Magazine Award (poetry) and the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award. Her contributions to the literary arts in BC include founding Poetry in Transit, sitting on the BC Book Prizes Board of Directors, and judging the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for 1997 and 2006. Sandy worked for 15 years at SFU, during which time she was a secretary in the English Department and the Departmental Assistant for Women's Studies. She previously worked as a reporter (Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times) and as a library assistant at the Vancouver Public Library. She was raised in Sackville, New Brunswick, and lives in Vancouver where she works as the Communications Officer for the Legal Services Society.

Shirley Skidmore, Sooke
Writing Categories: Fiction, poetry.
Available For:
I am an author of fiction.

Rick Sloboda, Richmond
Writing Categories: Technical writer.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
Rick Sloboda is a Senior Web Copywriter at Webcopyplus, which helps businesses boost online traffic, leads and sales with optimized web copy. Clients range from independent retailers to some of the world's largest service providers including AT&T (formerly Cingular), Quest Diagnostics and Scotia Bank.

Barbara Small, Victoria
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction, journalist, designer/publisher.
Available For: Readings, lectures, workshops, lectures.
As an author, facilitator and life coach Barbara Small uses real-life examples from both her personal and professional experience in her books and other writing. Her style is very down-to-earth, direct, practical and fun. She uses situations familiar to all of us to demonstrate the tools and techniques she shares with her readers. Barb has a Master's degree in Counselling and has also trained as a Life Coach. She is the author of three self-help books. Her books have sold across Canada as well as internationally. Barb worked with clients in private practice for over a decade and has been a speaker and facilitator since 1993. She has developed and taught numerous personal and professional development workshops for businesses, professional associations, community groups and the general public. In the past Barb has worked as an employment counsellor, substance abuse counsellor, EAP counsellor and has been a program coordinator in both the post-secondary and non-profit sectors. Barb also has a diploma in Business Administration and worked for several years in the business field before navigating a career change into counselling, coaching, teaching and writing. Her own personal journey is an example of her belief that change is possible and that we all have the ability to create the life we want to live. I

Christine Smart, Salt Spring Island
Writing Categories: Fiction, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.

Patricia Smekal, Nanoose Bay
Writing Categories: Poetry, Nonfiction
Available For: Readings
Pat lives and writes on Vancouver Island. She belongs to two writers' groups, located in Nanoose Bay and Parksville. Pat's passion is poetry, but she has been known to dip into creative nonfiction and fiction when the moon aligns with her mood!

Janet K. Smith, Campbell River
Writing Categories: Fiction.
Available For:
I am a first-time novelist.

Madeline Sonik, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalism, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Madeline Sonik is a Victoria writer and anthology editor whose work has been characterized in the Globe and Mail as “luminous, dense, provocative and heart-wrenching.” Her publications include a short story collection, a novel, a children's book and a poetry collection. In addition, she has co-edited three anthologies and won numerous awards for her nonfiction. She holds an MA in Journalism, an MFA in Creative Writing, and a PhD in Education.

Dave Soroka, Grand Forks
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry.
Available For: Readings
I'm a singer/songwriter and I've recently written a short leprechaun book and another book of autobiographical short stories. I've begun working on a third book.

Cathy Sosnowsky, West Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, poet in school, journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
My book of poetry,"Holding On," describes my grief journey after the death of my teenage son. My short stories are about intimate relationships, love and pain. My travel writing has a humorous tone.

Craig Spence, Langley
Writing Categories: Fiction, journalist, designer/publisher, e-publishing.
Available For: Readings, lectures, workshops, contract work.
From an early age I have wanted to write novels. That urge was sublimated through careers as a journalist and communications manager, but like a forest fire smoldering underground, it never quite died out. In my mid-thirties, an age when many of us catch the do-or-die bug, I began writing fiction in earnest. My first book, Josh & the Magic Vial, was published by Thistledown Press in 2006, my second, Einstein Dog, will be released in October, 2009. I feel blessed, and greedy for more blessings from the stingy muse, who drives me on. My most important discovery is that writing is not just an art or a vocation; it's a way of being in the world. I hope to die at my keyboard, plonking away at my last, unfinished novel.

Kevin Spenst, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.

Meg Stainsby, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: non-fiction, playwright
Available For:
Currently completing an MFA (CRWR) at UBC. Has published scholarly work and book reviews but shifting to creative / literary non-fiction and drama

Sharon Stearns, Dunster
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Screenwriter, Playwright, Journalist , Poet in School
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings, Fulltime Work
Freelance writer who works mainly in theatre but also writes short fiction, essays, book reviews and newspaper articles. I also teach creative writing and drama.

Ann-Marie Steenge, White Rock
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Technical Writer
Available For: Contract Work
large experience in resource development including active workshops

Robert Stelmach, White Rock
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poet in school.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Robert Stelmach, a.k.a. Max Tell, holds a B.F.A. in theatre and studied creative writing at the Banff School of Fine Arts under W. O. Mitchell. An international troubadour (Lucie Lareau, the Vancouver International Children;s Festival), Max has been writing, performing for young people and their teachers for over 20 years and has over 575 hours of experience as a workshop leader. His play, "Wild Rose and Half Step" was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Theatre award for best play for children, 1991. His poetry, short stories, and articles have appeared in many magazines. His fourth audio CD is soon to be released.

Carla Stewart, Kamloops
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, designer/publisher.
Available For: Contract work.
Have worked as an urban planner for the past 10 years. Have only recently begun exploring improving my skills in other areas such as articles, poetry and fiction of all kinds.

Diana Stokes, Crawford Bay
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Technical Writer, Designer/Publisher, Poet in School.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Diana Stokes, poet and contemporary writer, spends her time between Crawford Bay in British Columbia and Crowsnest Pass in Alberta. She provides literary and business programs from report writing and poetry readings to creative workshops and private tutoring.

Cathy Stonehouse, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction, fiction, journalist, poetry, poet in school.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
A literary writer and occasional journalist I edit, consult, teach creative writing and am past Editor of Event magazine.

Lynne Stonier-Newman, Heffley Creek
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Fiction, Non Fiction, Playwright, Poetry, Poet in school.
Available For: Readings, Workshops, Lectures, Contract Work.
I am a published writer in various genres for over 20 years and am a member of The Writers' Union of Canada as well as the Federation of BC Writers.

Addena Sumter-Freitag, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwright, Poetry, Poet in School.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Addena Sumter-Freitag is a 7th generation African Canadian. She grew up in Winnipeg's North End, and has lived all across Canada. Addena is well known for her unique and exciting poetry and storytelling. Commodore Books is pleased to be publishing her book "Stay Black & Die" this summer (2007). Make sure to buy a copy and "strap yourself in, you're in for the ride of your life".

Diane Sutherland, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical writer.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Advertising copy for newsprint or internet and web design.

Christine Sutherland, Nelson
Writing Categories:
Available For:

Susan Telfer, Gibsons
Writing Categories: poetry.
Available For: readings.
I am a high school English teacher and am available for readings in high schools.

Elizabeth Templeman, Heffley Creek
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
The genre I most enjoy is the personal essay, in all its forms, long and short, serious and humorous.

Lucia I. Terra Figari, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction, epublishing.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
Nonfiction writer and editor for magazines and newspapers, with experience in scientific and business writing. Ph.D. in language and literacy education. M.A. in communication. Interested in travel, languages, social issues, environment, sustainability.

Frances Thiessen, Port Alberni
Writing Categories: Fiction.
Available For: Readings.
A new writer and former Toastmaster, Fran emcees WordStorm in Nanaimo, open mike in Port Alberni,and has completed short story courses at North Island College and the Victoria School of Writing.

Amy Thompson, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Journalist, poetry.
Available For: workshops, lectures, contract work,
I write freelance for Vancouver View Magazine and have published articles on the 2010 Olumpics and also one article on food allergies.

Linda K. Thompson, Port Alberni
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Playwright, Poetry
Available For:
Working and practicing words on Vancouver Island.

Margaret Thompson, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction
Available For: Workshops, Readings, Editing
Margaret Thompson is the author of six books in various genres. Her published work includes short stories, two collections of personal essays, a BC2000Book Award-winning YA historical novel, and a young readers' chapter book. Her work has appeared in six anthologies, and she has won a number of awards for fiction, nonfiction and poetry published in many literary journals such as Event, Grain, and The Amethyst Review

Ilya Tourtidis, Courtenay
Writing Categories: fiction, poetry
Available For: readings
Ilya Tourtidis was born in Greece in 1949 He moved to Australia when he was 4 yrs old and to Canada when he was 15yrs. Educated at the Univ of Victoria, he worked as a teacher and later as a couselor in the Conmox Valley, where he now lives. He was co-winner of the Gerald Lampert Award for his first book of poems (Mad Magellan's Tale, 1993). Subsequent collections of his poetry include, The Spell of Memory (Oolichan Books, 2004); Path of Descent and Devotion (Libros Libertad Books, 2009). In addition to poetry, Ilya Tourtidis also writes Children's Stories and Novels

Kim Trainor, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops and lectures.
My recently completed collection of short fiction, The Four Species of Sorrow, documents people who have disappeared, and the traces they leave behind; the human instinct for violence is juxtaposed with the struggle to survive. In addition to fiction, I write literary analysis and teach in the English department at UBC. My essay "A Brief Guide to Human Ephemera" was shortlisted for the 2007 CBC Literary Awards in the category of creative nonfiction.

Peggy Trendell-Jensen, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, non-fiction, journalist.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
I lead ongoing memoir and fiction writing workshops for adults and am the creative director of the Young Writers' Club, which serves writers in Grades 5 through high school. I have written extensively for a variey of local media outlets as well as international periodicals, and have been published both as the author of short stories and a non-fiction book on the environment.

Shirley Jean Tucker, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: playwright, fiction, non-fiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Shirley Jean is a Canadian playwright, designer and fine arts teacher. Since 2000 she has written: 1.Ratz And Alma: The Rattenbury Intrigue. 2.The Queen of the Shuswap. 3.Your loving, kind and true, Jack Boy. 4.Hey Nurse! I've Gotta Pee. 5.Sowing Seeds in Danny, a musical adaptation of the Nellie McLung novel. 6.Annie's Solitude. 7.The Supper Waltz. 8.Morning Is Wiser Than Evening. 9.When I Was A Girl. 10.Nadia Stalin's Last Supper.

Carol Tulpar, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, Contract Work.
Carol is a poet and essayist who also edits all kinds of writing for style, clarity and accuracy. She has worked for many years teaching the essay form to academic students of English as a Second Language. Carol completed her Master of Arts in Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University in 2004.

Phyllis Twombly, Pouce Coupe
Writing Categories: Fiction, science fiction.
Available For:
Phyllis is a scifi author and her first novel has sold over two hundred copies since publication in June, 2007.

Monika Ullmann, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Contract work.
Versatile, experienced professional writer with extensive background in the arts and high technology.

Shirley Vacon, Coquitlam
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction
Available For:
I work at my own pace. Am finishing the editing of my first book and it is long suffering work.

Ursula Vaira, Lantzville
Writing Categories: Poetry.
Available For: Contract work, readings, workshops and lectures.
Ursula Vaira has a passion for paddling. In 2005, she kayaked from Port Hardy to Zeballos, including the dreaded Capes Cook and Scott. In 1997, she paddled by canoe from Hazelton to Victoria as part of Roy Henry Vickers' Vision Quest to raise funds to build an All-Nations Recovery Centre on Vancouver Island. Through these and other experiences she has learned the power of the arduous journey as a metaphor for self-growth. It is true--all journeys do lead to the interior. Ursula is the founder and owner of poetry publisher Leaf Press.

Wouter van der Hall, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Contract work, workshops and lectures.
Report writing combined with facilitation of strategic planning or team (re) building, meetings and conflict resolution processes.

Marianne Van Osch, Forest Grove
Writing Categories: Nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
I am a regular columnist for an Interior paper and have written for various periodicals. I am the author of a biography and am completing a second book.

Janet Vickers, Abbotsford
Writing Categories: Poetry; Designer/Publisher; Poet in School
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Janet Vickers has been writing poems for twenty years, and is currently a publisher of poetry chapbooks -Lipstick Press.

Chuck Walker, Surrey
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, Design: Designer/Publisher EPublishing
Available For: workshops, lectures, share computer skills, contract work

Ann Walsh, Williams Lake
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Journalist
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
All of my books for young people, including the one I edited, have been selected by the Canadian Children's Book Center for inclusion in the Our Choice catalogue, a listing of books recommended by librarians and professionals in the field of children's literature; four titles have been short listed for major Canadian awards. My short story dealing with Alzheimer's disease, has been included in five other anthologies since its first publication in The Blue Jean Collection (1992).Getting Away From it All, a short story for adults, has been reprinted in many countries and was selected by Addison Wesley (Longman) Publishing (England) for use in a textbook/anthology as an example of its genre (horror). I have been a leader at Young Authors' Conferences all over B.C. and have given many talks, workshops and readings for elementary, secondary and adult groups. --Member of The Writer's Union of Canada since 1988; member of CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children's authors, Illustrator and Performers) since l990; member of The Federation of B.C. Writers since 1989 and Regional Representative for 5 years (1986-1991); Member of CWILL (Children's Writers and Illustrators, B.C.)

Mary Jane Warr, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Nonfiction.
Available For:

Ernest Warr, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry.
Available For:

Janis Warren, Coquitlam
Writing Categories: Journalist
Available For: Contract work.

Erica Warren, Coquitlam
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction
Available For:

Richard Watt, Prince George
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction
Available For:
Richard Watt is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. He has been regularly published in the Prince George Citizen newspaper, and is currently working on a number of other writing projects, some of them web-based, others intended for print.

Sarah Weaver, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: non-fiction
Available For:
Environmental Educator, Workshop Facilitator

Gordon Webb, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: fiction
Available For:

Shirley Weese, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry
Available For:

Douglas P. Welbanks, Richmond
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
My overall focus is the modern family unit and the dynamic forces that contribute to the distintegration of family values and the nuclear family, especially the profound role that money issues, both visible and concealed, play.

Palmyra Williams, Surrey
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Screenwriter, Playwright
Available For: Readings
Memoirs and poetry

Leonard W. Wilson, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction.
Available For: Readings.
I am a full time writer living in Surrey. My wife and I have three children and four grandchildren.

Gerhard Winkler, North Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Journalist
Available For: Workshops, Readings
I like writing, creating characters and make them look real. I love writing about travel. One novel, finished but not published yet.

Rita Wong, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, poetry, poet in school.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Rita Wong has written three books: sybil unrest (with Larissa Lai, 2008), forage (2007), and monkeypuzzle (1998). Wong has received the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop Emerging Writer Award. An instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, she is currently researching the poetics of water.

Jeanine Woodman, Victoria
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist.
Available For:

Elizabeth Rhett Woods, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry
Available For: Readings
Elizabeth Rhett Woods has had four books of poetry and two novels published, and has had poetry and plays broadcast on CBC Radio.

Elizabeth McInerney Woods, Prince George
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry
Available For: Workshops, Readings
I like to read too much, and I struggle to give more time to writing. I teach writing at the secondary level, and specialize in peer response workshop.

Caroline Woodward, Comox
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Playwright
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
Author of four books, numerous newspaper articles, book reviews, stage scripts, poems. Well-known as a dynamic creative writing teacher, lively public speaker and longtime advocate for the arts in BC.

Shelly Wutke, Aldergrove
Writing Categories: technical writer, fiction, non-fiction
Available For: helop out with computer skills
I am a freelance writer/copywriter based in Langley, BC. I am currently working on my first non-fiction novel, and focus mainly on business/technology writing for my clients

Joyce Yardley, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, poetry.
Available For: Readings
Wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, author and writer of memoirs, history, poetry, dreams and travels. Enthusiastic and energetic (most of the time!)

Beth Yim, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Workshops, lectures.

Heather E. Young, Surrey
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Technical Writer, Designer/Publisher, EPublishing
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
I am creative and articulate when writing. I am observant and thorough when researching. I can contribute thoughtful and critical arguments with clarity. I take initiative and can work autonomously. I have a natural curiosity coupled with a high energy level.

Beryl Young, Vancouver
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction
Available For: contract work, readings
Beryl writes fiction and non-fiction for children aged 9 - 13

Diana Zitko, Burnaby
Writing Categories: Fiction, Screenwriter
Available For: Readings
I am an on-the-side writer for now. I have been writing stories ever since I can remember and am making more time in my life to write. I enjoy fiction writing, am working on a novel and would love to meet other writers and published authors.

Michael Zrymiak, Surrey
Writing Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Available For: readings, workshops, lectures
I have written about boyhood experiences on a pioneering prairie farm, life as an airforce pilot, the joys of acreage living in the Fraser Valley, fiction including confrontational Canadian American positions on nuclear relations, Canadian political battles, and poetry - traditional and free verse.