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.

Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley, Victoria
Writing Categories: Nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
I am a retired historian of science whose main interest is natural history, nature and the environment, the history of Canadian science, and the lives of scientists.

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.

Valerie Alia, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Non Fiction, Journalist, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures and contract work.
I have worked as a journalist and academic, holding endowed chairs in Canadian Culture (USA), Diversity, and Ethics and Identity (UK); my journalism includes arts features and reviews (mainly dance),book reviews and opinion pieces; I've done academic and general readership nonfiction writing on the arctic, indigenous peoples, media ethics, names and identity; I've been a series editor and an individual book and articles editor; I'm adept at translating academic writing into plain English; have written for radio and television; and have published and exhibited poetry and landscape photography.

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.

Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, Workshops and Lectures
Gail Anderson-Dargatz's novels have been published worldwide in English and in many other languages. A Recipe for Bees and The Cure for Death by Lighting were international bestsellers, and were both short-listed for the prestigious Giller Prize in Canada. The Cure for Death by Lightning won the UK's Betty Trask Prize among other awards. A Rhinestone Button was a national bestseller in Canada and her first book, The Miss Hereford Stories, was short-listed for the Leacock Award for humour. She currently teaches fiction in the creative writing MFA program at the University of British Columbia, and lives in the Shuswap, the landscape found in so much of her writing including the upcoming novel Turtle Valley.

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.

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

Mette Bach, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I also write book, film and theatre reviews.

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.

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.

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.

Art Bates, White Rock
Writing Categories: Poetry, Journalist
Available For: Readings
Poetry, verse, columns, poems on subjects provided, cartoons

David Baxter, Chase
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist, poetry.
Available For: Readings
I write poetry and essays based on my life experience.

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

Mike Bell, Comox
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Workshops, lectures.
Most of my work is in the form of essay writing in connection with aboriginal culture and political development. I have a particular interest in trying to create a conceptual and psychic bridge between the aboriginal world view of elders and the New Science and Cosmology. Though I recently moved to BC, I have spent the past 25 years working in the area of community and organizational development with Inuit communities in Nunavut and Dene communities in the Northwest Territories. I also conduct Plain Language Workshops for business/government people and technical writers.

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

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.

Dan Boudreau, Prince George
Writing Categories: EPublishing, Technical Writer, Nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Dan Boudreau is owner, President and CEO for Macrolink Action Plans Inc. He has owned small businesses since 1980 and during that time, assisted thousands of entrepreneurs to plan and start their businesses. He is a business planning coach, trainer and consultant. Working in the field of economic development for the past 15 years, Dan has served as a member of a Finance and Lending Committee for a $5 million loan fund for entrepreneurs. Currently, he manages a $17 million fund that provides funding for economic development projects. From 1999 to 2003, Dan published Business on a Shoe String e-zine for entrepeneurs and recently he published Business Plan or BUST! He currently writes a business column for the Prince George Free Press.

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.

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.

Vi Brown, Victoria
Writing Categories: Business and Technical Writing, Fiction, Nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I'm a concise and clear writer highly suitable for technical and business projects with an extensive business management background. If you require proficiency in condensing material, just call on me. I can also assist with CVs and resumes. I'm available to write topical magazine articles as well as travel articles based on past and future explorations. For increased creativity I'm involved in several fiction projects -- a collection of short contemporary stories and some flash fiction. A current favourite is expanding on my original short story based on a 'four footed' creature -- it's not a dog -- and not a cat! This story may be more suitable for the 8-12 age group but I'm having great fun with it. New projects are always exciting. I am available for writing or editing -- non-fiction or fiction. Refer to my web site for more information http://callvibrown.tripod.com

Cullene Bryant, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry
Available For: Workshops, Readings
Offer writing workshops, Progoff Intensive Journal workshops

Garth A. Buchholz, Victoria
Writing Categories: ePublishing, technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings, lectures, workshops, contract work.
Garth A. Buchholz is a highly accomplished Web strategist, information designer and certified usability analyst with more than 12 years experiencemanaging large corporate Web sites, leading Web redesign projects, and developing content for private and public sector Webs. Garth is also a member of New Media BC, the Internet Press Guild, the Usability Professionals Association, and other associations.

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.
Moontide Creative Services offers an array of writing and photography services to suit your needs. Please visit http://www.moontidecreative.com.

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

Angela Burns, Comox
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalist, Poetry, Designer/Publisher, EPublishing
Available For: Contract Work, Full time.
Can offer considerable publishing and editing advice and services based over 30 years as a professional journalist and freelance writer.

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 and or lectures, contract work.

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
Available For: Contract Work
Irene is a freelance writer, specializing in travel articles. Irene and her partner, Rick, have trekked through 43 countries to date, with a long list of others they plan to discover. After 35 years of varied careers, ranging from teaching school to owning and operating businesses, in the year 2000 they hung up their stationary hats and have since donned a gypsy existence for half of each year. Irene now revels in recounting anecdotal and factual experiences along the highways of the world. She is available to bring out the geographical, architectural and cultural aspects of a destination in either concise guidebook style or prose.

Margaret Cadwaladr, Royston
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).

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, BC
Writing Categories:
Available For:
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.

Kim Clark, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Playwright.
Available For: Readings
Kim Clark most often writes from the heart of BC's Sunshine Coast. Disease and desire, mothering and the mundane propel her ongoing journey between poetry and prose. Kim's work can be found in The Malahat Review, Portal, Ascent Aspirations, as well as e-zines and other publications in Canada and the U.S. She has been the editor for Artistry for the past four years and is currently pursuing a Creative Writing degree at Malaspina University College.

Deb Clay, Sooke
Writing Categories: Fiction, poetry, designer/publisher.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
In addition to being a writer and artist, I am co-editor of Toward the Light: Journal of Reflective Word and Image (www.towardthelight.net) and a chapbook publisher at www.ifpress.ca.

Heather Conn, Roberts Creek
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction, journalist, screenwriter.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Highly creative writer, author and educator in nonfiction, business communications, media, writing coaching, personal growth fields, curriculm, screenwriting. A "cultural creative." Specialty areas for magazine freelancing: arts & culture; environment; lifestyle; history; spirituality; transportation.

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

Sherry Cox, Coquitlam
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction.
Available For: Contract work.
Aspiring, unpublished writer currently writing fiction novels and articles, and submitting work. Extensive previous writing experience (20 plus years) in instructional documentation for corporate internal use. Online correspondence to internal feedback line at corporation, and business correspondence experience.

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
Available For:

Mary Lou Crerar, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction
Available For:

Linda Crosfield, Castlegar
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Designer/Publisher.
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:
Available For:

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, Fulltime Work
Short-fiction published in Canada and USA (some of which were award winners). Travel articles in community newspapers and magazines. To get in touch with this writer, please contact the Federation of BC Writers.

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.

Brian Deon, Nelson
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Screenwriter, Playwright
Available For: 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.

Lorraine Dick, Grand Forks
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Designer/Publisher, EPublishing
Available For: Contract work.
I have over fifteen years in the computer software industry and the records and information management industry; as a technical writer, courseware writer, and software trainer. I achieved Senior Member status in the Society for Technical Communicators and served as a judge in the annual newsletter and technical publication competitions.

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
Available For:

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!

Klay Dyer, Salmon Arm
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, journalist, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work, full-time.
With a doctorate in English literature and more than two decades of experience in writing about literary/visual arts and culture, I am a professional writer and teacher adept at synthesizing ideas into a crisp, coherent, and eminently readable prose. A popular and entertaining speaker, I am also an active editor, having established ongoing freelance relationships with number of international instructional, technical,and critical projects.

Shellah 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.
TEACHER; UVIC FICTION WORKSHOPS; OTHER WORKSHOPS, FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS; FREQUENT APPEARANCES AT CANADIAN WRITERS FESTIVALS; MENTOR; PANEL MODERATOR; BOOK REVIEWER FOR THE VANCOUVER SUN & TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL; FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO ADBUSTERS MAGAZINE AND GEIST; CO-PRODUCER OF THE SIDNEY READING SERIES; FREQUENT CBC RADIO 1 DRAMATIZATION OF WORK.

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.

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.

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 Forbes, Crofton
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings
I write creative non-fiction, literary fiction, and lifestyle journalism.

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.

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.

Berenice Freedome, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, journalist, playwright, screenwriter poetry
Available For:
An extraordinary sentence will cross your path today. Lucky lotto numbers for the week: 11, 23, 32, 42, 46, 64.

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.

Sandra Gagnon, Terrace
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For:
Emerging writer.

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 Garvin, Mission
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and journalism.
Available For: Workshops and 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.

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.

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.

Margaret Gracie, Victoria
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
I'm a communications consultant with years of experience giving presentations and public speaking. I write short stories, short shorts, novellas and novels.

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.

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, West Vancouver
Writing Categories: Technical Writer, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction.
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. As well, I've taken numerous courses in writing fiction and poetry and 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.

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.

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.

Wendy Hawkin, Port Moody
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For:
I am currently writing a series of contemporary teen+ mystery novels.

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 and editor of trade union magazines; a journalist who enjoys profiling individuals in publications like Our Times magazine, along with wriitng a little bit of poetry and children's fiction.

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.

Nala Henkel, Chilliwack
Writing Categories: Technical writer, journalist, screenwriter, designer/publisher.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
Business writing doesn't have to be dry and uninspired. Find your brand's voice and excite all stakeholders who come into contact with any written communication piece your business publishes. Find your unique proposition and give it a personality. You'll have a much more memorable business as a result, and being remembered (awareness) is the key.

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.

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.

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: Fiction
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Thelma Irvine, Parksville
Writing Categories:
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Judy Ivanda, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Screenwriter, Playwright, Journalist , Technical Writer
Available For: Workshops, Contract Work, Readings
I am a fourth year UBC student (as of September 1999) finishing my 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. Available for full time position in Spring 2000. -- To contact this author, please call the Federation of BC Writers office.

Larry G. Jacobsen, Port Coquitlam
Writing Categories: Technical writer, nonfiction, poetry, designer/publisher
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
A (mostly) retired man who came to Canada as a baby and has used up 9 lives while working for 46 different companies as a wage earner in farming, forestry, mining, heavy construction, energy and sales. Worked for another 56 companies as a management consultant. He has taught part time at the College of New Caledonia in its Construction Tech. program and teaches computer skills to other seniors. As an experienced speaker (Toastmaster) he has given Powerpoint enhanced presentations based on his memoirs in schools, colleges, libraries, Historical and Heritage societies and other venues.

Harvey Jenkins, Nanaimo
Writing Categories: Poetry
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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.

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.

Donna Kane, Dawson Creek
Writing Categories: Poetry
Available For: Readings
I live in Bessborough, a rural community a few miles northwest of Dawson Creek, BC. I host many literary events in the Peace River region including Canada Council sponsored readings. I have also organized writing retreats and festivals. I am co-director of Writing on the Ridge, a writing retreat located in Tumbler Ridge, BC. I write poetry, and my first book is scheduled for publication in Spring 2004 by Hagios Press.

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.

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.

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.

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.
I am a senior student at Thompson Rivers University specializing in English (Rhetoric and Professional Writing) and the social sciences (Socio-Cultural Anthropology). As of May 2009, I will be looking for contract or co-op work within either the technical or creative avenues of writing. 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. I have several collections of poetry that I have produced over the years. Please contact me for creative writing samples form my portfolio.

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
Retired Selkirk College office worker, former journalist, winner of CBC Literary Competition in 1990.

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
I teach three writing classes for VSB and a memoir 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; was a member of Burnaby Writers and will renew.

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 will be reading 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."

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, nonfiction.
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 has her MA from York University and is active in League of Canadian Poets, Canadian Authors Association & other writer's groups. A retired college English teacher who still gives workshops for creative writing and marketing skills. Also gives Canada Council and other poetry readings. The Colour of Words, my text, is a resource book for grammar and compostion and more. I have published over 200 prose pieces in mass, literary and academic magazines.

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, Nonfiction, Poetry, Poet in School
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures and 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.

Janice M. Lore, Tofino
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, poet in school.
Available For: Readings.
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 wet 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.

Lynne Van Luven, Victoria
Writing Categories: Nonfiction, journalist.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I am a freelance journalist, writing teacher and editor. I operate my own small consulting business, LVL Edits, and take on a few manuscripts a year. I offer close literary editing assistance as well as copyediting and proofreading.

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.)

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.

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.

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
Available For:
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.

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
Available For:
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: Non Fiction, Technical Writer, Journalist, Poetry.
Available For: Readings, contract work.
I have chronicled the story of my wife\'s cancer and published a small cookbook. I have also published a small manual of the history of the Quesnel Seniors' Society for the Society, as well as published articles in our local Writers Group Publications.

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.

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

Steven Mills, Kelowna
Writing Categories: Fiction
Available For: Workshops, Readings, Lectures
I am a science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction writer, with one published novel and over a dozen published short stories. I studied Writing at the Kootenay School of the Arts and have a lot of experience teaching, leading workshops and giving lectures and readings. I live in Kelowna, BC. For more information about me, visit my website at www.stevenmills.com or contact me at steven@stevenmills.com.

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

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.

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.

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.

Barbara Murray, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Fiction, journalist, poetry.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.
Barbara is a writer and poet, who for many years lived on a small island in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada. There, she worked as a newspaper reporter for the Bowen Island Undercurrent, and during her last two years on the island, reported on the activities and politics of the community for CBC Radio One. Writing has been in her bones forever; at age 11, she would put herself to sleep every night by creating stories in her head. Gifts and Bones, the first in the Bea and Mildred mystery series, is Barbara's inaugural novel. The second in the series, Isabella's Passion, will be released in 2008.

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.

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

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.

Carolyn Nikodym, Fernie
Writing Categories: Technical writer, fiction, nonfiction, Designer/Publisher, journalist.
Available For: Workshops, lectures, contract work.
I have worked as a journalist and editor for five years. My freelance work has also included PR for arts organizations and the compiling and laying out of listings/guides for various publications.

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.
Available For:

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.

Bruce Partridge, Nanaimo
Writing Categories:
Available For: Contract work.
I'm a recovering lawyer, parliamentarian, foreign and domestic traveler, memoir writer.

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.

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:

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.

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.

Lily Price, Courtenay
Writing Categories:
Available For:
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.

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.

Doris Ray, Fraser Lake
Writing Categories:
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures.

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.

Eve Rickert, Vancouver
Writing Categories: Non-fiction, journalist.
Available For: Contract work, full-time.
Eve Rickert is a freelance writer and editor based in Vancouver, Canada. She holds a Master of Environmental Studies degree and a BA/BS in Liberal Arts from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She has written and edited for Environmental Practice, Conservation magazine, High Country News, Island Press, and several environmental blogs. She has also been involved in public policy work, researching, writing and occasionally delivering public testimony and position papers on legislative issues. She can write in accessible and conversational tones as well as more formal language, as required.

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.

Patricia Rogers, Nelson
Writing Categories: Nonfiction
Available For:
I am a Historian, Researcher, Writer and Genealogist who regularly contributes to: 1) the Kootenay Storytelling Festival writing historic scripts for my story teller; 2) the B.C. History Journal writing articles on historic people and places; and, 3) to ARTiculate Magazine writing a regular genealogy column.

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

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.
Available For:
Wrote and illustrated a children's alphabet book which won a Moonbeam Gold Medal in 2007.

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

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.

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

Kathleen Schmitt, Burnaby
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry.
Available For:
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.

Susanne Shaw, Kimberley
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, journalist, playwright.
Available For: Contract work.
I write nonfiction articles focusing on human interest and lifestyles; or on social justice and environmental issues. I have created and published newsletters for various organizations and events for over a decade from unions to Girl Guides.

Susanne Shaw, Kimberley
Writing Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalist, Playwright.
Available For: Contract Work.
I make Town Council Meetings sound interesting.

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.

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.

Susan Telfer, Gibsons
Writing Categories: Poetry.
Available For: Readings.
I am a high school English teacher and am available for readings in high schools depending on my teaching schedule.

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, fulltime.
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, Contract Work, Readings & Lectures
Margaret Thompson is the author of five books in various genres. She writes for adults and children. Her published work includes short stories, personal essays, a BC2000 Book Award-winning YA historical novel, and a young readers' chapter book. Her stories have appeared in two anthologies, and she has won a number of awards for fiction, nonfiction and poetry published in many literary journals.

Harry Tournemille, Surrey
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, screenwriter.
Available For: Contract work, readings and lectures.
Fiction writer (short stories and novels) and screenwriter with publications in various journals.

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: Screenwriter, Playwright, Fiction, Nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
Senior Secondary Fine Arts Teacher; Writer, Director, Producer, Designer (set/costumes/props). Artist (oil/watercolors clay, graphics: stylized/abstract style.

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; Poetry
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Annette Yourk, Quathiaski Cove
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, poet in school.
Available For: Readings, contract work, workshops and lectures.
I enjoy working in a range of writing categories and genres and find gratifications specific to each. I have taught creative writing workshops to adults, and to high school seniors and elementary students in School District #72. Another faction of my writing life is public performance. I have presented my work to audiences in a variety of venues including art gallery show openings, coffeehouses, fundraisers, and at the Words on the Water Writers Festival in Campbell River.

Annette Yourk, Quathiaski Cove
Writing Categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, poet in school
Available For: Readings, workshops, lectures, contract work.
I enjoy working in a range of writing categories and genres and find gratrifications specific to each. I have taught creative writing workshops to adults, and to high school seniors and elemenentary students in School District #72. Another faction of my writing life is public performance. I have presented my work to audiences in a variety of venues including art gallery show openings, coffeehouses, fundraisers, and at the Words on the Water Writer's festival in Campbell River.

Lillian Zimmerman , Vancouver
Writing Categories: Nonfiction.
Available For: Readings, lectures, workshops.
I am a gerontologist and educator with a life- long interest in issues of concern to women, with a special interest in social policy. This includes the division of labour within the home and in the paid workforce. I am particularly interested in pensions and retirement, and possibly improvement in pension benefits which should, but do not at present, include women's unpaid caregiving. I have written a book about midlife and older women, using Canadian data, interviews, and case histories by and about older Canadian women.

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.