In response to the growing genre of books aimed at smart, savvy women, we felt a need to provide an alternative to the current ‘chicklit’ trend - and FICTIONISTAS was born! FICTIONISTAS is a unique reading series for female writers of literary fiction and their readers.
Byrna Barclay is the author of nine publications; four novels, four short fiction collections and a playscript. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and literary periodicals, and received public performances on radio and stage. ...more
Rachel Wyatt is a prolific and award-winning author of novels, short fiction, stage and radio plays and non-fiction works. A half-dozen professional productions have been mounted of her full-length stage plays, and over 100 plays produced by CBC and BBC radio, and monologues and scenes from her works have been included in many anthologies....more
Brenda Niskala is a poet, fiction writer and currently the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Publishers Group. Her novella Of All the Ways to Die was published by Quattro Books in Fall 2009; her short stories have appeared in several anthologies and literary journals....more
A former professional ballet dancer and choreographer, Dede Crane has studied Buddhist psychology and psychokinetics at Naropa Institute in Colorado and the Body-Mind Institute in Amherst, Massachusetts. She currently calls Victoria, B.C. home....more
Bernice Friesen is a writer and visual artist whose poetry and fiction have been published in numerous periodicals, such as Grain, CV2, Prairie Fire and the Capilano Review. Bernice was born in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, and now divides her time between Saskatoon and Hornby Island in BC....more
Connie Gault Connie Gault was born in rural Saskatchewan and grew up in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, returning every summer to visit a small town that has since almost vanished from the face of the earth. She now lives In Regina. Connie is the author of two collections of stories and several plays for stage and radio. Euphoria is her first novel. ...more
Britt Holmström was born in Malmo, Sweden and arrived in Canada in the 1970s. She acquired a visual arts degree from Sheridan College in Ontario before moving to Saskatchewan. She then attended the University of Regina, where she completed both her Bachelor's and Masters degrees in microbiology. Ultimately, she settled on writing as her true calling in life. ...more
Sarah Klassen is an award-winning author of A Feast of Longing and one other short fiction collection, The Peony Season, and five books of poetry. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg. Sarah was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and currently resides there....more
Jeanette Lynes is an award-winning author and has published half a dozen collections of her poetry, as well as both appearing in and editing several anthologies. The Factory Voice is her first published work of fiction. Jeanette spent six years working in Thunder Bay before taking her current position as an English professor at St. Francis Xavier University where she is the campus newspaper editor. ...more
Roberta Rees was born in New Westminster, BC, and grew up in Calgary and in the Crowsnest Pass - Bellevue, Blairmore, Coleman, Cranbrook. She has lived in Calgary since 1972, working mainly as a school teacher and now as a creative writing instructor....more
Gail Robinson is a poet, novelist and radio writer, who has four previous book publications - the collections of retold stories Coyote the Trickster and Raven the Trickster as well as two volumes of poetry. Born in Delisle Saskatchewan, Gail received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Saskatchewan. She currently divides her time between London, England and Saskatoon.
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Born in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, Leona Theis has lived in Saskatoon since 1973, with sabbaticals in Vancouver, Copenhagen, Perth and Canberra. She obtained degrees in Sociology and Continuing Education from the University of Saskatchewan, and has worked as a freelance editor, librarian and adult education program developer. ...more
Rhea Tregebov is the author of six critically acclaimed books of poetry and five popular children's picture books. Born in Saskatoon and raised in Winnipeg, Rhea received her undergraduate education in Winnipeg. She did postgraduate studies at Cornell and Boston Universities. She is now Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia....more
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