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Kim Echlin
  photo: Janet Bailey, 1998
 
Kim Echlin is a writer, teacher and documentary writer. She has produced television for the CBC and written for independent producers. She currently teaches at the School for Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. She has travelled and lived in Cambodia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, the Marshall Islands, and France.
 
PUBLICATIONS:
The Disappeared. Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Canada, 2009
Elizabeth Smart: A Fugue Essay on Women and Creativity. Women’s Press, 2004.
Inanna. Groundwood, 2003.
Elephant Winter. Viking, 1997
Dagmar's Daughter. Viking, 2001.
To Arrive Where You Are: Literary Journalism from The Banff Centre for the Arts. editor. Banff Centre Press, 1999.
 
AWARDS:
CBC Literary Awards, non-fiction, first prize for I, Witness, 2006
Nominated, National Magazine Award.
Torgi Award.
Nominated, Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award.
 
GENRE: fiction and mythology
GRADES: 6 - 12
LENGTH: one hour
CITY: southern ontario
PHONE: c/o TWUC
EMAIL: c/o TWUC
Presentation Description:

Mythology, introducing students to the beginning of writing and Sumerian story-telling.

Workshop Description:
Fiction writing: a workshop on techniques of fiction aimed at the particular age group.
 
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