Member Profile

Cathleen With

Photo: qsn 2014

Cathleen With is a writer from Vancouver, and a graduate of the UBC MFA Creative Writing program. She has traveled extensively in SE Asia where she has worked as a teacher for Korean children, Khmer NGO workers, and Thai street children. She lives in Vancouver.

E-mail: c/o Writers' Union of Canada
Phone number:
c/o Writers' Union of Canada

Publications

Skids. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2006
Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison. Penguin Group, 2009

Awards

(short-listed) Relit Award for Skids, 2007
(short-listed) Western Magazine Award for Humanist Perspectives ("Carny"), 2005
Winner, Ethel Wilson Fiction Award, BC Book Prize for Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison, 2010
Links:
Website
http://www.cathleenwith.ca
Eligible for National Public Readings Program :
Yes

WITS

Presentation Description

I can provide a writing workshop where we explore various unique perspectives, and ownership of voice. How to find your writing voice, how to use your every day experiences to writing people will want to read.

 

Presentation Length:
1-3 hrs
Genre:
Fiction Writing, Workshop, Story telling, Young Adult writing
Grades:
7-12, university
Audience size:
3-500
Northern OAC WITS:
Yes
One session:
$250.00
Two sessions:
$500.00
Three sessions:
$750.00
Four sessions:
$1000.00
GST:
GST applicable