Member Review
I joined the Writers' Union because it is a 'Union.' That is, it is an organization that responds to its membership and provides a forum for us to express and debate common concerns. It has been important to me, for example, to collectively consider issues such as the appropriation of voice, the representation of writers of colour, and the protection of the creative community.
Member Profile
Heidi Greco
A longtime resident of South Surrey/White Rock (B.C.), Heidi works as a writer, editor, and instructor. She leads workshops on a variety of topics, making presentations at conferences, galleries, and schools. She has also worked with inmates in the writing program at Matsqui Penitentiary and at Surrey Pre-Trial Facility.
She helped develop the Readings by the Salish Sea series in her community. She served as her city's 'resident poet' in 2012 as part of the cross-Canada Mayor's Challenge and is pleased that one of her 'wishlist' items has come true: Surrey now has an official Poet Laureate, Renee Sarojini Saklikar.
She enjoys lazy gardening as well as foraging for berries, mushrooms and lines for new poems.
