Member Review
In a solitary occupation where community is hard to come by, The Writers’ Union of Canada provides that sense of belonging and, in no small measure, of protection. Individually, our concerns may not be heard; together we’re formidable. I’m thankful for our Union, and proud to be a member.
Member Profile
Please note: All profiles are member-generated.
Linda Hutsell-Manning
Linda Hutsell-Manning's memoir, Fearless and Determined: Two Years Teaching in a One-Room School will be published by Blue Demin Press, Oct 2019. In 2017, a children's story, "Finding Moufette" was published electronically by Common Deer Press and a two act comedy, A Certain Singing Teacher, premiered by VOS Theatre is available from Playwright's Guild Canada. Her novella, Heads I Win, was short-listed in Quattro Books 2014 novella competition. Her debut novel,That Summer in Franklin, Second Story Press, Toronto, 2011, has been compared to the writing of Margaret Laurence and Maeve Binchy (Open Book Ontario 2013) She has read in libraries and bookstores across Canada and is popular with Book Clubs.
She also continues to give readings in schools and libraries from her picture books and juvenile time travel novels.
Her previous publications include plays, poetry, short fiction and TV scripts. She has worked as a free-lance journalist, taught creative writing at several community colleges, hosted author reading series and promoted her work internationally.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1940, she moved to Ontario at age nine. After Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and Toronto Teachers' College, she taught for two years in a southern Ontario one room school. She has a B.A. from the University of Guelph and began writing full time in 1981.
Married with three adult children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, she has lived in many Canadian communities from Kamloops, BC to Cobourg, Ontario, where she now makes her home.
