Member Review
Canadian writers take so much for granted. Canada Council programs. Festivals and readings. Cheques arriving from the Public Lending Right Commission and Access Copyright. The Writers’ Trust of Canada Awards. Apparently, some of us believe that these things sprang unbidden from a naturally generous culture, and will always be with us. But they exist thanks mainly to the sustained creative efforts and constant vigilance of The Writers’ Union of Canada. We owe. We owe those who have gone before us, and we owe those who will come after.
Member Profile
Maria Saba
An Ottawa-based writer, storyteller, and arts educator, Maria Saba was born and raised in Iran. She has published three books of nonfiction and over a hundred articles, essays, interviews, and critiques on literature, dance, folklore, anthropology, and chemical physics. "My First Friend", her short story published in Scoundrel Time, is nominated for the Pushcart Prize and won the Editor's Choice Award. Maria founded Tirgan short story contest open to the Persian speaking world in 2011. She is the recipient of Ontario Volunteer Award in Art and Culture in 2013 as well as grants in English literature from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Ottawa Arts Funding. Maria has attended Banff Writing Studio, Banff Residency, Anam Cara Residency, and is the resident writer at Al Purdy A-Frame in 2018. Currently, she is writing her first collection of short stories.
