Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Lillie Louise Major
Rhona McAdam
BIO
Biography

Rhona McAdam grew up mainly on Vancouver Island, then spent 14 years in Edmonton, and 12 years in London, England before returning to live in Victoria in 2002. She has degrees in English, Library/ Information Science, and Communications Planning, and spent a year in Parma, northern Italy, earning a master's in Food Communications from Slow Food's University of Gastronomic Science. She has a certificate in adult & continuing education, and is a registered holistic nutritionist.

She has been involved in a number of arts and literary organizations, including the National Book Festival, Celebration of Women in the Arts, and the Manulife Financial Literary Festival, and is involved in a number of food security organizations in Victoria.She has worked as a cook; records manager; technical writer & editor; technology trainer; and corporate & public affairs writer. She currently works as a freelance writer specializing in food and farming, and teaches online courses in gluten-free baking and ecology and nutrition. She is available for readings and workshops, and particularly enjoys reading, writing, speaking and teaching on food-related themes.

ADDRESS
City: Victoria, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry; non-fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Larder: Poems
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Year
2022
Title
Ex-ville
Publisher
Oolichan Books
Year
2014
Title
Digging the City: An Urban Agriculture Manifesto
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Books
Year
2012
Title
Cartography
Publisher
Oolichan Books
Year
2006
Title
Crosswords
Publisher
Frog Hollow Press
Year
2004
Title
The Earth’s Kitchen
Publisher
Leaf Press
Year
2011
Title
Sunday Dinners
Publisher
Jack Pine Press
Year
2010
Title
Old Habits
Publisher
Thistledown/Slow Dancer
Year
1993
Title
Creating the Country
Publisher
Thistledown Press
Year
1989
Title
Hour of the Pearl
Publisher
Thistledown Press
Year
1987
Programs & Interests
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