Veronica Gaylie is a writer and teacher from Vancouver. Her literary memoir Sword Dance: A Celtic Poem was published by Exile in 2015. Veronica's creative non-fiction essays and poems have appeared in many journals, including Geist, Grain, Room and The Poetry Review, and she’s published two books of environmental writing. A writer with over two decades of classroom teaching experience (in settings ranging from grade school to grad school) Veronica has also lead community-based eco-writing workshops in California, London, Detroit, Kenya and East Van. Veronica is currently working on an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction at King's College in Halifax where she is writing an environmental memoir about the resiliency found in nature.
The Power of Nature Stories in Changing Times
Digging into Environmental Writing
A tour of historical and new nature writing, followed by outdoor writing exercises and sharing. Genres: poetry, essay, memoir, creative non-fiction, environment.
Digging into Environmental Writing
A tour of the world of nature writing, followed by outdoor writing exercises and sharing. Genres: poetry, essay, memoir, creative non-fiction, environment.