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| e | jburtinshaw@gmail.com |
Biography
Julie Burtinshaw is the author of six critically acclaimed novels, both fiction and non-fiction, for young adults. She is a gifted speaker whose creative writing workshops promise to engage even the most reluctant teen readers and writers, while inspiring those students who want to take their writing to the next level.
She has appeared at all the major writer's festivals across Canada and has spoken at numerous high schools and conferences.
Julie was the Writer in Residence for three months in Dawson City, Yukon, and spent four weeks at the Gunnar Gunnarsson Institute for Scholars, Artists and Writers in Iceland in the fall and winter of 2008.
Her last book, The Perfect Cut was a 2010 nominee for Ontario's White Pine Award and she has an essay in an anthology that includes such notable thinkers as Barak Obama and Al Gore.
Julie will once again be teaching creative writing to teens at the 2010 Canadian Children's Book Camp.
Book types: YA fiction
Guest speaker/presentation information
Highly interactive writer´s workshops for teens from grades 8 - 12 and College Level.
Readings/presentations and lectures on the craft of writing
Detailed workshops on how to transfer traditional writing skills to the web.
Detailed workshops on how to build a web presence for teen and adult writers.
Presentation geographic range: Vancouver, Coast, Lower Mainland, Gulf and Vancouver Islands, Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, The Territories, Canada - beyond BC, USA
Presentation audience age groups: grades 7-8, high school, college/university/adult
Published work
Dead Reckoning
Adrift
Romantic Ghost Stories
The Freedom of Jenny
The Perfect Cut (2008)
How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth (part of an anthology)
The Darkness Between the Stars
Awards & recognition
Selected Twice for Canadian Children´s Book Centre "Our Choice" List
Shortlisted: Manitoba Young Reader´s Choice Award
Nominated:
OLA Forest of Trees White Pine (2010)
Stellar Award
Red Cedar Award (twice)
Diamond Willow Award
Chocolate Lily Award (twice)
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year
