The Algonquin Writing Group .

The Algonquin Writing Group
THE ALGONQUIN WRITERS GROUP

     In the spring of 2004, a group of nine Canadian authors met in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea in New Brunswick and formed The Algonquin Writers Group (TAWG).  As authors of books primarily about Canadian history, the group of nine wanted to increase the promotion and marketing of their work beyond the Canadian border. TAWG authors are freelance writers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.

    All are professional members of Periodical Writers of Canada (www.pwac.ca), are listed on www.writers.ca, and hold memberships in various other literary professional organizations: Canadian Authors Association (CAA); Ottawa Independent Writers; North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA); Writers Federation of New Brunswick; Writers Federation of Nova Scotia; Writers Guild of Alberta; and, The Writers Union of Canada (TWUC).

Elle Andra-Warner

Elle Andra-Warner, Ontario is a long-time resident of Thunder Bay, but has recently also lived in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Estonian by heritage, she was born in a post-war Estonian displaced persons camp in Europe, and came to Canada as a child with her parents.
 
Robert Service,
 A Great Canadian Poet’s Romance with the North		 The Mounties: Tales of Adventure and Danger From the Early Days Hudson’s Bay Company Adventures: The Rollicking Saga of Canada’s Fur Traders

The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Fall 2004)

    

 

Johanna Bertin

 

 Johanna Bertin, New Brunswick is a freelance writer who makes her home in Smithfield, New Brunswick. Her book reviews, feature articles and essays have appeared in publications across Canada.

 

Strange Events – Incredible Canadian Monsters,                     Curses, Ghosts and Other Tales

 Strange Events and More: Canadian Giants, Witches, Wizards and other Tales Sable Island
(spring of 2005)

 

 L. Dyan Cross, Ontario L. D. Cross is an Ottawa writer of business and lifestyle articles and books that have appeared in Canada and the United States. Her articles have appeared in publications such as WeddingBells, Home Business Report, Legion Magazine, enRoute, Fifty-Five Plus, Health Naturally, The Financial Post Magazine, Antiques!, Airborn and This Country Canada.
Ottawa Titans    

 

 

 Allison Finnamore,  New Brunswick  Allison Finnamore,  is a freelance writer who usually writes about agriculture and agri-business for regional, national and international publications as daily newspaper reporter and spent many hours in the courtrooms of New Brunswick, covering criminal and civil trials

 

East Coast Murders (Early 2005)

    

 

 

 Irene Ternier Gordon,  Headingley, Manitoba
Irene Gordon lives along the Assiniboine River in Headingley, Manitoba, midway between The Forks and the White Horse Plains -- both of which appear in her book about Marie-Anne Lagimodiere and her upcoming book about the Battle of Seven Oaks and the Red River Settlement. She has had a passion for history and writing since childhood. After a career as a teacher-librarian, she became a freelance writer in 1998.

She enjoys the outdoors and activities like skiing, sailing, hiking, canoeing, travelling, curling, and swimming. Above all, she enjoys spending time with her three young grandsons -- Jesse, Riley, and Felix.

 

Marie-Anne Lagimodiere  Louis Riel’s Grandmother

Grey Owl: The Curious Life of Archie Belany

  

The Battle of Seven Oaks (Spring 2005)

    

 

Nate Hendley author

 Nate Hendley, Ontario Nate Hendley has been working as a professional journalist since the early 1990s. He has written hundreds of stories for publications such as The National Post, The Globe and Mail, eye weekly, This magazine, etc. Nate lives in Toronto with a demanding tabby cat

 

Edwin Alonzo Boyd:
The Life and Crimes of Canada’s                    Master Bank Robber

 The Black Donnellys: The Outrageous Tale of Canada’s Deadliest Feud
 		 John Lennon
 (Fall 2004)

 

 Helena Katz, Quebec
Author Hélèna Katz is an award-winning Montreal journalist whose work has
appeared in Canadian and U.S. magazines and newspapers, including Canadian
Geographic, Explore, Hooked on the Outdoors, Homemaker¹s, Reader¹s Digest,
The Globe & Mail and the Montreal Gazette. She is currently completing a
Masters degree in criminology at the Université de Montréal.
Mad Trapper:
The Incredible Tale of Canada’s  Famous Manhunt
 		    

 

Sandra Phinney

 Sandra Phinney, Nova Scotia

Sandra Phinney writes from her home in Canaan, Nova Scotia, and her articles have appeared in over 50 Canadian and American publications. She is currently writing a children’s book about Pierre Elliott Trudeau, for Jackfruit Press (Release date April 2005) and setting up the new television series for Chef at Large.

Risk Takers and Innovators: Great Canadian Business Ventures Since 1950
 		    

 

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 Carmel Vivier,  New Brunswick, Based in Grove Hill, New Brunswick, Carmel Vivier is a freelance writer and photographer whose articles, stories and  book reviews appear in newspapers and magazines throughout North America. It is her love of history that paved the way for her first book - East Coast Shipwrecks - and with her Irish and Native heritage, the art of storytelling came naturally to her.
East Coast Shipwrecks (Fall 2004)    

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