Betsy Warland
From QueerBio.com
Country
Canada
Birth - Death
Occupation
Writer
Description
Author and poet. Writings focus on the subjects of feminism, women's studies and lesbian issues. Published 12 books of poetry, creative nonfiction, and lyric prose including 'Breathing the Page—Reading the Act of Writing' (2010) and 'Oscar of Between—A Memoir of Identity and Ideas' (2016). Founder, Women and Words—les femmes et le mots conference (1983) of 1,000 women from across Canada involved in all aspects of contemporary literature. Co-founded the national Creative Writer nonfiction Collective (2004). Designer and director of The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University (2001-2012) and TWS Mentor (2001-2003, 2005), for which she remains as a teaching faculty member. Manuscript consultant and editor.
