Here's a Writer to Watch!

Today I came across an announcement of a forthcoming book by someone I know! What a lovely surprise. I attended a UNBC summer creative writing course about 10 years ago when we both were students. The writing that she shared during that course was stunning.


She went on to complete her PhD and currently teaches at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in the Northern Medical Program. Rob McLennan's blog tells me she's a "cultural-historical geographer and creative writer." Along the way, she won the CBC Literary Award for creative non-fiction in 2008 for "Columbus Burning" and placed second in 2009 for "Quick-Quick. Slow. Slow."

Last year, her poetry appeared in Unfurled: Collected Poetry from Northern BC Women. I heard her read at the Prince George launch of this anthology.

Now she has a new book coming out from Creekstone Press. The title is Front Lines: Portraits of Caregivers in Northern BC.

She is a rising star! Watch for her name in literary lights. That name: Sarah de Leeuw.