I’m really pleased to announce that my essay, “Battle Fatigue,” which appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine’s winter issue this year, is runner-up to the Best Feature Article of the Year, bestowed by the Professional Writers Association of Canada. I’m super proud to win this award for an article that was very difficult, but very important, to […]
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I’ve been having fun lately writing some local pieces about artists, organizations and mental health. I really enjoy the publications I work for, including County & Quinte Living, Watershed, and more, because they allow me to explore the areas I call home. My latest pieces with the Spring and Summer issues of Watershed feature: 1.
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My essay, “Dumb Blonde” has been listed as a notable essay in Memoir Magazine’s #MeToo writing contest. The contest arose from the #MeToo movement, with the hope that those who have survived abuse, harassment, and assault will have the power to speak out through words. There’s so much power in writing. Stories like these are
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I’m so pleased to announce that I’ve been awarded an Ontario Arts Council grant for literary creation for my non-fiction work, Girls Need Not Apply, which has been bought in preempt with Penguin Random House/McClelland and Stewart. The book will publish in June 2019, and I couldn’t be more excited to work with Jenny Bradshaw,
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What a day! I was lucky to share the news of my memoir selling to McClelland & Stewart, my dream publisher, all revealed on International Women’s Day 2018 through my agent, Stephanie Sinclair at Transatlantic Agency. “Girls Need Not Apply,” will publish with McClelland & Stewart in June 2019. We’re celebrating International Women’s Day with
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I’m so excited to see my short story, “Widow,” appear in the latest issue of Carte Blanche, one of my favourite literary magazines! This story is a feminist creed for redefining how we view feminism. I hope you enjoy it! Widow- Carte Blanche, Kelly S. Thompson
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I’m honoured to have my essay about my sister appear in the March issue of Maclean’s, as part of their Before You Go series. The article is a letter to my sister, sick with terminal cancer, which highlights the beauty of family and the challenge of regrets. https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/a-writer-to-her-dying-sister-we-tell-ourselves-lies-to-survive/
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I’m so excited to see that my article, “Battle Fatigue,” appears in the Winter issue of Maisonneuve Magazine, a literary magazine based out of Montreal. “Battle Fatigue” addresses sexual harassment in the Canadian Armed Forces, and while I am a proud CAF veteran, I am also a louder and prouder feminist. This article was a
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Everyday Heroes: Inspirational Stories of Men and Women in the Canadian Armed Forces Recently, I was lucky to visit The Morning Show on Global with Editor, Jody Mitic, to chat with Jeff and Carolyn about Everyday Heroes: Inspirational stories from men and women in the Canadian Armed Forces, which just released with Simon & Schuster
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You still have time to enrol in my course, Telling True Stories, at Royal Roads University Continuing Education Department. The course is four weeks long, distanced learning, and allows students to explore the creative non fiction genre in all it’s forms, including lyric, flash, memoir, biography, and so much more. The course description reads: Everyone
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