Member Sites
As part of our ongoing effort to link writers to writers, and to introduce Coop members to one another, we invite you to submit the link to your personal or professional website. Include a brief blurb about the site, or a personal biography.
The site does not have to be a writer’s site, if yours happens to reflect another of your interests, but please add a note to your blurb or bio about the type of writing you do.
We encourage all writers, editors and publishers to participate. Email the link and blurb or bio to coopinfo@writerscoop.org
Brenda Schmidt: http://schevv.sasktelwebsite.net/birdart.htm
Brenda is a writer, artist and bird watcher from Creighton, a mining town in northeastern Saskatchewan. Road trips to writing events rate high on her list of favorite things to do. Among the extensive birding and art information on Brenda's web pages, you will find details about her book of poetry, A Haunting Sun (Thistledown, 2001), along with news of her new writing projects and upcoming events. Brenda's "Alone on a Boreal Stage: a northern monologue", a newly launched blog reflecting on writing, reading and art, can be seen at http://birdschmidt.blogspot.com.
Anthony Bidulka: http://www.anthonybidulka.com
Anthony has enjoyed time well-spent and misspent in the worlds of academia, accounting, footwear, food services and farming. In 2003, Amuse Bouche: A Russell Quant Mystery, earned Bidulka a nomination for the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award. In June 2005, at a gala awards ceremony in New York City, Bidulka’s follow-up novel, Flight of Aquavit: A Russell Quant Mystery was awarded the 2004 Lambda Literary Award for Best Men’s Mystery. The third installment in the series, Tapas on the Ramblas: A Russell Quant Mystery, came out in fall 2005. Several more have come out since then-- check his website. An avid traveller, reader and party-giver, Anthony lives in Saskatoon where he is, as usual, at work on his next novel.
cahoots magazine: http://www.cahootsmagazine.com
Published by Coop member Carla Atherton, and co-edited with Michelle Rowe, cahoots magazine is an alternative Canadian quarterly e-zine for women that is more than your average women's magazine. cahoots intends to be a place for diverse, original, strong, humorous, fearless writing about things–-such as work, health, home, life, the world–-that really matter to women.
Arthur Slade: http://www.arthurslade.com
Art is a writer of fiction for young people. He has received, among numerous
other awards, the 2001 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature for
Dust. Among many other writing projects, Art has developed a series
of podcasts on writing for young adults, and another on Monsterology:
http://www.arthurslade.com/vault/podcasts.html.
Amy Jo Ehman: http://www.HomeForDinner.blogspot.com
Amy Jo is, among other things, a fan and promoter of Saskatchewan-based food. Her first book, Prairie Feast: A Writer's Journey home for Dinner, won the First Book Award at the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards. This link is to her online Saskatchewan culinary journal (blog).
A. E. Matheson: http://www.aemworks.ca
A. E. Matheson is a writer of children's fiction who has fallen into the habit of illustration--beginning most famously with Hector, the Coop's logo/mascot. She has since illustrated Germy Johnson's Secret Plan by Alison Lohans, 2008, and Honey Trouble by Dianne Young, June 2009. Her website presents many aspects of her work and a weekly fiction called The Winning Chicken.
Wes Funk: http://www.wesfunk.ca
A few years back, when Wes published his chapbook Humble Beginnings, no one was more surprised than he at how well-received it was. This inspired him to keep plugging away at his sort-of-memoir Dead Rock Stars. Shortly after its release, this novel was a subject on numerous local radio and TV talk shows. It was shortlisted in the Readers' Choice category of the 2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards, and received Honourable Mention in Writers' Digest's International Self-Published Book Awards. Wes's new novel Baggage, a tale of a group of Saskatoon misfits, has now also become a Saskatchewan bestseller and a pick-of-the-month of several book clubs across Canada. A strong belief in diversity, a passion for rock 'n' roll, and a love for the prairie lifestyle are all strong themes in Wes's writing. He is currently working on a new manuscript.
Carol Kavanagh: http://www.carolkavanagh.com
Carol is a poet and photographer (and former Coop board member).
Candace Savage: http://www.candacesavage.ca
Candace is a prolific nonfiction writer-- 25 books and counting. She is also the Coop's founding president. Candace was recently made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
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