Contributors
Rob Budde teaches creative writing and critical theory at the University of Northern British Columbia. He has published seven books (poetry, novels, interviews, and prose poems). His most recent book is Finding Ft. George from Caitlin Press.
Amanda Follett is a Smithers-based freelance writer who would rather be eating good food in the mountains than staring at a computer. If asked, she will tell you that her favourite backcountry indulgence is a hot toddy coupled with some good conversation.
Rob Sturney has lived in New Hazelton since 1981 and has taught at Hazelton High since 1994. He is fanatical about cycling, coffee and travel, especially if he can enjoy them all simultaneously.
Matt J Simmons really likes snow. When not pursuing powder, he moonlights as a freelance writer, pursuing his passions for writing, the great outdoors, and culture, both ancient and modern. He currently lives in Prince Rupert with his pregnant wife and his daughter.
Heather Ramsay is an award-winning community reporter, photographer and creative writer who lives in Queen Charlotte City. She is deeply intrigued by lives and landscapes—past, present and future—swirling around British Columbia’s Northwest.
Barb Cameron spent her working life in and on the waters of the Pacific Northwest. New to both retirement and an empty nest, she is enjoying salt-water-free coffee breaks and long hours to write.
Hans Saefkow is an award-winning editorial cartoonist, illustrator and set designer. If you see this man, do not approach him, feed him, or listen to his idle chatter. It is simply best not to encourage him.
Julie Chaplin is a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner. Born and raised in Ontario, she now resides in northern BC with her new family. With her pure love for life, you can find Julie painting, drawing, meditating and enjoying the great outdoors.
Tracy Morton is a family physician on Haida Gwaii. His philosophy of care is to equip people with the best available information to make health decisions that are right for them. Besides medicine, his interests include kayaking, climbing, cooking, travel, yoga, and hanging out with his family.
Jane Stevenson, born by the Atlantic and raised by the Pacific, has lived in the Bulkley Valley for eight years. She presently resides on an acreage near Telkwa with her husband and two little girls.
Facundo Gastiazoro is a freelance designer who focuses on logos, posters, layout and illustrations. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Facundo is currently living in Smithers. His illustrations appear in every issue of Northword Magazine.
Charlynn Toews has been in printing and publishing since 1985. She has published in daily and weekly newspapers, national magazines, and loves a good regional. She writes a regular column for Northword from her home in Terrace.
Tanya Davidson is taking time out from teaching to raise her son and explore the world of writing during naptime. This winter she is wearing big sweaters, wool socks, and turning off…her engine (whenever possible).
Gail Cort, after retiring from competitive rowing (three-time Olympian), lived in New Zealand where she ran a fitness and lifestyle coaching business, coached sports, and raised three sons. She recently moved to Houston BC, where she is enjoying the northern lifestyle, the people, and the SNOW!
Sheila Peters is a writer living just outside of Smithers. Social justice and environmental issues as well as a love of the regional landscape inform her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. She also loves a good joke (and some really bad ones).
Monty Bassett is a documentary filmmaker for broadcasters like Discovery Channel and National Geographic. As a writer and journalist he claims to share with priests the strict confidence of the confessional, but he should not be trusted with your innermost secrets lest you one day read them in the pages of Northword.
Gillian Wigmore grew up in Vanderhoof and lives in Prince George. Her published work includes home when it moves you (Creekstone Press) and soft geography (Caitlin Press)—recently nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. She and her family spend as much time as they can on or in the water.
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