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THE FEDERATION OF BRITISH COLTJMBIA WRITERS NEWSLETTER
1989
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CONFERENCE'89: BIGGER & BETTER
Federation members recently received registration packages for our second annual, province wide conference, Entering the Arena: The Politics of Writing. This year's lineup promises even more excitement than
last year's.
In addition to established BC writers Andreas Schroeder, Sarah Ellis, David Chuenyan l-ai, Kathy (Garner) Spencer, Moyra Tarling and
writer in Toronto, then returned to Alberta in 1975 to write mv first book. I now live in a housing co-op iri Edmonton and retreat to a shack on a quarter-section in the Ukrainian settlements of northeastern Alberta every summer. I write full time and have survived tir tell the tale." Kostash is a r{elcome addition to Conference 89's stellar cast of authors.
Tom Wayman, this year's out of province guest is Myrna Kostash.
An
Edmontonian
of
Ukrainian
descent,
Kostash's credits as a creative documentarist include: All of Baba's Children (Hurtig, 1977); Long Way From Home (Lorimer, 1980); and contributions to Her Own Woman (Macmillan, L915) and Getting l1ere (NeWest, 1977). Her most recent publication is the highly acclaimed No Kdding: Inside the World of Teenage Girk (McClelland & Stewart, 1987).
Of herself and her writing, Kostash
ln response to your own requests. Be sure to sign up early for the popular blue pencil caf6s. Submit your manuscript along with registration fornas ASAP, and indicate to
says, "In
the 1970's I established mvself as a full-time
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