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| Name | Jane Harris |
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| Location | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Biography | Jane Harris is the winner of a 2016 Alberta Literary Award, the James H. Gray Award for Short Non-Fiction, and was a finalist in the 2016 Alberta Magazine Publishersê Association Showcase Awards for her essay, –The Unheard Patient.” Her memoir, Finding Home in the Promised Land (2015), now out in E-Book Format through Signature Editions (2016) was the second book by Jane Harris to be published by J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing. The first, Eugenics and the Firewall: Canadaês Nasty Little Secret was published in 2010. Jane has also contributed to two Canadian anthologies. Her articles about business, personal finance, history, faith, politics and social issues have appeared in more than a dozen publications including Write, Alberta Views, Winnipeg Free Press, Canadian Capital, Alberta Venture, Lethbridge Herald, and The Anglican Planet. _ |
| Publications | Books: Finding Home in the Promised Land, a personal history of homelessness and social exile in Canada, J. Gordon Shillingford, Fall 2015, (Digital Version)Signature Editions, 2016 Eugenics and the Firewall, Canada's Nasty Little Secret, J. Gordon Shillingford, November 2010. Stars Appearing, The Galts' Vision of Canada, 2006 Anthologies: Jessie's Generation: Canada's Firebrands of Mercy and Justice' in Hot Apple Cider: Stories to Warn the Soul and Stir the Heart. (That!s Life Communications) 2008 Wen-Dizing the West in Taking Care of Business. (HB Fenn) 1997. Columns: Cutting Corners, Financial Advice for the Real World, Troy Media, August 2013 - Current. Periodicals: Write (The Writers Union of Canada), Legacy (University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education), Alberta Views, Wider Horizons, (Lethbridge College) West, Apple (Alberta Health Services), Canadian Capital, Alberta Venture, The Anglican Journal, The Anglican Planet, Christian Herald, Christian Week, Lethbridge Living, Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge Magazine, Price Costco Connection, Faith Today, The National Post, Western Standard, Microsoft Home, Home Business Report. |
| Awards | John H. Gray Award for Short Non-Fiction, Alberta Literary Awards, 2016 For –The Unheard Patient,” Alberta Views, November 2015 Finalist, Alberta Magazine Publishers Awards Showcase, Essay Category 2016 For –The Unheard Patient,” Alberta Views, November 2015 Woodcock Fund Grant | Writers Trust of Canada To Fund Completion of Finding Home in the Promised Land Manuscript, August 2014 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (September 2012) |
| Experience | NOTABLE READINGS & FESTIVAL APPEARANCES Evening at the Fort, Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village | PINCHER CREEK, AB, November 2015, December 2016, Presenter, Litfest| EDMONTON, AB| October 15, 2016 Reading, Lethbridge Public Library| LETHBRIDGE, AB, JUNE 2016 Writers Guild of Alberta Finalist Readings | APRIL & MAY 2016, CALGARY & EDMONTON Reading, Self-Life Books | CALGARY ALBERTA, JANUARY 21, 2016 Reading, Audreyês Books | EDMONTON, ALBERTA, NOVEMBER 2016 Reading & Launch, Chapters Lethbridge | NOVEMBER 2015 Whistlersê Writers Festival | WHISTLER BRITISH COLUMBIA, OCTOBER 15, 2016 Word On the Street | LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, SEPTEMBER 2012 WORKSHOPS Artist Partner, CASA Lethbridge Previous Continuing Education Instructor, Lethbridge College |
| Memberships | The Writers Union of Canada The Writers Guild of Alberta |
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