Today we talk with Gwynn Scheltema, an award-winning fiction writer and poet whose work has been published online and in print in various media. Many of her stories and poems are influenced by her experiences growing up in Africa. Fascinated by words, she enjoys sharing her love of language and has taught for over 25 years in community and private colleges at conferences and many workshops. With her business partner, Ruth Walker, she runs Writescape.ca, which offers coaching, editing, writers workshops and retreats. She is the co-host of Word on the Hills which has been running on 89.7 FM since the fall of 2013. She is also the president of Northumberland Festival of the Arts and will be deeply engaged in this volunteer work for the arts in the coming months as NFOTA prepares for the 2024 festival. Her most recent publications are two books of poetry; a chapbook entitled Ten of Diamonds (Glentula Press, 2021) and a new collection of poems, Everchild, published by Aeolus House and released this month.

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