Writing

Wendy has been a professional writer since 2000 and has published over 200 articles for publications such as Reader’s Digest, the Globe & Mail, More, Canada’s History Magazine (formerly The Beaver), and Saltscapes. Wendy was a regular contributor of children's book reviews to the Canadian Children's Book News, the Globe & Mail, Atlantic Books Today and the New Brunswick Reader (weekly column). For two consecutive years, Wendy was chosen for the judging committee to choose the best in Canadian children's literature for Our Choice magazine (now Best Books for Kids & Teens), an annual publication of the Canadian Children's Book Centre.

Wendy is a member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada (and monctonwriters.ca) and the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. Wendy is available to do presentations on Sable Island, as well as a variety of workshops on illustrating, writing and art for all ages. Check out testimonials here and contact her for further details.

Sample articles:

How to Create Positive Change with $100, Reader's Digest, April, 2011

Where the wild things are: Sable Island, Nova Scotia, the Globe & Mail, May 21, 2010

These walls can talk, Canada's History (formerly The Beaver), Dec 2010-Jan 2011

Thrice tried, once hanged, Saltscapes, Sept-Oct 2011

The Petitcodiac potter, Judy Tait, Saltscapes, May-June 2009

Sparta Innovations, C&D World, October 2009

The wimpy shall inherit the Earth, the Globe & Mail, Nov. 19, 2009

Books

Wendy is the author of Sable Island: The Wandering Sandbar (Nimbus, 2011), a non-fiction children's book for seven to nine year-olds; and the co-author of Breaking the Word Barrier: Stories of Adults Learning to Read (Goose Lane Editions, 2009), an anthology on literacy.  

Books also available at: Gifts Galore, Read's, Tidewater Books; Amazon.ca; and Chapters Indigo