Betsy Warland was born on 1946 and is a Canadian feminist writer of over a dozen books of poetry, creative nonfiction, and lyrical prose.
11 Facts About Betsy Warland
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Betsy Warland is best known for her collection of essays, Breathing the Page: Reading the Act of Writing.
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Betsy Warland studied at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, before emigrating to Canada in 1972.
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From 1986 to 1987, Warland was the executive director of the Federation of BC Writers; additionally, she initiated Spring Rites, the annual competition for BC Writers.
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Betsy Warland sat on the Special Council Committee of the Arts for the Vancouver City Council.
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Betsy Warland co-founded the Creative Nonfiction Collective with Myrna Kostash in 2004 and served on its board.
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Betsy Warland served on the National Council of the Writers' Union of Canada from 2009 to 2012.
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Betsy Warland designed the Writer's Studio program at Simon Fraser University in 2001 and served as its director until 2012, during which time she helped initiate the Thursdays Writing Collective in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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Betsy Warland has led multiple workshops in the United Kingdom at the Poetry School, the Poetry Library, and the Arvon Foundation.
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Betsy Warland led workshops in Canada at Sage Hill, Booming Ground, the Metchosin International School of the Arts, Hollyhock, and Simon Fraser University, among others.
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Betsy Warland's work has appeared in both Canadian and international journals, as well as anthologies.