faculty
Susan Andrews Grace, MFA
Susan has a BA (Phil.) from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is the author of
Ferry Woman’s History of the World (Coteau, 2000) Water is the First World (Coteau, 1991)and Wearing my Father (underwhich editions, 1990) and has taught at UNLV, KSA and NFAC. Susan is also a visual artist. She has exhibited her works for 25 years in Canada & the USA. See www.susanandrewsgrace.com.
 
Luanne Armstrong, MFA, Phd
Luanne Armstrong is a novelist, freelance writer, editor, and publisher. She is deeply interested in writing about place and nature. Her new book, Blue Valleys, An Ecological Memoir, a book about growing up in the Kootenays, will be published in 2007 by Maa Press. Luanne has taught Creative Writing at UBC, Langara College, and in venues across Canada. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from UBC and a Ph.D in Education from UBC. She presently lives on her organic heritage farm on the east shore of Kootenay Lake.
 
 
 
 
  
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  PERFORMANCE
 
Bessie Wapp
Bessie Wapp is a theatre artist and musician. She has performed, written and directed with Mortal Coil, an internationally touring company since 1996. Bessie also performs and tours with Zeellia, a women’s Eastern European music performance ensemble. Since relocating to Nelson in 2006, she has created, performed and toured, “Hello I Must Be Going” based on stories of her family. She has also starred and helped create, “Loco Phantasmo” and made her opera debut in “Orfeo” with the Nelson Communty Opera. She is currentlyCo-Artistic Director of Twin Fish Theatre with Nicola Harwood.