Mark L. Winston is the recipient of the 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction for his book Bee Time: Lessons From the Hive, and an Independent Publishers 2019 Gold Medal “IPPY” Award for his book Listening to the Bees. One of the world’s leading experts on bees and pollination, Dr. Winston is also an internationally recognized researcher, teacher and writer. He directed Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue for 12 years, where he founded the Semester in Dialogue, a program that creates leadership development opportunities equipping and empowering students to address community issues.
As a consultant and thought leader, Dr. Winston partners with universities, corporations, NGOs, governments and communities to advance communication skills, engage public audiences with controversial issues through dialogue, and implement experiential learning and community engagement in educational institutions. As an award-winning writer and editor, he works with students, scientists, other professionals and writers to develop compelling non-fiction, from proposals and newspaper opinion pieces to manuscripts and books.
He currently is a Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow in Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, and was the SFU Library’s inaugural Nonfiction Writer in Residence (2020-2021).
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Memoir Writing Workshop
Pleased to announce an upcoming workshop with the West Vancouver Memorial Library, Writing a Memoir: Finding your Footing. This one-day workshop, limited to eight participants, is designed for those in the early stages of memoir writing who want a strong start developing their idea with an emphasis on content, style and voice.
Perhaps you have an idea that has been clamoring to be told but you are unsure where to begin? Perhaps you have begun writing and are partway through a memoir but have questions about what to include and what to leave out? This interactive and participatory workshop uses writing exercises and group feedback to provide a supportive space for discussion, drafting, and revising to get you on your way.