

WRITE ON BOWEN
FESTIVAL OF READERS & WRITERS
Saturday, September 16 & Sunday, September 17, 2023





Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Elee Kraljii Gardiner is the author of two poetry books, Trauma Head and serpentine loop, as well as the editor of the anthologies Against Death: 35 Essays on Living and V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. She founded Thursdays Writing Collective, a beloved non-profit organization, and through its ten years she edited and published nine of its anthologies. She is the recipient of the BC Mentor Award, facilitates in-school workshops for Poetry in Voice, and is a director at Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, a writing program that pairs authors with mentors. Originally from Boston, she lives on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Peoples.
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Elee is a featured participant in the luncheon panel on Saturday, August 6: Seeking Truth in Story.
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Elee is facilitating Workshop 2B on Saturday afternoon, August 6:
Silencing Your Inner Critic