About Us<\/h1><\/div>Winnipeg International Writers Festival<\/h2><\/div>The Winnipeg International Writers Festival is a charitable non-profit organization that promotes reading and literacy in Manitoba by curating the annual THIN AIR writers festival and showcasing writers throughout the year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Stories are at the core of who we are. THIN AIR KIDS is a celebration of the best Canadian writing in English and French for kids of all ages! You can discover new books to love at our virtual festival, thinairkids.ca. THIN AIR KIDS: investing in future writers, dreamers, leaders, citizens!<\/p>\n
\nLes r\u00e9cits sont le fondement de nos \u00eatres. THIN AIR KIDS c\u00e9l\u00e8bre l\u2019excellence dans l\u2019\u00e9criture canadienne en anglais et en fran\u00e7ais pour les enfants de tous \u00e2ges! Vous pourrez d\u00e9couvrir de nouveaux livres coups de c\u0153ur lors de notre festival virtuel, thinairkids.ca. THIN AIR KIDS: un investissement envers les \u00e9crivain.es, r\u00eaveur.ses, leaders et citoyen.nes de demain!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Who We Are<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/thinairkids.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Charlene-Diehl-Headshot-e1632087827178-800x799-1.jpg\" "\\"Charlene-Diehl-Headshot-e1632087827178-800×799\\"")
<\/span><\/div>Charlene Diehl<\/h5><\/div>Director<\/h6><\/div>Charlene Diehl is a writer, editor, and performer, and since 2003 the Director of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 1992 and was an English professor at the University of Waterloo before returning to her beloved Canadian prairies in 2000. She has published essays, poetry, non-fiction, reviews, interviews, academic studies, and several chapbooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read More About Charlene<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nHer book Out of Grief,\u00a0Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss<\/i> (Signature Editions, 2010) was shortlisted for both the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Non-Fiction Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year. Also a lover of jazz, she was the associate editor of a dig! magazine for a dozen years, has performed original poetry with her own jazz ensemble, A Flock of Bards, and is now the producer of the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances series. In 2019, she received the Making a Difference Award at the Mayor\u2019s Luncheon for the Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/thinairkids.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Chelsey-Young-Headshot-e1632087971446-800x799-1.jpg\" "\\"Chelsey-Young-Headshot-e1632087971446-800×799\\"")
<\/span><\/div>Chelsey Young<\/h5><\/div>Administrative Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Chelsey Young graduated from the University of Winnipeg with her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, and Communications in Spring of 2020. THIN AIR 2022 is her 5th festival and she is thrilled to be working toward bringing lively content to the hybrid edition. When she\u2019s not ferociously tracking spreadsheets, you can find her singing pretty much everywhere she goes!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div>Alina Moore<\/h5><\/div>Communications Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Alina Moore is the Communications Coordinator for the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Raised in the small lakefront town of Gimli, Manitoba, located on Treaty 1 Territory, she moved to Winnipeg to pursue a degree in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg. She received her 3-year BA, and after a short break is back in classes to pursue a 4-year BA.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Winnipeg International Writers Festival<\/h2><\/div>The Winnipeg International Writers Festival is a charitable non-profit organization that promotes reading and literacy in Manitoba by curating the annual THIN AIR writers festival and showcasing writers throughout the year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Stories are at the core of who we are. THIN AIR KIDS is a celebration of the best Canadian writing in English and French for kids of all ages! You can discover new books to love at our virtual festival, thinairkids.ca. THIN AIR KIDS: investing in future writers, dreamers, leaders, citizens!<\/p>\n
\nLes r\u00e9cits sont le fondement de nos \u00eatres. THIN AIR KIDS c\u00e9l\u00e8bre l\u2019excellence dans l\u2019\u00e9criture canadienne en anglais et en fran\u00e7ais pour les enfants de tous \u00e2ges! Vous pourrez d\u00e9couvrir de nouveaux livres coups de c\u0153ur lors de notre festival virtuel, thinairkids.ca. THIN AIR KIDS: un investissement envers les \u00e9crivain.es, r\u00eaveur.ses, leaders et citoyen.nes de demain!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Who We Are<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Charlene Diehl<\/h5><\/div>Director<\/h6><\/div>Charlene Diehl is a writer, editor, and performer, and since 2003 the Director of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 1992 and was an English professor at the University of Waterloo before returning to her beloved Canadian prairies in 2000. She has published essays, poetry, non-fiction, reviews, interviews, academic studies, and several chapbooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read More About Charlene<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nHer book Out of Grief,\u00a0Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss<\/i> (Signature Editions, 2010) was shortlisted for both the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Non-Fiction Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year. Also a lover of jazz, she was the associate editor of a dig! magazine for a dozen years, has performed original poetry with her own jazz ensemble, A Flock of Bards, and is now the producer of the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances series. In 2019, she received the Making a Difference Award at the Mayor\u2019s Luncheon for the Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Chelsey Young<\/h5><\/div>Administrative Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Chelsey Young graduated from the University of Winnipeg with her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, and Communications in Spring of 2020. THIN AIR 2022 is her 5th festival and she is thrilled to be working toward bringing lively content to the hybrid edition. When she\u2019s not ferociously tracking spreadsheets, you can find her singing pretty much everywhere she goes!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Alina Moore<\/h5><\/div>Communications Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Alina Moore is the Communications Coordinator for the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Raised in the small lakefront town of Gimli, Manitoba, located on Treaty 1 Territory, she moved to Winnipeg to pursue a degree in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg. She received her 3-year BA, and after a short break is back in classes to pursue a 4-year BA.<\/p>\n<\/div>
The Winnipeg International Writers Festival is a charitable non-profit organization that promotes reading and literacy in Manitoba by curating the annual THIN AIR writers festival and showcasing writers throughout the year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Stories are at the core of who we are. THIN AIR KIDS is a celebration of the best Canadian writing in English and French for kids of all ages! You can discover new books to love at our virtual festival, thinairkids.ca. THIN AIR KIDS: investing in future writers, dreamers, leaders, citizens!<\/p>\n
Les r\u00e9cits sont le fondement de nos \u00eatres. THIN AIR KIDS c\u00e9l\u00e8bre l\u2019excellence dans l\u2019\u00e9criture canadienne en anglais et en fran\u00e7ais pour les enfants de tous \u00e2ges! Vous pourrez d\u00e9couvrir de nouveaux livres coups de c\u0153ur lors de notre festival virtuel, thinairkids.ca. THIN AIR KIDS: un investissement envers les \u00e9crivain.es, r\u00eaveur.ses, leaders et citoyen.nes de demain!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Who We Are<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Charlene Diehl<\/h5><\/div>Director<\/h6><\/div>Charlene Diehl is a writer, editor, and performer, and since 2003 the Director of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 1992 and was an English professor at the University of Waterloo before returning to her beloved Canadian prairies in 2000. She has published essays, poetry, non-fiction, reviews, interviews, academic studies, and several chapbooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read More About Charlene<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nHer book Out of Grief,\u00a0Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss<\/i> (Signature Editions, 2010) was shortlisted for both the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Non-Fiction Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year. Also a lover of jazz, she was the associate editor of a dig! magazine for a dozen years, has performed original poetry with her own jazz ensemble, A Flock of Bards, and is now the producer of the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances series. In 2019, she received the Making a Difference Award at the Mayor\u2019s Luncheon for the Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Chelsey Young<\/h5><\/div>Administrative Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Chelsey Young graduated from the University of Winnipeg with her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, and Communications in Spring of 2020. THIN AIR 2022 is her 5th festival and she is thrilled to be working toward bringing lively content to the hybrid edition. When she\u2019s not ferociously tracking spreadsheets, you can find her singing pretty much everywhere she goes!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Alina Moore<\/h5><\/div>Communications Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Alina Moore is the Communications Coordinator for the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Raised in the small lakefront town of Gimli, Manitoba, located on Treaty 1 Territory, she moved to Winnipeg to pursue a degree in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg. She received her 3-year BA, and after a short break is back in classes to pursue a 4-year BA.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Charlene Diehl<\/h5><\/div>Director<\/h6><\/div>Charlene Diehl is a writer, editor, and performer, and since 2003 the Director of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 1992 and was an English professor at the University of Waterloo before returning to her beloved Canadian prairies in 2000. She has published essays, poetry, non-fiction, reviews, interviews, academic studies, and several chapbooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read More About Charlene<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nHer book Out of Grief,\u00a0Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss<\/i> (Signature Editions, 2010) was shortlisted for both the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Non-Fiction Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year. Also a lover of jazz, she was the associate editor of a dig! magazine for a dozen years, has performed original poetry with her own jazz ensemble, A Flock of Bards, and is now the producer of the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances series. In 2019, she received the Making a Difference Award at the Mayor\u2019s Luncheon for the Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Chelsey Young<\/h5><\/div>Administrative Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Chelsey Young graduated from the University of Winnipeg with her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, and Communications in Spring of 2020. THIN AIR 2022 is her 5th festival and she is thrilled to be working toward bringing lively content to the hybrid edition. When she\u2019s not ferociously tracking spreadsheets, you can find her singing pretty much everywhere she goes!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Alina Moore<\/h5><\/div>Communications Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Alina Moore is the Communications Coordinator for the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Raised in the small lakefront town of Gimli, Manitoba, located on Treaty 1 Territory, she moved to Winnipeg to pursue a degree in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg. She received her 3-year BA, and after a short break is back in classes to pursue a 4-year BA.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Director<\/h6><\/div>Charlene Diehl is a writer, editor, and performer, and since 2003 the Director of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 1992 and was an English professor at the University of Waterloo before returning to her beloved Canadian prairies in 2000. She has published essays, poetry, non-fiction, reviews, interviews, academic studies, and several chapbooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read More About Charlene<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nHer book Out of Grief,\u00a0Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss<\/i> (Signature Editions, 2010) was shortlisted for both the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Non-Fiction Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year. Also a lover of jazz, she was the associate editor of a dig! magazine for a dozen years, has performed original poetry with her own jazz ensemble, A Flock of Bards, and is now the producer of the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances series. In 2019, she received the Making a Difference Award at the Mayor\u2019s Luncheon for the Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Chelsey Young<\/h5><\/div>Administrative Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Chelsey Young graduated from the University of Winnipeg with her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, and Communications in Spring of 2020. THIN AIR 2022 is her 5th festival and she is thrilled to be working toward bringing lively content to the hybrid edition. When she\u2019s not ferociously tracking spreadsheets, you can find her singing pretty much everywhere she goes!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Alina Moore<\/h5><\/div>Communications Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Alina Moore is the Communications Coordinator for the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Raised in the small lakefront town of Gimli, Manitoba, located on Treaty 1 Territory, she moved to Winnipeg to pursue a degree in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg. She received her 3-year BA, and after a short break is back in classes to pursue a 4-year BA.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Charlene Diehl is a writer, editor, and performer, and since 2003 the Director of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 1992 and was an English professor at the University of Waterloo before returning to her beloved Canadian prairies in 2000. She has published essays, poetry, non-fiction, reviews, interviews, academic studies, and several chapbooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read More About Charlene<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nHer book Out of Grief,\u00a0Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss<\/i> (Signature Editions, 2010) was shortlisted for both the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Non-Fiction Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year. Also a lover of jazz, she was the associate editor of a dig! magazine for a dozen years, has performed original poetry with her own jazz ensemble, A Flock of Bards, and is now the producer of the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances series. In 2019, she received the Making a Difference Award at the Mayor\u2019s Luncheon for the Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Chelsey Young<\/h5><\/div>Administrative Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Chelsey Young graduated from the University of Winnipeg with her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, and Communications in Spring of 2020. THIN AIR 2022 is her 5th festival and she is thrilled to be working toward bringing lively content to the hybrid edition. When she\u2019s not ferociously tracking spreadsheets, you can find her singing pretty much everywhere she goes!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Alina Moore<\/h5><\/div>Communications Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>Alina Moore is the Communications Coordinator for the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Raised in the small lakefront town of Gimli, Manitoba, located on Treaty 1 Territory, she moved to Winnipeg to pursue a degree in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg. She received her 3-year BA, and after a short break is back in classes to pursue a 4-year BA.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Her book Out of Grief,\u00a0Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss<\/i> (Signature Editions, 2010) was shortlisted for both the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Non-Fiction Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year. Also a lover of jazz, she was the associate editor of a dig! magazine for a dozen years, has performed original poetry with her own jazz ensemble, A Flock of Bards, and is now the producer of the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances series. In 2019, she received the Making a Difference Award at the Mayor\u2019s Luncheon for the Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Chelsey Young graduated from the University of Winnipeg with her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, and Communications in Spring of 2020. THIN AIR 2022 is her 5th festival and she is thrilled to be working toward bringing lively content to the hybrid edition. When she\u2019s not ferociously tracking spreadsheets, you can find her singing pretty much everywhere she goes!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Alina Moore is the Communications Coordinator for the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Raised in the small lakefront town of Gimli, Manitoba, located on Treaty 1 Territory, she moved to Winnipeg to pursue a degree in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg. She received her 3-year BA, and after a short break is back in classes to pursue a 4-year BA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div>Chelsey Young<\/h5><\/div>
Administrative Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Alina Moore<\/h5><\/div>
Communications Coordinator<\/h6><\/div>
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