Kathy Page

Author Kathy Page moved with her family to Salt Spring Island from London UK in 2001. Best known in Canada for her novels The Story of My Face (long-listed for the Orange Prize in 2002) and Alphabet (nominated for Governor General's Award in 2005), she is also an accomplished writer of short fiction and memoir; her stories and scripts have been produced on radio and TV. She is also an accomplished speaker, teacher and workshop facilitator, and has taught writing workshops for the Banff Centre, the Arvon Foundation and The Writer's Trust, as well as in university and community settings internationally.

Depending on her schedule, Kathy currently offers online writing courses, including Workout for the Novel, as well as face to face workshops on Salt Spring Island, and one and on one mentoring/manuscript consultancy.