Doreen Vanderstoop (she/her) is a Calgary-based writer, storyteller and musician. Her debut novel Watershed was published by Freehand Books in May 2020 and won the Book Publishers Association of Alberta Trade Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2021. Her short fiction has also been published by Prairie Fire Magazine, Alexandra Writers Centre Society, Loft 112 and online at Montreal Serai, prairiejournal.org, among others. As a storyteller, Doreen performs folktales, literary adaptations and her own original creative non-fiction stories at events of all kinds for listeners of all ages. She intermingles story and song in her performances and leads workshops on storytelling to inspire in others a passion for the oral tradition. Doreen is a member of many arts organizations including the Writer’s Union of Canada, Canadian Authors Association, Writer’s Guild of Alberta, Storytelling Alberta and Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada. She is the Past President of Storytelling Alberta as well as its Calgary Chapter.
A discussion of drought conditions in Alberta and how fiction and science can come together to instill in readers a sense of urgency about an important environmental issue.
A discussion of drought conditions in Alberta and how fiction and science can come together to instill in readers a sense of urgency about an important environmental issue.
