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Mark Laliberte
Jade Wallace
BIO
Biography

Jade Wallace’s poetry, fiction, and essays have been published internationally, including in This Magazine, Canadian Literature, and Hermine. Their writing has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Windsor's Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund, and the Windsor Endowment for the Arts. Wallace's work has won the Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize, Coastal Shelf‘s ‘Funny & Poignant’ Poetry Contest, and the Anita and Alistair MacLeod Prize, has been a finalist for the Wergle Flomp Humour Poetry Contest and the Writers of the Future Contest, and has been nominated for The Journey Prize. Wallace's thesis for their M.A. in Creative Writing, a novel called Anomia, won the Governor General's Gold Medal in 2022.

Wallace is the author and co-author of several chapbooks, including A Trip to the ZZOO (Collusion Books), which was short-listed for the 2021 bpNichol Chapbook Award. A Trip to the ZZOO was written by MA|DE, a collaborative writing entity Wallace founded with Mark Laliberte in 2018. MA|DE's fourth chapbook is Expression Follows Grim Harmony (Jackpine Press, 2023), and their debut full-length collection ZZOO is forthcoming from Palimpsest Press.

Wallace's debut solo full-length poetry collection, Love Is A Place But You Cannot Live There, was published by Guernica Editions in 2023. Wallace currently serves as the Reviews Editor for CAROUSEL, an organizing member of Draft Reading Series, and a board member for Literary Arts Windsor.

ADDRESS
City: Windsor, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry, fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
Any
Presentation Genre
Collaborative Poetry
Presentation Length
90-120 minutes
Presentation Description
Presentation description

"Writing is a lonely job," Isaac Asimov once said. "No one else is or can be involved in the matter." But he was wrong and MA|DE co-founders Jade Wallace and Mark Laliberte want to show you just how wrong he was. Join us for a workshop that offers historic and contemporary examples of two or more writers working together, as well as a toolbox of various approaches and processes for writing collaboratively. Whether you're new to collaborative writing, or a seasoned co-creator, this workshop will make you think more deeply about the possibilities of the field.  

This workshop was debuted at VerseFest Ottawa 2021.

Presentation Fee(s)
Negotiable
Workshop details
Audience Size
Any
Intended Audience
Any
Workshop Length
90-120 minutes
Workshop Description
Workshop description

MA|DE co-founders Jade Wallace and Mark Laliberte offer an introduction to collaborative writing that can be tailored so it is accessible for any age range or skill level. Includes a presentation on examples of collaborative writing from across history, as well as exercises that allow students to practice collaborative writing of their own.

Workshop Fee(s)
Negotiable
School presentation details
Audience Size
Any
Intended Audience
Any
Presentation Length
90-120 minutes
Presentation Description
Presentation description

MA|DE co-founders Jade Wallace and Mark Laliberte offer an introduction to collaborative writing that can be tailored so it is accessible for any age range or skill level. Includes a presentation on examples of collaborative writing from across history, as well as exercises that allow students to practice collaborative writing of their own.

Presentation Fee(s)
Negotiable
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