Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Melissa Newbery
Jenn Ashton
BIO
Biography

Jenn Ashton is a multi-award-winning Sḵwx̱wú7mesh author, visual artist, and filmmaker. Her book of short stories, People Like Frank and Other Stories from The Edge of Normal (TidewaterPress 2020), was a finalist for the Indigenous Voices Award 2021, and her short story 'Hungry' won the 2024 Unpublished Prose Award. Jenn is an Authenticity Reader for Penguin/Random House USA, where she completed work on Killers of the Flower Moon. When she is not writing, painting, or teaching, she enjoys cedar and wool weaving, making regalia and short films. She is currently studying history at the University of Edinburgh and is an illustrator for the University's History Magazine, Retrospect. She is a member of the Indigenous Editors Association.

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ADDRESS
City: xwesam, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
Non Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Flash
LANGUAGES
English
LINKS
Links
All Websites
Instagram
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
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Any
Presentation Length
60 Minutes including Q&A
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Topics include:

Writing, Writing in specific Genres, The Business Side of Writing, Writing about History, Researching Indigenous History.

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tba
Workshop details
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Any
Intended Audience
Any
Workshop Length
60 Minutes including Q&A
Workshop Description
Workshop description

Writing, Writing in specific Genres

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tba
School presentation details
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ONLINE ONLY - Any
Intended Audience
Any
Presentation Length
60 Minutes including Q&A
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Topics include:

Writing, Writing in specific Genres, The Business Side of Writing, Writing about History, Researching Indigenous History

EQUITY INITIATIVE
As part of the Union’s Equity Implementation Plan, we are committed to increasing awareness of authors who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S, or living with a disability. This author identifies as:
Members who identify as:
Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
Living with a disability
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