Mark Morton
BIO
Biography

Mark Morton, author of The Headmasters and Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities (nominated for a Julia Child Award), is also the author of three other nonfiction titles, The End: Closing Words for a Millennium (winner of the Alexander Isbister Award for nonfiction); The Lover’s Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of Love and Sex (republished in the UK as Dirty Words), and Cooking with Shakespeare. He’s also written more than 50 columns for Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture (University of California Press) and has written and broadcast more than a hundred columns about language and culture for CBC Radio. Mark has a PhD in sixteenth-century literature from the University of Toronto and has taught at several universities in France and Canada. He currently works at the University of Waterloo. He and his wife, Melanie Cameron, (also an author) have four children, three dogs, one rabbit, and no time.

ADDRESS
City: Kitchener, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Creative non-fiction; dystopian fiction
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
The Headmasters
Publisher
Shaddowpaw Press
Year
2024
Title
Cooking with Shakespeare
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing
Year
2007
Title
Dirty Words: The Story of Sex Talk
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Year
2005
Title
The Lover's Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of Love and Sex
Publisher
Insomniac Press
Year
2003
Title
Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities (Second Revised and Expanded Edition)
Publisher
Insomniac Press
Year
2000
Title
The End: Closing Words for a Millennium
Publisher
Bain and Cox
Year
1999
Title
Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
Publisher
Bain and Cox
Year
1996
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Alexander Isbister Award for Non-Fiction
Publication
The Lover's Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of Love and Sex
Year
2005
Name
Julie Child Award (nomination) for Technical Reference
Publication
Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
Year
1997
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
Up to 40
Presentation Genre
Creative non-fiction and/or dystopian fiction
Presentation Length
1-1.5 hours
Presentation Description
Presentation description

I will provide an informed and practical introduction on how to begin (and persist in) writing poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction. 

Presentation Fee(s)
$250
Workshop details
Audience Size
Up to 15
Intended Audience
17 and older
Workshop Length
1 to 1.5 hours
Workshop Description
Workshop description

I will provide an informed and practical introduction on how to begin (and persist in) writing poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction. 

Workshop Fee(s)
$250
School presentation details
Audience Size
Up to 40
Intended Audience
High school
Presentation Length
30-60 minutes
Presentation Description
Presentation description

I can present on creative non-fiction, writing dystopian fiction, and writing for radio. 

Presentation Fee(s)
$250
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
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Yes
Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
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Yes