Monica Nawrocki
BIO
Biography
Monica Nawrocki lives with her partner on a remote island off the west coast of Canada where Art is embraced as an essential and joyful part of daily life. She earns her living as a substitute teacher—often reading under-construction manuscripts to captive classroom audiences and happily impersonating someone different every day. She is the author of four books and her fiction and non-fiction pieces have appeared in various journals and anthologies in Canada and the U.S.
ADDRESS
City: Mansons Landing,
Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
nawrockimonica5@gmail.com
GENRE
MG/YA
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Thanks for chucking that at the wall instead of me
Publisher
Brush Education, Inc.
Year
2007, 2018
Title
Cedar Dance
Publisher
(Yellow Dog Great Plains Publishing)
Year
2019
Title
Full Moon Lagoon
Publisher
(Ambrose Books)
Year
2015
LINKS
School presentation details
Audience Size
10 - 100
Intended Audience
middle school
Presentation Length
1 hour
Presentation Description
Presentation description
Author visit
Readings interspersed with:
Slideshow of story setting
Discussion: on Japanese Internment (Full Moon Lagoon)
or on old growth forestry protests (Cedar Dance)
Q&A
Presentation Fee(s)
$150/hr
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:
LGBTQI2S
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
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No
Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
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No
