Profile Category: Creators

Corinne Robertson-Brown edited Shorewords, the first publication of The Brucedale Press. A writer, teacher of technical writing, and artist in watercolours, she brought enthusiasm and dedication to helping this publishing venture get started. She also loves theatre, and is an actor, direcct and produced playwright.

Diane Madden loves exploring cemeteries, haunted places, lonely shorelines and back-country roads. Almost every trip leads her to another Tale of the Unusual. Not gory or violent, her tales leave readers with that tingling question, “Could it be true?” Diane lives on the Bruce Peninsula, the setting for many of the tales she has collected....

Donna Stewart, a retired teacher. brings her enthusiasm for outdoor sports and teaching to writing for young children. From her home on the Bruce Peninsula, she has many opportunities to play in and on the waters of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. Paddle to Rattlesnake Island was inspired by my experiences kayaking with my children,” she...

The author of Thirty Years On Call: A Country Doctor’s Family Life, was the first of Robert and Viola Tucker’s daughters born in Paisley. As well as a career in advertising, she edited a magazine, and wrote numerous articles. The author of one other book, “Agnes Macphail, Reformer”, a biography of Canada’s first woman Member...

Fran Sanagan operates a studio in Southampton, and each summer leads a landscape photography workshop for the Southampton School of the Arts. His work is part of David Archibald’s presentation, “Spirit of the Inland Seas”. From the sparkling images in Lakeshore Landmarks, Fran’s work varies through sports team photos, wedding albums and action shots for news...

Joan E. McHugh feels privileged to have spent so much time with her great-aunt, Elizabeth Penson, both as a young girl and when she and her family shared their home with the aged woman. She especially cherishes the first-hand memories related by Elizabeth. Always an avid reader and willing listener to family tales, Joan has...

One of the last people still around who grew up on the boats of Port Elgin harbour, John G. Mackay was born at 212 Green Street, near that harbour on November 14, 1936. He attended the local public school on Stafford Street and the high school on Goderich Street. After graduating, he attended the University...

Alison Thielman has illustrated stories written by her mom, Toni Thielman, and decorated store windows for Christmas in her home town of Kincardine. She created the cover art for Barricade Summer, and for the Listening Response Logs to accompany it. The drawings in both Stocking Stories are also Alison’s work.

Linda Knox was born and raised in Owen Sound, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Guelph in 1970 with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons.) and worked as a military Logistics Officer throughout Canada and Germany until 1998, returning to Owen Sound in 2002. One of the few writers to hold a Certificate in...

Lynn Wyvill’s childhood on the Armstrong family farm near Markdale, Grey County, Ontario, grounded her for living in many places across Canada. A teacher by training, she describes herself as ‘a student of students’ who ‘always felt a special rapport with those families who arrived in Canada as refugees.’ After she retired, her poetry and...