Fireside Chat with Dr. Norma Dunning - Hosted by Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho

The Federation of BC Writers is excited to present a Fireside Chat with Dr. Norma Dunning. This chat will be about an hour long and will feature our special guest host, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho. The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Join us on Thursday, March 14 at 7:00 pm Pacific by registering here and a Zoom link for the event will be sent to you. When it’s time for the event you can click on the Zoom link to join the event.

Digital doors open at 6:55 pm!

**This event will be recorded. 

Norma Dunning (PhD) is a Padlei Inuk writer, professor and grandmother. She’s published in poetry, prose, fiction and nonfiction. 

Kinauvit? (what’s your name?) a work of nonfiction shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen prize for political writing in 2023 and Tainna (the unseen ones) received the Governor General’s in 2021. Annie Muktuk and Other Stories (2017) received the Danuta Gleed n 2018, as well as several other literary awards. Her books have translated into French, Greek and Amharic. Aput! (snow), a children’s book is releasing in 2024. 

Dunning lives in Regina where she teaches at the First Nations University of Canada.

Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho (she/her) is an award-winning author whose short stories and personal essays have appeared in River Teeth, ROOM, PRISM international, Ricepaper, WordWorks, and several anthologies. A member of the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop, she also serves on the boards of the Federation of BC Writers and the North Shore Writers’ Association. Wiley is in the throes of completing a geopolitical memoir about growing up in a transnationally separated family between Taiwan and Canada. When dodging her desk, she can be found forest bathing and tree hugging. www.wileyweichiunho.com