Cathleen With
Encyclopedia
Cathleen With is a Canadian
writer and author. Skids, her short story
collection about Vancouver
street kids
from the Davie Village
to the Downtown Eastside
, was shortlisted for the 2007 Relit Awards. She was also shortlisted for the 2005 Western Magazine Award for her story “Carny”, which was featured in Humanist Perspectives. Her work has been published in several literary journals, including The Antigonish Review, Grain and Fireweed. While she is best known for her short stories, her first novel Having Faith in the Polar Girls’ Prison was published with Penguin Canada
in 2009 and won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
. She is represented by Denise Bukowski of The Bukowski Agency.
, and also travels to Seoul
to teach writing to children.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
writer and author. Skids, her short story
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
collection about Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
street kids
Street children
A street child is a child who lives on the streets of a city, deprived of family care and protection. Most children on the streets are between the ages of about 5 and 17 years old.Street children live in junk boxes, parks or on the street itself...
from the Davie Village
Davie Village
Davie Village is a neighbourhood in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the home of the city's gay subculture, and, as such, is often considered a gay village or "gaybourhood". It is centred on Davie Street and roughly includes the area between Burrard and Jervis streets...
to the Downtown Eastside
Downtown Eastside
The Downtown Eastside is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is known as "Canada's poorest postal code"....
, was shortlisted for the 2007 Relit Awards. She was also shortlisted for the 2005 Western Magazine Award for her story “Carny”, which was featured in Humanist Perspectives. Her work has been published in several literary journals, including The Antigonish Review, Grain and Fireweed. While she is best known for her short stories, her first novel Having Faith in the Polar Girls’ Prison was published with Penguin Canada
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
in 2009 and won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, established in 1985 as one of the BC Book Prizes, is awarded annually to the best work of fiction by a resident of British Columbia, Canada....
. She is represented by Denise Bukowski of The Bukowski Agency.
Life
Though her work is fiction, many of the stories in Skids are based on her friends’ voices, some now gone, and her own experiences battling addictions and depression in her youth. Cathleen has also trained as a learning assistance, drama in education and English teacher, and enjoys working one on one with alternative youth who have trouble adapting to the public school system. She is currently a part-time special education teacher in VancouverVancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, and also travels to Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
to teach writing to children.
Works
- 2009 Penguin CanadaPenguin BooksPenguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
, Toronto, Canada Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison - 2006 Arsenal Pulp PressArsenal Pulp PressArsenal Pulp Press is a Canadian independent book publishing company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company publishes a broad range of titles in both fiction and non-fiction, and is noted for founding the annual Three-Day Novel Contest .Authors who have been published by Arsenal Pulp ...
Vancouver, Canada Skids 152 pgs - 2005 The Humanist in Canada "Space Muppet" 6pgs
- 2005 This MagazineThis MagazineThis Magazine is an independent alternative Canadian political magazine. It was launched "by a gang of school activists" in 1966 as This Magazine is About Schools, a journal covering political issues in the education system...
, "Long-Haired Dog Faced Girl" 4 pgs - 2004 GeistGeist (magazine)Geist is Canada's most widely read literary magazine. Geist is published four times a year in Vancouver since 1990. The magazine takes its name from the German word geist, meaning "mind" or "spirit."...
Issue 55, "Guthrip" 1 pg - 2004 The Humanist in Canada Issue 149 "Carny" 4 pgs
- 2003 A Room of One's Own Volume 26:4 "Channih Counts" 7 pgs
- 2000 Love and Pomegranates Sono Nis, editors Rona Murray, Garry McKevitt, "The Arbutus Tree" 6 pgs
- 2000 SUB-Terrain Summer issue "Pyjamas" 4 pgs
- 1999 Fireweed Summer issue "Streets" 2 pgs
- 1999 A Room of One's Own Volume 21:4 "Jainfish" 8 pgs
- 1998 Grain Autumn issue "Hers Be Mine" 1 pg
- 1997 The Antigonish Review No. 110 "Detoxed" 6 pgs