Available For:
Manuscript Evaluations
Prize Adjudication
Editing/Proofreading
Readings
School Visits
Interviewing
Layout/Book Design
If you are interested in hiring me for any of the list on the left, including assisting you with a manuscript, please just send me an email. Prices negotiable.
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I am happy to work remotely or to visit your organization in person (Travel costs & lodging need to be covered if the gig is more than three hours drive from my home).
Sharon Berg attended the Banff School of Fine Arts Writing Studio (1982) and was accepted to Banff’s Leighton Artist Colony (1987). She is an alumni of Humber College’s Writing Program (2007). She did her B.A. in Indigenous Studies at Laurentian U (1991), followed by her B.Ed for Primary Education at U of T (1992), M.Ed focused on First Nations Education at York U (1998), and D.Ed focused on Indigenous Education at UBC. She also received a Certificate in Magazine Journalism from Ryerson U (1994).
Sharon founded and operated the international literary E-Zine, Big Pond Rumours and its associated Big Pond Rumours Press which released chapbooks of Canadian Poets as prizes for the magazine’s contests (January 2006 to September 2019). She's published 5 full books and 3 chapbooks. Her work appears in periodicals across Canada, the USA, Mexico, the UK, the Netherlands, India, Germany, Singapore, and Australia. Sharon worked for many years as a public elementary school teacher. She currently lives in Newfoundland where she operates Oceanview Writers Retreat in Charlottetown, Terra Nova National Park.
In addition to her published works, she has several books (a debut novel, a 2nd short fiction collection, a YA novel, a 4th collection of poetry) which are all seeking publishers.
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Selected Awards:
2022: International Book Awards Finalist, Poetry-General for Stars in the Junkyard, Cyberwit 2020
2020: IPPY Award, Best Regional Nonfiction, Canada: East for The Name Unspoken: Wandering
Spirit Survival School. Big Pond Rumours Press 2019.
2016: Grit Lit Writing Contest, 2nd place for Poetry for The Willow et al.
Fiction:
2019: Naming the Shadows. (short fiction collection) Porcupine’s Quill, ON, Canada.
Poetry:
2020: Stars in the Junkyard. Cyberwit, India. (124 page book)
2020: Before the Heart Went Down: Selected Poems by Robert Billings (editor) Cyberwit, India.
1984: The Body Labyrinth. Coach House Press, ON, Canada
1979: To A Young Horse. Borealis Press, ON, Canada
Chapbooks:
2017: Odyssey and Other Poems. Big Pond Rumours Press, Hamilton, ON
2016: The Great Hoop Dance. Big Pond Rumours Press, Hamilton, ON
2006: Black Moths. Big Pond Rumours Press, Acton, ON
Nonfiction:
2019: The Name Unspoken: Wandering Spirit Survival School. (cross-genre history) BPR Press.
2017: The Name Unspoken: Wandering Spirit Survival School. Chapter 15. (essay) Alternative
Schooling and Student Engagement: Canadian Stories of Democracy within Bureaucracy.
Editors: N. Bascia, E. Fine & M. Levin. USA: Palgrave/MacMillan.
Audio Recordings:
2006: Sharon Berg: re-published audio recordings. (CD) Big Pond Rumours, ON, Canada.
1985: Tape 5. Gallery 101 Productions, ON, Canada. (audio tape)
1986: Black Moths. Public Energies Inc., ON, Canada. (audio tape)
Video Poems:
2023: Rainforest. 2023 Skin Deep/Batik. YouTube.
2023: Skin Deep/Batik. Cyberwit, You Tube channel. November 2023.
2019: Personal Myths and Oracle plus Lucid Dreaming, Setu Magazine online (India/USA).
2017: Personal Myths. Shown live at Blanche Nuit & Culture Days, London, ON, Canada.
Sept. 29 & 30, 2017.
2009: Personal Myths. YouTube. 2009 Oracle: Lucid Dreaming. YouTube
Juror:
2023: Hamilton Book Awards & E.J Pratt Award for NL Writes Contests
2021: Poetry in Voice. Recital Competition; South Simcoe Arts, Creative Works Contest and Hamilton
Book Awards.
2020: Poetry in Voice. Recital Competitions and Saskatchewan Book Awards.
1981: Kawartha Sun Poetry Contest. (with Sean Kane as 2nd Judge) Newspaper, Kawartha Lakes
Writer in Residence & Literary Festivals:
2019: Cardiff House Writer in Residence, Cardiff, ON (October 6-14, 2019)
followed by the Cardiff Literary Festival (October 12, 2019)
Author Interviews:
(2023 ongoing) regular interviews in The /tEmz/ Review
2021-23 2x month for 19 issues of Artisanal Writer.
Individual interviews in Event, Freefall Magazine, 2x The Miramichi Reader
Book Reviews:
1980s regular reviewer for Poetry Canada Review, Event
2021-2023 Artisanal Writer, ARC, Freefall magazine
2016-2019 The Pacific Rim Review of Books, The Lambton Shield, John Oughton’s blog, SharonBergBlog
and on the League of Canadian Poets website
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