Authors of Port de grave Newfoundland

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AUTHORS

Nellie P. Strowbridge

Nellie P. Strowbridge, a native of Port de Grave and a winner of numerous provincial and national awards, has been published nationally and internationally. Her work is capsuled in The National Archives and has been studied in schools and universities as far away as Belarus.

Strowbridge, a former columnist, editorial writer and essayist, has been Writer in the Library, a mentor to young writers, and an adjudicator in the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Awards. She has also held school workshops and hosted Gabfest for International Women's Day in Cobh, Ireland where she was Writer-in-Residence. The Canadian Embassy in Dublin also sponsored a reading and a reception.

Strowbridge is a member of the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Writers' Union of Canada, the League of Canadian Poets, Page One, and the Newspaper Institute of America.

Strowbridge's latest books The Gift of Christmas , Far From Home: Dr. Grenfell's Little Orphan and The Newfoundland Tongue can be purchased through FlankerPress.

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