Wanda Waterman

Background

About Wanda Waterman

Wanda Waterman was born on Swan’s Island, Maine, after a stormy ferry crossing. She's now a writer of poetry, song lyrics, drama, criticism, comic strips, blogs, and cultural journalism. She collaborated with filmmaker Daniel Matmor and writer/actor Heidi Von Palleske to create the television pilot script Digby Neck, optioned by Cirrus Productions in Quebec. Her work has appeared in The New Internationalist online, This Magazine, Our Times, Coastal Life, Descant, HerCircle, ChiZine, Tigertail, The Best of Tigertail, Perigee, Mythic Delirium, The Talking Leaves, Pottersfield Portfolio, and Sisters, among other publications. Wanda won second prize for drama in the George Elliott Clarke Literary Competition for her stage play Wildflowers. She studied English at the University of King’s College and psychology and industrial relations at Athabasca University. She recently collaborated with artist Susan Malmstrom on the artist books The Deserted Toy Shop, The Expeditious Vindicator, Echo Chamber, and They Tell My Tale to Children Now to Help Them to Be Good. Her first book (Dervish at the Crossroads: A Soundquest Through the First Two Decades of the New Millennium) was released in the fall of 2020 by Guernica Editions. Her first chapbook, Shakti's Breast Sermon, was released by Cactus Press in August of 2024. You can find oodles of her enlightening cultural commentary and spiritual insights at her blog— themindfulbard.com. She now lives in Montréal.