BA (Hons) (Vind), MFA (Vind)
Lezlie Lowe is an author, strategist, consultant, and journalist. She has been an instructor at King’s since 2003 and has been named a Dalhousie University Academic All-Canadian mentor. She teaches creative nonfiction at King’s and Dalhousie, and is a mentor in the King’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program. Lezlie’s award-winning journalism, her voice, and the issues she amplifies centre on urbanism, gender dynamics, and the intersection of the personal and the political. She has been recognized for her work by the Canadian Association of Journalists, the Atlantic Book Awards, the Atlantic Journalism Awards, the RTNDA, and the Carte Blanche/CNCF Creative Nonfiction Prize. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, The Independent, BuzzFeed, The Walrus, and CBC Radio’s Ideas, among others. Her first book, No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs, was listed as a top-25 pick by CBC Books and the Toronto Star, and one of the top 100 books of the year by the Globe and Mail. She is currently at work on her third book.
Selected Publications
- No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs. Coach House Books, 2018; Melville House Books, 2019.
- The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War. Nimbus, 2022.
Interests
Planning and liveability, inclusive infrastructure, feminism, lost histories, scenic storytelling, creative and experimental nonfiction.
