Wanda Taylor
Instructor and MFA Mentor
BJ (Vind), ECE (IECED), BSW (Dalhousie), MEd (MSVU)
Author and freelance journalist, Wanda Taylor, has written and published six books of fiction and non-fiction, which span across Children’s, YA, and Adult markets. She is a former CBC Producer and Acquisitions Editor. Wanda teaches college courses in Journalism, Story Writing for Media, and Communications. Her academic backgrounds in social work, community development, and diversity issues are recurring themes in her writing, as are stories around the human condition. As a magazine features writer, Wanda has bylines in various publications, including Atlantic Books Today, Black2Business Magazine, Living Hyphen, and Write Magazine. She has won awards for her work, including the Canadian Association of Journalists Communications Award, and the Women of Excellence Award for Arts and Culture. As the result of a recent two-book deal, Wanda will be releasing a new title in 2023, and another in 2024. Wanda served as one of the Mentors for the Writers Union of Canada’s very first BIPOC Writers Connect program in 2021, pairing emerging writers with established Canadian authors. Wanda currently serves as a Mentor in the Kings College MFA Creative Nonfiction and is an Adjunct Professor teaching in King’s Journalism Program.
No One’s Baby (Toronto: Lorimer Publishing, 2019)
It’s Our Time: A History of the Preston Township (Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 2021)
Forthcoming: The Grover School Pledge (Toronto: HarperCollins, 2023)
Black2Business Magazine – Dr. Abdullah Kirumira: A Formula for Success, 2022
Words Gathered Poetry Anthology, Selected Poems, Volume 3, 2022
Farmer-ish Magazine – The Work Was Written in Their Hands, 2021
Living Hyphen – The Generations Speak, 2021
DaCosta Magazine (3) – 2021: Passing the Torch; On Being Black in Business; Decolonizing Design Education
Where the River Still Flows, Dark Mountain Essay Anthology (UK) 2022
Shade Woman, Guernica Editions Inc., Flash Fiction Anthology: 100 Canadian Flashes 2022
Human interest stories; marginalized populations; diverse storytelling; Canadian history; true crime/investigative issues