About

Marni Norwich holds a B.A.A. in journalism from Ryerson Polytechnic University. For the past fifteen years she has been writing on issues of social justice, health, and women. She's served as editor, editorial co-coordinator, reporter/photographer, features writer, researcher, writing workshop facilitator, editorial assistant, and technical writer. Her work has been published in the Globe and Mail, the Georgia Straight, Massage, Profit, and Herizons magazines, among other publications.

Marni has written for local, national, and international publications on a wide variety of topics. She's edited, copy edited, and proofread for publications and for individual clients on projects as diverse as books, feature articles, business proposals, newsletters, plays, poetry, grant applications, and presentations.    

Marni has been the recipient of Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants for fiction and non-fiction and has written theatre for the Fringe of Toronto Festival. She presents her poetry at events and benefits around Vancouver, some of which she organizes. She also performs at shows and arts festivals with the support of an ensemble of musicians and dancers/choreographers called Bad Poetry. Her poetry and prose have been published by Room of One’s Own, CV2, Insomniac Press, White Wall Review, and Mother Tongue Inc., publishers of the We’Moon calendar.

Marni recently published her first collection of poetry, Wildflowers at my doorstep (Karma Press)

Marni also has a background as a body-centred energy-work therapist with seven years' professional experience and a broad-based holistic education. Her background as a complementary therapist - with its emphasis on the emotional body and the intuitive process - informs the more sensitive aspects of her work as both facilitator and consultant.

She has created and facilitated writing workshops since 1993 and holistic self-care workshops since 2000. Along with mainstream venues such as community colleges and business schools, Marni has taught at drop-in centres and several British Columbian prisons.

As a tutor and English instructor for small groups, Marni has worked with students from ESL to university level, from youth to adult learners. She has tutored privately, in small groups, and through Ryerson University's Writing Centre.