emily theresa wierenga
wierenga.emily@gmail.com / 519.523.9903
change through words, hope through painting
about me:
i am a writer and artist from Blyth, Ontario. i write for various publications across Canada including Christian Week, Faith Today, Adbusters, Geez, and Focus on the Family. i have written three books in the past year, and am working on my fourth. and when i'm not writing, i paint.
my
husband, Trenton, is a math and science teacher. we live in a small home
in rural Ontario. together we help my father take care of my mother who
has brain cancer, work with youth, drive a veggie-oil car, and make wine.
i love to
travel; last year trent and i taught english in Korea, and this past
october i visited Australia. i've also been to Jordan, Lebanon,
Thailand, China, Japan, Mexico, the States, Holland, England and
Germany. when i was young, i lived in Africa along with my parents who
were missionaries.
i hope to share my freelance and artistic
journey with you, to draw you into whatever writings or paintings i may
be working on and to hopefully engage you in discussion.
writers
are nothing without their readers. painters are nothing without their
viewers. so thank you for joining me on this adventure. i hope indeed
to make words--and images--come to life before your eyes.
i will be updating this site frequently so please feel free to check back every once in awhile.
live purposely and lovingly, finding meaning through childlike eyes.
e.e-NEWS:
June 21-28, 2009, Emily will be in Lake Como, Italy attending Elle Newmark's Fiction Workshop.Prints now available of Emily's paintings.
Book-signing at Faith Family Books and Gifts in Scarborough, Ontario on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009, 3:30-4:45 pm.
Emily's novel, SAVE MY CHILDREN, is now available for purchase at TARGET across the USA, as well as AMAZON.
SAVE MY CHILDREN, is also available for purchase through Castle Quay Books or by contacting Bethany Homes for Children; it can also be found in Christian bookstores and, as of November, on Amazon.
Art show in Waterloo, Ontario
MEDIA:
*Interview on The Drew Marshall Show, March 14, 2009, along with Dr. David Fitch and Eric Swanson:
http://www.drewmarshall.ca/listen2009.html#090314
*Interview on The Drew Marshall Show, May 17, 2008, along with Chuck Colson and Anne Rice: http://www.drewmarshall.ca/listen2008.html#080517
*Interview on 100 Huntley Street--click here:
(requires Real Player--a free download)
http://204.187.63.130/huntley/2008may/100hs080506c.ram
