P106 Radiant Storyteller

Ethel Whitty says, "I write about extraordinary, ordinary women searching for their own truths."  

Ethel Whitty was born and raised on Cape Breton Island, in Nova Scotia, on the east coast of Canada. Those were years when the depth and warmth of the culture had to be balanced against the island's isolation and the struggles of working-class people. The experiences and community of her childhood significantly influenced her fictional characters and narratives in "The Light a Body Radiates."  

Since moving to Vancouver, Ethel has served as the Director of the Carnegie Centre in Vancouver's downtown eastside for twelve years, where she drew inspiration from the resilience and spirit of resistance she discovered in that community. 

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