Season 6 Episode 10: Colleen Brown on writing about her mother beyond her murder

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Colleen Brown. Colleen is the author of if you lay down in a field, she will find you there, which is a finalist for the 2024 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. In their conversation Colleen writes about how her visual art practice led to her book, and how writing changed her ideas of memoir and truth. Visit BC and Yukon Book Prizes: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/ About if you lay down in a field, she will find you there: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/if-you-lie-down-in-a-field-she-will-find-you-there/ ABOUT COLLEEN BROWN: Colleen Brown is known primarily as a sculptor. If you lie down in a field, she will find you there, is her first book. Colleen created visual artworks related to the book when she was the Artist in Residence at the Ranger Station Gallery. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver and an MFA from Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. She has participated in recent exhibitions and events at Western Gallery, Bellingham; Shelfed, Vancouver; Hedreen Gallery, Seattle; Airbnb, Seattle; and The Apartment, Vancouver. Brown is the recipient of a 2016 Portfolio Prize. She lives in Vancouver, BC. ABOUT MEGAN COLE: Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com ABOUT THE PODCAST: Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen. Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.