Ellen Bielawski

Letter from Alberta: Ellen Bielawski on dual elections and Dana Stabenow’s Alaska book picks in the Globe and Mail

This arrived from writer Ellen Bielawski, recently profiled on these pages, just in time to run before Tuesday… Ever since the August morning when I stepped out of a portapotty at a campground to the sound of my partner shouting “McCain picked Palin!,” every aspect of my Canadian life has been subjugated to “You’re from […]

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Border-crossing Ellen Bielawski on Canadian books and publishing

What difference does a border make? A big one, unfortunately. Five years ago, Alaska-born Ellen Bielawski published a major work of creative nonfiction about the diamond mines of Canada, based on her own experiences as a negotiator in the incredibly high-stakes minerals game. Called ROGUE DIAMONDS: Northern Riches on Dene Land, it was published in

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