H E A T H E R D E B L I N G
WRITER / INSTRUCTOR
CV
PRODUCTIONS, READINGS & WORKSHOPS
The Salvation Business
Reading: SpringWorks, Stratford’s Indie Theatre and Arts
The Antigone Project
Groundswell Theatre Festival, Nightwood Theatre
The Maple Leaves
Workshop and Workshop Production: SpringWorks, Stratford’s Indie Theatre and Arts FestivalReading: piecemeal Reading Series, Magnetic Theatre Festival
Reading: Pat the Dog Development Centre
Munro and Son
Reading: Pat the Dog Development Centre
2018
2015
2013
2010
2010
2009
Selelected publications
Count Your Blessings, The New Quarterly
Amos + Irwin, The New Quarterly
Somewhere Warm, With No Snow, Agnes and True
The Virgin Birth, The Antigonish Review
We Were There Too, Room
“How Will They Ever Heal…?”: Bearing Witness to Abuse and the Importance of Female Community in Sarah Daniels’s Beside Herself, Head-Rot Holiday, and The Madness of Esme and Shaz, Modern Drama
“‘You survived to bear witness’: Trauma, Testimony and the Burden of Witnessing in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” TOPIC: The Washington and Jefferson College Review.
“‘This is all we know’: Knowledge, Remembrance, the Affirmation of Life and the Observer Figure in Three Recent Canadian Re-Tellings of the Great War.” MA Thesis. McMaster University
Fall 2020
Summer 2016
Winter 2015
Fall 2013
Fall 2010
Summer 2008
2004
2003
EDUCATION | POST-SECONDARY
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University of British Columbia (Optional Residency)
Bachelor of Education, University of Western Ontario
Master of Arts in English Literature, McMaster University
Specialized Honours Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, York University
2020
2006
2003
2001
EDUCATION | PROFESSIONAL
Creative Writing by Correspondence – Mentor Miranda Hill, Humber College
Story is a State of Mind – Sarah Selecky
Finding Fresh Voices Workshop – Brad Fraser and the Playwrights Guild of Canada
Production and Development - Vern Thiessen
Introductory Playwriting - Vern Thiessen
2014
2012
2010
2009
2008
AWARDS
Top Five Finalist, Shore Scripts Short Film Fund - "The Biffy"
Semi-Finalist, BlueCat 2019 Short Screenplay Contest - "The Biffy"
Nominated by Agnes and True for the 2016 Journey Prize ("Somewhere Warm, With No Snow")
Second Place in the Sheldon Currie Fiction Contest - "The Virgin Birth"
Best of SpringWorks (Adult Programming) - The Maple Leaves
Best SpringWorks Marketing Campaign - The Maple Leaves
Honourable Mention, Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition – The Maple Leaves
2019
2019
2016
2013
2013
2013
2010
teaching
ENGL 336: Creative Writing 2, St. Jerome's University
Writing Coach
Teaching Assistant, The Story Intensive
Communications Instructor, Conestoga College
Communications Instructor, Humber College
Winter 2021
2013-Present
2013
2009-2013
2005-2008
organizations & affliations
Write From the Hip, Nightwood Theatre
Judge for the Sheldon Currie Fiction Content, The Antigonish Review
Judge for the Elora Writers’ Short Story Content
Playwrights Guild of Canada
The Predella Project
2014-15
2014
2015-14, 2012
2011-Present
2011-2015
GRANTS
OAC Literary Creation Projects (Works for Publication)
OAC Theatre Creators' Reserve
OAC Writers' Reserve
OAC Theatre Creators' Reserve
2019
2018
2016
2015
RESIDENCIES
Small Pond Arts (Picton, Ontario)
2013
articles/profiles
In the Spotlight - Sarah Selecky
Making It Work - The Charlebois Post (Sunday Feature)
Meet Heather Debling - Stratford Authors
2018
2014
2013
2013
2013