Opinion and Commentary
Therese is a frequent print and on-air commentator on issues related to wildfire recovery and emergency evacuation. Her commentary has appeared across national print chains and broadcast networks. Read some of her opinion pieces here:
- New: Wildfire aftermath is a slow burn; Return home brings more trauma | Calgary Herald
- Fort Mac residents understand preparing for the worst | Calgary Herald
- It takes experiencing a disaster or two to realize that they aren’t natural | Calgary Herald
- The inevitability of wildfires — every summer, potentially every town | Calgary Herald
Other News:
Fort McMurray Book Shortlisted for Alberta Reads Book Club
FORT McMURRAY, Alta. / Oct 22, 2020 — A memoir of the Fort McMurray wildfire has made the shortlist for the upcoming Alberta Reads Book Club. What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home by local author Therese Greenwood is one of six books to make the shortlist for the online book club’s November-December selection. On Saturday, Greenwood was honoured with Award for Excellence in Literary Arts by Arts Council Wood Buffalo at its annual “Buffy” awards ...
Fort McMurray wildfire book a Finalist for 2020 Alberta Book Publishing Awards
FORT McMURRAY, Alta. / June 22, 2020 — A memoir by Wood Buffalo author Therese Greenwood is a Finalist for the 2020 Alberta Book Publishing Awards from The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA). Nominated in the Trade Non-fiction category, What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home was published by the University of Alberta Press. An eyewitness account of the Fort McMurray wildfire and evacuation, the book is also about the physical and emotional artifacts we ...
Kingston Launch May 30 for Wildfire Memoir by Wolfe Island Native
Book Examines the Physical and Emotional Artifacts We Carry With Us in Times of Crisis KINGSTON, Ont./ May 24, 2019 – A touching portrait of a childhood on Wolfe Island is the narrative cornerstone of a new memoir of the Fort McMurray Wildfire, released by The University of Alberta Press and author Therese Greenwood, and being launched in Kingston, Thursday, May 30, at Novel Idea. After the April release of What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road ...
Edmonton Launch for Wildfire Memoir by Fort McMurray Author
Book Examines the Physical and Emotional Artifacts We Carry With Us in Times of Crisis FORT McMURRAY, Alta. / March 21, 2019 — The University of Alberta Press and author Therese Greenwood will celebrate the launch of her new book, What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home, a memoir of the Fort McMurray Wildfire, on Thursday, March 28, at Audrey’s Books in Edmonton. Weeks before the official April 1 release of this eye-witness account of the ...
Crossover story wins Western Writers of America award for Fort McMurray author Therese Greenwood
FORT McMURRAY, Alta. / March 3, 2019 — Author Therese Greenwood has won a 2019 Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for her crossover mystery story about a B-movie cowboy at the Calgary Stampede. Greenwood received Best Western Short Fiction recognition for “Buck’s Last Ride,” one of 14 stories in her 2018 collection Kill As You Go, released by Calgary-based Coffin Hop Press. “On one level, it’s a story about a cowboy who hates his horse,” said Greenwood ...
