Biography
I am a writer and teacher with a recently published collection of poetry, Afternoon Horses (Acorn Press), two poetry chapbooks, and many poems published in journals and magazines. I am author of a dozen young people's novels and children's picture books, which have been translated into French, Dutch, and German, and author of over a dozen educational and commercial texts. In addition, I have worked as a writer and broadcaster with CBC Radio and Television, specifically as arts reporter and as host of CBC Radio's "The Story Show" for children, have worked as a book editor and as a writing workshop facilitator. For many years I have taught creative writing and children's literature part-time with the University of Prince Edward Island's Department of English.
Some of my family.
Iyengar yoga workshop in Halifax with Jawahar Bangera from Mumbai.
Deirdre making notes after last day of Jawahar's workshop.
From left: Chase, Ella, Deirdre, Cole, Georgia, Riley, Patty.
From left to right: Charles Sanderson, Deirdre Kessler, Jawahar
Bangera, Marie Hunt.