Paula E. Kirman
Publication Credits
Writing
Current:
- Editor, writer, and photographer for the community newspaper Boyle
McCauley News (April 2006 - Present).
- Social justice columnist, photographer, and editor with Our
Voice, Edmonton's Street Magazine (October 2005 - Present).
- Content provider with EdmontonPlus.ca (August 2006 - Present).
- Content provider for EdmontonDining.com. (July 2005 - Present).
- Music reviewer with Global Rhythm (August 2005 -
Present).
- Writer for Heritage, the newsletter of the Jewish
Archives and Historical Society of Edmonton and Northern Alberta
(September 2004 - Present).
- Contributor to Prairie Books Now (1995-Present).
Past:
- Book reviewer with the Edmonton Journal (May 1997 - June
2006).
- Contributor to Where Edmonton magazine (October 2003 -
April 2006).
- Contractor for writing/editing with Economic Development
Edmonton (April 2001 - January 2004).
- Book reviewer with Alberta Views Magazine (November
2004).
- Contributor to Relationship Well-Being.com (September 2004 - January
2005).
- Content provider for Women Writers at About, writing book
reviews, author profiles, interviews, and maintaining pages of Internet
resources. (March 2002 - January 2006).
- Writer with Living Light News (May 2000 - December
2003).
- Reviews and articles in Penguin Eggs, Canadian folk and
World Music magazine (August 2002 - January 2004).
- Book reviewer for The Beaver (February 1997 - October
2003).
- Music reviewer with CDNow.com (November 2001 - January 2003).
- Contributing editor for Canadian Literature at Suite 101
(December 1999 - November 2003).
- Contributor to Commerce News, the newspaper of the
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce (October 2001 - December 2002).
- Freelance contributor to Reader's Showcase (August
1997 - March 2001).
- Book reviewer with Write Magazine (November 1999 -
August 2001).
- Music reviewer for The Music Matters (New York) (July
1999 - December 2000).
- Contributor to Alberta Venture (August 1997 - December
1999).
- Book reviews appeared in Words & Music (publication
of SOCAN) and The Book Revue (November 1998).
- Contributor to Edmonton Woman (November 1998 - March
1999).
- Book, Music, and Internet columnist for Edmonton Jewish
Life (December 1997 - January 2000).
- Book reviewer with the Montreal Gazette (August 1997 -
January 1999).
- Freelance contributor to Focus, Country Wave,
and Chart (August 1997 - February 1998).
- Freelance contributor to now-defunct Western Canadian popular
culture magazine Cameo (April 1997 - April 1998).
- Books review appeared in Brantford Expositor (August
1997).
- Canadian news correspondent for Satellite Entertainment
Guide, some articles of which also appear in DirectGuide.
(January 1997 - September 1999).
- Book reviewer with the Calgary Herald (1995 - 1999).
- Contributor to Vue Weekly (1995-1997).
- Volunteer with the Edmonton Symphony's Signature Magazine
(1996).
- Contributor to SEE Magazine and Arts Bridge
(1993-1995).
- Contributor to Edmonton Jewish News and Alberta
Native News (1993-1994).
- Contributor to The Women's Paper. In addition to other
articles, had regular column, "Scene Makers," showcasing women's
groups around Edmonton (1993-1994).
Editing/Research
Current:
- Editor of Our Voice: Edmonton's Street Newspaper
(September 2006 - Present).
- Editor of the Boyle McCauley News, a community newspaper
(April 2006 - Present).
- Copyeditor for the Indo-Canadian Women's Association (October
2004 - Present).
- Manuscript editor with the Manuscript Reading Service of
Writer's Guild of Alberta (July 1999 - Present).
Past:
- Editor of the Reading and Writing section of Internet portal
Suite101.com (January 2006 - January 2007).
- Contractor for writing/editing with Economic Development
Edmonton (April 2001 – January 2004).
- Managing Editor of Christian Denominations and Social Work;
African, Asian, South American and General History; and Other Religions
& Comparative Religions at Suite101.com (December 2000 - November
2003).
- Editorial assistant and research with Living Light News
(October 2002 - April 2003).
- Channel Manager of the Computers Channel of BellaOnline.com
(May 2000 - March 2001).
- Contributing Web site reviewer for eBlast!, an online resource
of Encyclopaedia Britannica (May 1998 - January 2000).
- "Report on Canadian FreeNets," prepared for Keith
Gross, Executive Director, Edmonton FreeNet (March 1997).
- Belonged to the Teen Advisory board of the now-defunct AADAC
publication Zoot Capri, The Magazine; assisted in editorial
decision-making (1989-1992).
Web Content
Production/Consulting
Current:
- Created and maintains the content of Judaism @ BellaOnline.com
(January 2003 - Present).
- Maintains the Web presence of the literary journal Prairie
Books Now (April 2002 - Present).
- Creator and Webmaster of David Gilmour: a website for the
famous Canadian novelist and Arts commentator (December 2001 - Present).
- Creator and Webmaster of Inside Edmonton (October 2001 -
Present).
- Creator and Webmaster of Inside World Music (September 2001 -
Present).
- Authorship and maintenance of a Web site for musician Rick
Haworth (January 1998 - Present).
- Authorship and maintenance of a Web site about Quebécois
performer Paul Piché (September 1997 - Present)
- Authorship and maintenance of a Web site for German performer
Konstantin Wecker (September 1997- Present)
- Authorship and maintenance of a Web site for children's entertainer
Alex Mahé (December 1998 – January 2007).
- Created and maintains the Web presence of SelfSkills Coaching
(May 2003 – June 2007).
Past:
- Created and maintains the content of Women Writers at About.com
(March 2002 – January 2006).
- Created and maintains the Web presence for Juno-award winning
band Jeszcze Raz (October 2004 – September 2006).
- Created and maintains the Web presences for the medical
malpractice department of the law firm Weir Bowen (September 2004 –
December 2006).
- Maintained the Web presence of Living Light News
(January 2003 - December 2003).
- Contributing editor for Canadian Literature at Suite101.com
(December 1999 - November 2003).
- Content Coordinator, Collaborative Web Site for Economic
Development Edmonton (April 2001 - February 2002).
- Creation and maintenance of Les Petites Pages, a series of
French music Internet fanclubs (June 1999 - January 2004).
- Maintenance of the official Web site for L'A.C.F.A. régionale
d'Edmonton, the official organization for Edmonton's French community
(January 2000 - March 2002).
- Authorship and maintenance of a Web site about Edmonton,
Alberta for About, Inc. (February 1999 - September 2001).
- Authorship and maintenance of a Web site about World Music for
About, Inc. (November 1997 - September 2001).
Management
- Listserv moderator for InScribe Writer's Fellowship (February
2003 – January 2005).
- Team Manager for Writing/Editing at Workaholics4Hire.com
(February 2000 - Present).
- Managing Editor of Christian Denominations and Social Work;
African, Asian, South American and General History; and Other Religions
& Comparative Religions at Suite101.com (December 2000 - November
2003).
- Manager of the Computers Channel at BellaOnline.com (May 2000 -
March 2001).
Design
- Photograph chosen to appear in the juried
exhibit Winter in Edmonton, Now at City Hall as part of the Silver
Skate Festival (February 2007).
- Event photographer and videographer for The Edmonton Small
Press Association (September 2005 - Present).
- Photographer with Our Voice: Edmonton's Street Magazine
(October 2005 - Present).
- Back jacket photograph and liner notes for the CD Goodtime
Train by Alex Mahé (Spring 2005).
- Photo of Edmonton skyline included in the juried exhibit My
Edmonton: 100 Years/100 Photos at the Edmonton Art Gallery (June -
September 2004).
- Photo of Chanukah menorah in Journeys: Faiths of Friends
Series Book One: Elementary
Religious Education Program (November 2002).Photo of guitarist Rick
Haworth in centerspread of the book Des châteaux de sable (chansons)
by Paul Piché, published by Lanctôt Éditeur (November 2002).
- Promotional photos for performing artist Ronald Tremblay
(November 2002).
- Photographs published in Living Light News (July 2001 –
December 2003).
- Inside jacket photography for Alex Mahé's album Maïs Soufflé
(August 2001).
- Photography of performer Richard Séguin published in weekly
newspaper Le Franco (November 1999).
- Photograph of performer Daniel Bélanger published in liner
notes of album Tricycle (Disques Audiogram) (June 1999).
Literary/Academic Publications
- Contributing editor for Canadian Literature at Suite 101
(December 1999 - November 2003).
- Article "Single Jewish Female: Dating within the
faith" published at Conversely (July 2000).
- Published personal essays and stories at ThemeStream (June 2000
- April 2001).
- "Canadian Women Poets on the Internet" in Volume 1,
Issue 4 of Perihilion (February 1999).
- Interviews with Sharon Butala and Robert Kroetsch appeared in
the Volume 19, Number 4 issue of Prairie Fire: A Canadian Magazine of
New Writing (Winter 1999).
- "An Interview with Alberto Manguel" in the Volume 20,
Number Two Connecticut Review, (Connecticut State University
System) (Fall 1998).
- "An Interview with Barry Lopez" in the Volume 2, 1998
Baybury Review, Ephraim, Wisconsin (May 1998).
- “A Conversation with Alberto Manguel" in the Volume VIII,
1998 Evansville Review, University of Evansville, Evansville,
Indiana (May 1998).
- "Cultural Selves: An Interview with Richard Wagamese"
in the Summer, 1998 issue of Paragraph: Canada's Fiction Review
(April 1998).
- "Alberto Manguel on A History of Reading" in
the Fall, 1997 issue of Canadian Author (November 1997).
- Children's story "The Dragon in the Forest" published
on the Bedtime-Story web site (July 1997).
- Contributor to DailyHaiku.org (September 2006 – March 2007).
- Inspirational poem "One" published in Pocket
Prayers (Chronicle Books, 2006).
- Two short meditations published in For This I Am Grateful
(Everyday Wisdom Press, 2004).
- Released eight-song demo CD Today I Lit A Candle. Some
songs received college and community radio airplay. (January 2002).
- Poem "Rainforest Life" published in Animal
Blessings: Prayers and Poems Celebrating Our Pets (Harper
SanFrancisco, November 2000).
- Poem "On Passover, We Remember," published in Family
Celebrations: Prayers, Poems, and Toasts for Every Occasion (Andrews
McMeel Publishing, April 1999).
- Song "Today I Lit A Candle" (in memory of the 14
women of the Montreal Massacre) in Project Magazine, The National
Magazine for Engineering Students, Volume 15, Number 1 (November 1998).
- Two poems in the Volume I, Number 3 issue of New Works
Review (July 1998).
- "Featured Poet" in Issue 10 of The Sunday Suitor
(June 1998).
- Poems "Contact" and "Tide" published in the
September, 1997 issue of Aspiring Writer (September 1997).
- Poems "The Big Country" and "Inside Out"
published in Treeline: Canadian Writing on the 'Net, Volume 2,
Number 2 (Summer, 1997).
- Poem "To the dreamers" published in Issue 7 of The
Sunday Suitor (December 1997).