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).

Poetry/Songs

• 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).