Martin Avery

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Martin Avery (born 1955 in Bracebridge, Ontario) is a Canadian author, educator and healer.

[edit] Biography

Martin Avery studied at the University of Victoria, Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, York University, New College Writers Workshop, Vermont College of Norwich University (USA), the University of Toronto, Herstmonceux Castle of Queen's University (England), and the Stratford Campus of UT/OISE, earning an Hons. B.A., B.Ed., Hons. Spec. English, M.F.A. In Writing, A.Q. Drama. He is also a Reikimaster, Quantum Touch practitioner, Zen meditation teacher, and has a DISH (Diploma in Spiritual Healing).

He has taught Creative Writing for York University, Georgian College, Bridgewater Arts Retreat, Centauri Arts Retreat, for TWUC's Writers In The Schools Program, and the Writers Circle of Durham Region. For two decades, he was a full-time teacher at secondary schools in Ontario -- teaching Writers Craft, English, and Drama -- and was Arts Department Head at a small school in Muskoka. In 2004/2005 he was Writer In Residence for the Bracebridge Public Library, and in 2005 he became Writer In Residence for the Pickering Public Library.

He is the creator of A Novel Marathon in Owen Sound and the Muskoka Novel Marathon at the Huntsville Festival of the Arts as special event fundraisers for literacy. This February, he will launch The Great Canadian Winter Novel Marathon, at the Pickering Public Library.

[edit] Selected Publications

Karen Cockburn: Soaring High, BookLand Press, 2007
Alexandra Orlando: In Pursuit of Victory, BookLand Press, 2006
Zen Forest Meditations, 2006
Muskokans: The Ultimate Insider's Guide, 2006
Poetry Night In Muskoka, editor, Bracebridge Public Library, 2005.
Northern Comfort, Ottawa, Ontario: Oberon Press, 1984.
The Singing Rabbi, Ottawa, Ontario: Oberon Press, 1883.
Cottage Gothic, Ottawa, Ontario: Oberon Press, 1982.
First Impressions (compendium with Isabel Huggan and Mike Mason, edited by John Metcalf), Ottawa, Ontario: Oberon Press, 1981.
Cottage Country Stories, Toronto, Ontario: ASP Communications, 1980.