Tina Wayland

Tina Wayland holds an MA in Creative Writing from Concordia, winning the department’s McKeen Award in 2021 and 2023. She’s published in such places as carte blanche, Headlight, yolk, LBRNTH, and forthcoming in Scrivener, as well as longlisted for the CBC Nonfiction Prize and shortlisted for Room Magazine’s Short Forms Contest. Tina is currently writing a book about her Lithuanian grandmother, funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. 

Reviews by Tina Wayland:

July 3, 2025
This poetic and exquisitely drawn story is a reimagining of the pandemic lockdown.
October 30, 2024
This reimagining of musical history provides a fun new way to explore a familiar story with a musical possum twist.
October 30, 2024
Dedicated to Mother Earth, SOS Water is a gentle journey from bottle to tap, where water becomes a source of environmental inspiration.
October 30, 2024
A comforting and vividly engaging story that looks at life and death through the eyes of friendship, acceptance, and ultimately hope.
October 30, 2024
What happens when a boy from a long line of brave knights gets his protective armour wet – and has to shed the only identity he’s ever known?
October 30, 2024
It’s My Brain! takes a closer look at all the ways people’s brains are different, providing examples of the various ways we learn, feel, and see the world.
March 14, 2024
Sivan Slapak’s prose touches on truths about aging, family, friendship, and what makes a life.
July 5, 2023
Valerie Mills-Milde's historical novel is beautifully, heartbreakingly poetic.