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Publication Credits

This page created February 27th 2010

Between corporate and technical writing gigs, Valerie (Poulin) Bean writes magazines features, news, profiles, and general-interest articles. She is a published book author and an internationally published poet who resides outside Toronto, Canada.  Her business website is at www.valeriebeanonline.com, but you can also find her at many other online and print locations.

Valerie (Poulin) Bean is a technical writer by trade, a freelance writer by choice, and a creative writer by birth.

If you’re wondering what she’s done, specifically, here is a list of her publication credits.

Freelance Print & Online

Newspapers, Magazines, Periodicals

  • “Through a Poet’s Eyes,” Poemata (CPA), Vol. 25, No. 1, silver anniversary issue July 2010.
  • “What’s Your Writing Process?” Byline newsletter (CAA Ottawa), Volume 27, No. 4, March/April 2010.
  • “Q&A with Harold Rhenisch,” Poemata (CPA), Winter/Fall 2008.
  • “Working Backwards Moves Writing Forward,” Mississippi Crow, Issue 7, Fall 2008.
  • “A Conversation with Anne Simpson,” Bread ’n Molasses, Volume 2, Issue 5, June/July 2008.
  • “Imaginary Friends,” Word Weaver (WCDR), April/May 2008.
  • “Unity Between Strangers: A Homebuilder’s Story,” Habitat for Humanity newsletter, Autumn 2007.
  • “Self-publishing: A Rewarding Experience,” Canadian Writers’ Journal, # 1163, February 2003 (2007).
  • “If Oprah Posed the Question, Anderson Cooper Answered It,” Outreach Connection, No. 664, August 18-25, 2006.
  • “Self-publishing: A Rewarding Experience,” Contact (PWAC), October/November 2004.
  • “Just Doing It,” Word Weaver (WCDR), December 2003/January 2004.
  • “Finding Inspiration,” ArtsForum, Issue 8, Summer/Fall 2003.
  • “The Remarkable Mr. Dressup,” Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada, Vol. 33, No. 3, Spring 2001.
  • “Readers’ kindness inspires new tradition,” Toronto Star Have Your Say, Sunday, January 7, 2001.
  • “96-year-old is bank account robbed of $6,000,” Toronto Star Have Your Say, Sunday, January 2, 2000.
  • “No Substitutions, Please!”, Outreach Connection, No. 324, Feb. 18–Feb. 24, 2000.
  • “Free Information is Plentiful,” (3/3), Outreach Connection, No. 310, Nov. 13-Nov. 19, 1999.
  • “Bright Lights, Big City,” (2/3) Outreach Connection, No. 309, Nov. 6–Nov. 12, 1999.
  • “So You Want to be a Star?”, (1/3), Outreach Connection, No. 308, Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 1999.
  • “Got Kids? We Can Help,” Outreach Connection, No. 301, Sept. 11–Sept. 17, 1999.
  • “Safety & Awareness through CHIRPP,” Outreach Connection, No. 286, Jun. 2–Jun.9, 1999.
  • “Sugar Sugar, Honey Honey,” Outreach Connection, No. 279, Apr. 14–Apr.21, 1999.
  • “Hey What About Me?”, Outreach Connection, No. 278, Apr. 7–Apr. 14, 1999.
  • “Teaching Kids to Share,” Outreach Connection, No. 272, Feb. 24–Mar. 3, 1999.
  • “Emergency!”, Outreach Connection, No. 262, Dec. 18–Dec. 25, 1998.
  • “Charity is Timeless,” Outreach Connection, No. 262, Dec. 18–Dec. 25, 1998.
  • “Ernie Coombs Returns to the Stage,” Outreach Connection, No. 258, Nov. 25–Dec. 1, 1998.
  • “How Can You Profit from Your Intuition?”, Outreach Connection, No. 228, Apr. 29–May 5, 1998.
  • “So you want to be in pictures…”, Durham Parent, July 1998.
  • “Self-Publishing: Promoting your Book,” The Author (CAA Toronto), October 1999.
  • “Self-Publishing: Getting Started,” The Author (CAA Toronto), November 1999.
  • “Partnering with a Distributor,” The Author (CAA Toronto), November 1999.
  • “Finding the Right Business Partners,” The Author (CAA Toronto), December 1999.

Books, Anthologies

  • Author of Seeking Representation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding a Talent Agent, BeanStock Publishing, 1998. In print; sold through Toronto’s TheatreBooks.
  • Contributing editor to Invisible Women WWII Aboriginal Servicewomen in Canada by Grace Poulin, published by D.G. Poulin, 2006.
  • Contributing writer Super Seniors – 65 and Fully Alive, “Retired Nurse Brings Aboriginal Stories to Light.” Published by SeniorInterPress, 2004.
  • Contributing writer to The Organizer, a directory for the acting industry, produced by Theatrebooks, 2000 – present.

Weblogs & Websites

  • “Working with Editors and Writers-in-Residence,” http://markhamvillagewriters.com, March 2010
  • Editor of and occasional contributor to www.minorhockeylife.com, November 2008–present
  • Regular contributor to People, Places, and Things, Metroland, DRMG, March 2007–January 2010
  • “Giving in the Spirit of Christmas,” www.breadnmolasses.com, January 2009
  • “Mentoring My Boss: The View from Down Here,” www.theglasshammer.com, August 2008
  • “International Writers Take on the Short Story Challenge,” www.nycmidnight.com, February 2008
  • “My Family Vacation,” www.womenbloom.com, May 2008
  • “Trashy Drug Store Novelist,” www.breadnmolasses.com, February 2008
  • “Keanu Reeves: The Best Gift,” www.breadnmolasses.com, October 2007
  • “Close to Home,” www.breadnmolasses.com, April 2007.
  • “Bad Language in the Workplace (or Why Bill Gates Sux),” www.canadiancontent.ca, April 2004.
  • “Sarah Ban Breathnach Pisses Me Off,” www.canadiancontent.ca, February 2000.

Poetry Print & Online

Publications, Periodicals, Anthologies

  • “Morning,” “A Wish List of Sorts,” “Celaire’s Crush” (excerpt), Poemata (CPA), Vol. 25, No. 1, silver anniversary issue, July 2010
  • “Dented Memory” Artsforum, Issue Number 16; Summer/Fall 2009
  • “Manhattan, 2006,” and “The Hungry Season,” Poemata, Volume 23, Number 2, 2008.
  • “A Song That Mourns the Death of our Love,” “Leaving Home,” “Stories,” “Birth,” “Kisama,” “Anchor,” “Saudades,” “Home,” and “Afternoon Tea,” Garden’s End – A Poetry Anthology, a project of the Poetry Writing course hosted by Niagara College, 2007.
  • “1987,”Coffee House Poetry, No. 10, 2006.
  • “No Photographs (1987),”Erato (U.S.), #13, November 2006.
  • “Silver Islet,” Misunderstandings Magazine, Vol. 3, Winter 2006.
  • “Sky Burial,” The Prairie Journal, No. 4, Fall 2006.
  • “Word-of-Mouth,” Elan, A Regina Reese Collection, Wingate Press, 2005.
  • “Dented Memory,” Jones Av., XI/1, October 2005.
  • “Rosemary’s Garden,” The Sentinel (U.K.), No. 6, December 2005.
  • “Balance Sheet,” Spire Poetry Poster, Vol. 1. No. 4, February 2004
  • “Rationed Oranges,” Surface & Symbol (Scarborough Arts Council), Vol. 15, No. 5, June 2004.
  • “Corporate Life,” Outreach Connection, 2002.
  • “Feline,” “Fragments,” “Soft Folds,” Legacy, an anthology of Toronto and Central Ontario Branch of the Canadian Authors Association, 2000.
  • “Belly Aches,” “Beloved,” “Birds of Paradise,” “Sparrow,” “Feline,” Outreach Connection (featured), No. 203, October 1999.
  • “Excerpts from a Letter,” Jones Av., II/4, January 1996.

Chapbooks

  • Celaire’s Crush {a short story in verse}, 2009
  • Theory of Illumination, 2008
  • Brushing Back History, 2004
  • The Trunk of a Green Malibu, 2003
  • Something to Hide, October 2002

Online

  • “Anchor,” www.blueskiespoetry.ca, July 22, 2010
  • “Immeasurable,” www.blueskiespoetry.ca, July 19, 2010
  • “Distant Voices,” http://gloomcupboard.com, #119, April 2010
  • “Loose Connections,” www.blueskiespoetry.ca, October 20, 2008
  • “Word-of-Mouth,” www.reginaweese.com, Vol. 1.8, October 2003

Awards

  • “Stonemason” sculpture & digital camera, contest winner, Grimm Magazine, No. 1, Spring 2005
  • Something to Hide, October 2002; Finalist, Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award, 2003

Creative Non-fiction & Fiction

  • Letters to My Girlfriends, 2010, fictional correspondence. Online at www.thebestgirlsiknow.blogspot.com
  • A Mixed Bag of Bones, Volume 2, Summer 2008, a collection of stories. Online at www.issuu.com
  • A Mixed Bag of Bones, Volume 1, Summer 2006, a collection of stories. Online at www.issuu.com

Live, Television, and Film Performances

  • Decorating Challenge (series, Eps. 207), featured participant, Danielle Kiraly, JV Productions, 2004
  • Art Bar Poetry Series (poetry reading series), featured poet, Victory Café, 2003
  • 100% Maple Verse (pilot), off camera interviewer, Michael Hamm, Frame 30 Productions, 2002
  • Living Romance (series), on-camera participant, Mark DeAngelis, W Network, 2002
  • Mann Over Moon (short film), background performer, Paul Quarrington, Fuzzy Dog/CBC, 2000