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News June 2011 Shirlee, Bill and dogs follow their hearts adventuring in Peace River Country: http://www.rvwest.com/journeys/Following_their_hearts/. To read full article by Kali Love, with photographs, download Following their hearts
Fall 2011
"Honest Brave Tales from just plain folks . . . a compelling new anthology that pulls together 34 engaging stories . . . that highlight the shared experiences of rural life. Some entries are only a few pages, flashes of memory filled with meaning. Former Manitoban Shirlee Smith Matheson eloquently writes of her childhood near Riding Mountain National Park, sharing short but evocative stories and family and loss."
New January 2010
![]() "The latest in Shirlee Smith Matheson's popular Canadian aviation stories, Amazing Flights and Flyers, is a fascinating collection of adventures ranging from aerial hijackings to secret Nazi weather stations in Labrador, from the missions of the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association to an incredible aerial rescue expedition in the Antarctic. Every story is different, every story is astonishing, and every story is completely true!" — more
Left: Shirlee with Dave Scollard, Frontenac House, with the first copy of Amazing Flights and Flyers
View a video of Shirlee talking about her writing at www.wiredforwords.com — Select Featured Authors - Shirlee is the November 2006 Author of the month
Enjoying a musical evening in Hudson's Hope, BC, August 2011.
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WordsWorth Writing Camp 2011.
Shirlee (far right) with her class of storykeepers, WordsWorth Writing Camp 2011.
The Trailer Trash Trio, so named because they practiced at Shirlee's on-location trailer. L to R: Shirlee, Julia and Danielle warming up for their "Instructors' Talent Night" presentation at WordsWorth Writing Camp 2011.
Shirlee showing her latest young adult novel to children attending the Calgary Children’s Book Fair held Saturday, November 27, 2010
![]() June 1-11, 2010: Shirlee's Northern tour - Peace River and Grande Prairie AB, to Fort Nelson BC Shirlee is welcomed to Fort Nelson, BC.
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Shirlee at Shady Grove Bluegrass Festival 2011
Shirlee is listed In Silhouette: Profiles of Alberta Writers in the on-line Alberta Writers Directory which is found on the Frontenac House website - to read her extended bio go to http://frontenachouse.com/alberta_writers/details/shirlee_smith_matheson/
This is the rest of the story from which the banner photo was created.
reunion 2011 - Shirlee, Mavis and Marl Brown
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