Naomi Beth Wakan

: Naomi at her civic duties as
Poet Laureate of Nanaimo
(Cr. Sharif and Ghadir Kishawi)

Naomi Beth Wakan is the inaugural poet laureate of Nanaimo and the inaugural Honorary Ambassador for the BC Writers' Federation. She is a poet and personal essayist and has written over 50 books, her latest being "The Way of Tanka " and "Back and Forth: jottings between two writers"; 34 of which are in the Vancouver island Regional Library. Her books can be purchased on Gabriola at Page's Marina (mail@pagesresort.com). She can be contacted through her website - www.naomiwakan.com