BA (Hons) (Vind), MFA (Vind)
Lezlie Lowe has been an instructor at King’s since 2003 and has been named a Dalhousie University Academic All-Canadian mentor. She teaches feature writing, freelancing and creative nonfiction, and is a mentor in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction. Lezlie has been recognized for her work by the Canadian Association of Journalists, the Atlantic Book Awards, the Atlantic Journalism Awards, the RTNDA and the Carte Blanche/CNCF Creative Nonfiction Prize. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, The Independent, Buzzfeed, The Walrus, and CBC Radio’s Ideas. She is the author of two books. Her first, No Place To Go, was a top-25 pick by CBC Books and the Toronto Star, and one The Globe and Mail’s top 100 books of 2018.
Selected Publications
- No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs. Coach House Books, 2018; Melville House Books, 2019.
- The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War. Nimbus, 2022.
Interests
Planning and liveability, inclusive infrastructure, feminism, lost histories, scenic storytelling, creative and experimental nonfiction.
