Shaena Lambert is a novelist and short story writer. Her novel, Radiance, was published to critical acclaim by Random House Canada and by Virago Press in the United Kingdom in 2007 and was named a Globe and Mail and a Quill and Quire Best Book of the Year.

Shaena’s book of short stories, The Falling Woman, was short-listed for the Danuta Gleed award, name a Globe and Mail Best Book, and published internationally - in Canada, the UK and Germany. Her short stories have appeared in many magazines including Toronto Life, Image (Dublin), and The Journey Prize Anthology. She lives in Vancouver where she is currently teaching and mentoring through the Humber School for Writers Correspondence Program and The Vancouver Manuscript Intensive.

Events featuring Shaena Lambert:


  1. 1.Workshop (Courting the Muse) 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Friday, July 18 at the Community School Library.

  2. 2.Solo Session 11:15 am – 12:15 pm Saturday, July 19, at the Back Hall

  3. 3.Literary Cabaret (Gender, Place and Process with host Sheryl MacKay, also featuring bill bissett, Dennis Foon and Brian Payton.) 7:30 pm Saturday, July 19 at the Community Hall.

Shaena Lambert

Denman Island Readers & Writers Festival