Kay Mccracken Email and Phone Number

My latest book is A Spooktacular Halloween, a children's adventure tale set at RJ Haney Heritage Village's annual Spooktacular.

Kay McCracken moved from Vancouver to Salmon Arm, BC in 1993 and opened a bookstore named Reflections. The bookstore closed Dec. 31, 1998.In 2008, Kay McCracken and several other authors formed Gracesprings Collective. Kay took on the job of book representative for the Collective. McCracken’s memoir, A Raven in My Heart: Reflections of a Bookseller, was published by Gracesprings Collective and launched June 13, 2009 at the SAGA Public Art Gallery in Salmon Arm, an event sponsored by the Shuswap Association of Writers. Kay’s stories and poems have appeared in various journals and chapbooks, and as a highlight she read her poem about bill bissett at the Vancouver launch of the book, radiant danse uv being: a poetic portrait of bill bissett (Nightwood Editions). Her poem “excellent birds” was reprinted in BC Bookworld.She was elected to the board of directors for the Federation of BC Writers six years in a row and enjoyed serving the writers in her area as Regional Representative.Kay co-founded the Shuswap Lake International Writers’ Festival in June 2003. She has continued to work on the marketing and promotion committee for the festival (soon to be known as Word on the Lake).In 2010, Kay presented her well-received Memoir Workshop at the Shuswap Writers’ Festival. The same year she led another well-attended memoir workshop for the Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap.When Kay isn’t busy organizing readings, giving readings, or writing, she can be found working to deadline on her monthly literary column for the Friday AM: All Month Edition. She is working on a sequel to her first memoir—by popular request—and hopes to finish it before long. Kay McCracken is a member of:The Federation of BC WritersThe Shuswap Association of WritersThe Creative Non-Fiction CollectiveGracesprings Collective

I organized public readings, book signings and launches for my region. I wrote a report about the literary accomplishments of the Federation members in my region that appeared in the quarterly magazine WordWorks.

As an independent bookseller, I did everything required of a small business person; marketing, promotion, sales, ordering, receiving, attending book conventions. I also organized regular events at my bookstore: readings & book signings, speakers, a monthly Writers' Coffee House.