Who I am:

www.noragold.com

Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:

I have published one book to date: Marrow and Other Stories, Warwick Publishing (Toronto, 1998).
Marrow won the Louis Lockshin Short Fiction Prize (one of the Canadian Jewish Book Awards) in 1999.

My work has been included in a number of anthologies. Some examples:

STORIES

• "Orientation," "The Eighth Picture-Story," “Picture #4," in Jewish Women's Literary Annual, in 2005, 2003, 2001 respectively.

• "Miniatures: Eight Women, One Page Each, The Day They Turn Forty," in Jackie Manthorne (Ed.), Wordscape 3. Scarborough: MTB Press (Canadian Authors Association), 1997, pp. 37-46.

• "Marrow," in Schoemperlen, D. (Ed.), Vital Signs: New Women Writers in Canada, Oberon , 1997, 33-38.

• "The Birds," and "Mona," in Shalom We Are Here: Anthology of Israeli Writing in English, Jerusalem: David Herman Inc. 1980, pp. 83-90.

POETRY

“Home For This Jewish Writer”(2009), in Ellen S. Jaffe & Lil Blume (Eds.), “From Sinai to the shtetl and beyond: Where is home for the Jewish writer?” Hamilton, Ontario: Pinking Shears Publications, pp. 2-3.

“A Blessing for Canadian Jewish Girls,” in Liz Pearl (Ed.), Living Legacies. Toronto: PK Press, 2007, pp. 2-4.

“Some Thoughts About Reading, From A Lake Up North,” in Danielle Shaub (Ed.), Reading Writers Reading: Canadian Authors’ Reflections. Edmonton/Jerusalem: University of Alberta Press, 2006, pp. 242-243.

I have also contributed academic chapters to a number of academic and professional books.

In addition, I have made a short (13-minute) film called "Jewish Girl Power," about my research with Jewish girls. This film can be viewed (free of charge) on my website: www.noragold.com.

Media outlets that I currently write for:

N/A

My writing is:

Fiction

Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:

Yes. I review books.

Services I offer to other writers:

I try to support other writers by bringing them together to share their work. Two examples:
- One year in May, I organized a group reading of Jewish women writers at a local café, timed to jointly honour International Women's Day and Israel's Independence Day.
- Two months ago, I helped organize a literary conference for Jewish Writers.

In addition, the Contracts Committee of the Writers Union of Canada provides various contract-related services to writers, and I have been an active member of this committee for the past three years.

I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:

I am a member of the Writers Union of Canada, and since 2006 have been an active member of its Contracts Committee.

My professional associations:

The Writers Union of Canada