Bloom Where You Are Planted Across Canada: 50 Inspiring Conversations

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Bloom Where You Are Planted Across Canada is a fascinating collection of fifty interviews and portraits that celebrate diversity, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship. The women and non-binary people featured in this book represent different backgrounds, creative journeys, and walks of life. They come from every province and territory in Canada, though many have roots in other parts of the world. The one thing they all have in common is that they have followed their own path in life and have a unique story to tell.

Among those featured are: Tene Ward, ballerina with the National Ballet of Canada; singer/songwriter Kellie Loder; Peace Akintade, Saskatchewans former Youth Poet Laureate; Marika Sila, Inuit actress, hoop dancer, fire performer, and motivational speaker; and Amy Robichaud, CEO at Mothers Matter Canada and former director at Dress for Success Vancouver. Through insightful questions and thoughtful, nuanced answers, the fifty interviews in this beautiful collection paint a vivid portrait of talent and ingenuity from coast to coast to coast.

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Beka Shane Denter is a Canadian features and content writer, who has used her knowledge, passion, and nomadic lifestyle to fuel her writing career. Her work has appeared in Elle Canada, Fashion, NUVO, Montecristo, LUXE, Ottawa Wedding, BUST, Women's Surf Style Magazine, Today's Parent, and The Inertia. She holds a bachelor of arts in English, a master's in education, and a certificate in web writing and social media communication. Lydia Okello (they/their) is a writer, digital creator, and plus-size model. Their writing has appeared in Vogue, Vogue Business, FASHION, ELLE Canada and BUST magazine, and they have been featured in Vogue, Teen Vogue, FASHION, Buzzfeed, The New York Times, Business of Fashion and more. They are the owner of Style Is Style, a personal style blog.