Education
MA (1995), English/Creative Writing, University of Alberta.
Thesis: The Artificial Insemination Crew and Other Stories. Includes a Select Bibliography of Dutch Calvinist Fiction and Poetry as well as an Appendix: Reading List and Influences.
BCS (Hons) (1992), English and French, Redeemer University College.
Diplôme d’Études de Civilisation Française (1992), option littéraire, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne.
Courses
- Journalistic Writing I: Reporting and Newswriting (ENG-304)
- Journalistic Writing II: Column and Opinion Writing (ENG-305)
About
Bill Fledderus is co-director of marketing and communications at The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, where he edits Faith Today: Canada’s Christian magazine, hosts the Faith Today Podcast and supervises a variety of other communications ranging from social media and website content for TheEFC.ca and FaithToday.ca to French content at Actions évangéliques and Vivre sa foi. He has taught writing courses at Redeemer University since 2007, focusing initially on creative writing (essays, fiction and poetry) and since 2014 on news writing and opinion writing. He has served on leadership teams at several Christian writing and publishing associations. He lives in Hamilton.
Research Interests
- Creative Writing
- Journalism
- Contemporary North American Fiction
- Editing
- Contemporary North American Poetry
Recent Publications
Shepherd, Victor. Our Evangelical Faith. Edited by Bill Fledderus. Toronto: Clements Publishing, 2006.
Fledderus, Bill. “‘The English Patient Reposed on His Bed Like a [Fisher?] King’: Elements of Grail Romance in Ondaatje’s The English Patient.” Studies in Canadian Literature 22.1 (1997): 19-54. Reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism vol. 180. Ed. Janet Witalec. Detroit: Gale, 2003.
More than 200 journalistic articles in Faith Today, ChristianWeek, The Banner, Christian Courier and other periodicals.
Professional Memberships and Associations
- Canadian Christian Communicators Association
- The Word Guild
- Anabaptist Communicators
Community Involvement
- Host of in-person panels and online discussions on topics such as “AI in Journalism and Communications,” “Adding a Digital Edition” and “Effective Interviewing” for CCCA.
- Leader of seminars and courses such as “Basics of Fiction,” “Effective Newswriting,” “Writing Features for Periodicals” and “Magazines: Why and How to Write for Them,” at various Christian conferences and high schools, 2003-present.