Cherie Thiessen

Publications:

Explore Magazine – Blachford Lake Lodge, NWT – Jan/Feb.
Cottage Magazine – Northern Lights and Building in the North – Jan/Feb.
Pacific Yachting – Living off the Land and Sea – March
Pacific Yachting – Ten great places to cruise with kids – July 2001 – Westworld Magazine – The Japanese Love Hotel – Jan/Feb.
Explore Magazine – Exploring the west coast by bicycle – July/August
Cottage Magazine – Book reviews – July/August
Marco Polo, Florida – Barging around the Oxford Canal – July
Western Living – Kingfisher Spa – Hot Rocks – October
Cottage Magazine – Building Community – Nov/Dec.

Westcoast Women appointment book – 5 interviews and photos of women of distinction on the west coast. (Published by Focus on Women.)

Pacific Yachting, Vancouver: 1997-2000
The following stories:
   *    Skinny dipping the coast – June, 1997
   *    Circumnavigating the Penders – February, 1998
   *    Switching to Power – January, 2000
   *    The 10 best sunset sites – May, 2000
   *    The 10 best winter retreats – January, 2001

1997 – Beautiful B.C. Traveller Magazine. Summer issue – 10 best spots to skinny dip.

1997 – Common Ground, Vancouver, March issue, "Life’s a Beach".

1995 – Teacher Magazine, spring issue. "Standing Out", article on teaching in China.

1993 – to present – Focus on Women. Victoria. Regular book review columnist for 3 years: travel features on South Africa, Japan, Mt. Rainier in Washington, Arizona.  Profiles on many Victoria women, special features on women in the workplace, women in the home, west coast women. Essays on several subjects.

1992 – winter issue CANPLAY, the Drama festival in Grahamstown, S. Africa.

1992 – summer issue Performing Arts in Canada-The B.C. Festival of the Arts.

1993 – 96 West Coast Reflections, a Victoria magazine targeting over 50’s. Cover stories on J. J. McColl, Valdy, David Suzuki, Eric Malling, Vicky Gabereau, and travel stories on Pender Island. Essays.

1992 – B.C. Ferries, Passage Magazine – Hope Bay Store on Pender Island.

1993 – "Letter from Africa" became "Letter from Pender Island", with the Times Colonist.

For Driftwood weekly, Salt spring Island. Monthly profiles on notable Pender Island residents. 1995-97. This was followed by a monthly book review column for same, featuring Gulf Island writers.

1990-92 – A monthly "Letter from Africa" published by Times Colonist newspaper, Victoria.

The travel section of Times Colonist, featured my stories on Natal’s parks in Africa, and Zimbabwe’s drought.

Four plays published by the Playwrights Union of Canada and performed worldwide.

Travel documentaries for the Ministry of Education (A look at Victoria for Communities West), a half hour programme in both radio and television.

A one hour feature on South Africa for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Ideas, entitled "A drive along the N2."

In the 1980’s I wrote over 20 travel features for the provincial government’s tourism office, entitled "Roam at Home" and distributed to all of the weeklies in the province. These articles featured different attractions and scenic spots in B.C.