For children’s author, editor, and lifelong nature-observer Erin Alladin, every story begins with curiosity about language, landscape, and the overlooked details that make the world feel alive. But before she published acclaimed picture books or built a thriving freelance editing practice, she was a Nipissing University English student with an armful of classical-language textbooks, a deep attachment to Northern Ontario’s woods and water, and a growing fascination with how stories work from the inside out.
Dr. Lindsey McMaster is a longtime instructor in English Studies and Academic Writing at Nipissing University, but she always wondered if there was a way for writing to contribute to students’ well-being instead of stressing them out.
