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Invisible Women at the Festival of Readers and Writers on Bowen Island BC
 


It was an honour to participate reading three selections from the Invisible Women episodes at this year's Write on Bowen festival.

Aug 7-8th turned into a lovely w
eekend on picturesque Bowen Island, which is in Howe Sound, a short ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver.  Write on Bowen celebrates the island’s creative spirit, its local performers and writers of scripts, poetry, novels, and magazines. 

The annual festival, organised by Carol Cram and Jacqueline Massey and supported by the Hearth Arts on Bowen and the Bowen Island Library, was held in the spectacular lush gardens of Aubin and David Van Berckel.

Mornings were devoted to creative writing workshops while the afternoons were focused on a variety of excellent writings read by the authors ~ many of whom are professional readers.

Thanks to everyone who came out.
Brilliant!

 
"This selection of “small stories” brings to light the importance of women in WWII espionage and special operations. While there is plenty of “daring do” in the podcast, the background of the women and the context of their efforts are the most important reasons to listen to the series." From: JR...MIKE4_author via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/24/21

Such a nice comment from a new listener. Your comments on episodes or articles are always welcome, just use the comments section at the bottom of any of the articles or episodes on the website. And of course, leaving comments in Apple Podcasts like JR did, or anywhere you get your podcasts, is also welcome and appreciated.  

Invisible Women has won a Platinum Award in the 2021 dotComm Awards.The announcement was made July 15, 2021 in Dallas, Texas.  For more, see this article on our website.

Honouring Women Commandos 

Hannah Szenes, while living in Palestine in 1943 and writing song lyrics/poetry volunteered for a Jewish commando unit. Like Liliana in IW Episode 3, with the help of the British military, she was trained as a wireless operator. In 1944 Szenes parachuted into Yugoslavia with her male teammates. Her unit continued on to her Homeland; to helping the war effort in Nazi-allied Hungary where millions of Jews were being imprisoned. Read more.

Shadow of Intelligence

The U.S. and the U.K have had ongoing mandates to increase the participation of women, those with disabilities and racial minorities in spy agencies that interpret foreign communications and run human spies and assets. Read more.

Mapping Women

In the late 1800s night spies in colonial Calcutta wrote about deviant women ~ their characteristics and where they went.These spies clandestinely surveilled and wrote about any women, European or Indian who ventured out in public at night without a male relative. Victorian moral code expected women to be at home serving their families. It was only fallen women who went out to the theatre or to a social gathering without a male escort.   Read more.

Codename Cynthia 

Canadian spymaster Sir William Stephenson, known as Intrepid, who directed British Security Coordination for the Western Hemisphere said that Amy Thorpe Pack Brousse, an American citizen, was “the greatest unsung heroine” of WW 2. By her own admission Amy Brousse was extremely restless and loved excitement; she had a very active mind and action helped quell it. Read more.
 

Canada’s Secret Service

Women have been appointed to lead the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s (CSIS), Toronto office; Katherine Hannah is head of Canada’s largest intelligence gathering office and Zahra Musaji is its deputy director general. They are the first woman and first woman of colour to hold these positions, respectively. Read more.
 


Secret Facebook Army

There is a secret Iranian army on Facebook to surveil, steal and undermine U.S., European, and U.K. interests and products across all the major industrial sectors including aerospace/defence and medicine.  This, according to Facebook.   Read more.
 

Shaping Espionage

In 1777 George Washington wrote a letter to Nathaniel Sackett engaging him to organise an espionage network and to spy for the Continental Army. Washington asked Sackett because he had produced the “earliest and and best intelligence on the designs of the enemy.” Washington realised the value of espionage as the first line of defence for the country’s security. Read more.
 
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