About Christine Shaw Roome
Born on Alberta soil, Christine made her way to British Columbia to attend the University of Victoria 20 years ago and, of course, has not looked back. After testing the waters in three faculties, she finally committed to an undergraduate degree in women studies and history where she learned how to write and think critically about the world. She followed this with a master’s degree in history, which she now uses to write historical fiction.
Christine supplemented her undergraduate and graduate degrees by shelving books and working at the circulation desk at UVic’s McPherson library. A firm lover of books, she found it very difficult to leave the library and even when she did it was only a brief flirtation with the private sector. She now works as a professional fundraiser for the McPherson library.
She writes in the mean early hours of morning, during children’s naps, on coffee and lunch breaks and in any other nook and cranny of time and space that she can carve out. She writes about motherhood and parenthood because she is in it, but plans on doing so much more. She reigns queen over her household of boys which includes her husband, Loch, her nearly-four-year-old, Corbin, and her now one-year-old son, Hamish.
An Award for Being Herself
If I had remained invisible the truth would stay hidden and I couldn't allow that ~ Lana Wachowski /Cloud Atlas One of the most basic assumptions in this life as a humans is this binary opposition thing we call boy and girl. We take it for … Read more →
World’s Smallest Book
Teeny Ted from Turnip town was standing in the street singing his favourite turnip tune and tapping with his feet. The world’s smallest book is not available at Chapters, Indigo Books or even your local independent bookstore. Nor is it residing … Read more →
Giving up My Birthday for Water
What could be more human than our universal need for clean drinking water? Recently, I met the CEO and founder of Charity:Water, Scott Harrison, at an international conference on fundraising. Scott delivered an impassioned and inspiring talk about … Read more →
International Women’s Day 2012: Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures.
Connecting girls, inspiring futures is the theme of International Women's Day 2012. Girls globally are making an impact on the world. They are seeing beyond their own homes, streets and cities with a world view that embodies compassion and vision. … Read more →
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
February 14th – Valentine's Day comes in the middle of a month that for many people feels like the apex of winter. There is still an urge to hibernate and withdraw from the world with only a few brief glances out the window to check on the progress … Read more →
Fear of Fat
Have we forgotten that one of the iconic beauties in West was a size 12. Nobody said that Marilyn was plus sized.
Life As A Human Likes…8
It’s January and you’ve made a resolution to get out and exercise more, to eat right and to stop swearing in front of your kids. But, it’s cold out, gets dark early, comfort foods are in season and somehow your kids are still interrupting you when you are trying to have a good session on the web…
<b> cooking the bird </b>
Life As A Human editor, Christine Roome, and her husband prepare the holiday feast together. Out of the two of them, it is the tech savvy one who perfects the cooking of the Christmas bird.
In Flanders Fields
Written in 1915, this simple and short poem still evokes memory, heartbreak and honour
