Lisa Richardson is a notebook-filler, relentless scribbler, and curious listener based in Pemberton. A freelance journalist for more than two decades, and perennial recipient of Pique’s Favourite Writer award, she is known for her ability to ask spacious questions, and her love of bringing people together around ideas and creative practices —on the page and in real life. (Some of her initiatives include co-founding Slow Food Cycle Sunday and the Society of Secret Poetry Appreciators.) Her columns, creative writing and workshop offerings arise out of a conviction that imagination, attention, slow-maxxing and cooperation are skillsets we most need to cultivate to bring about more resilient and life-giving futures. Current priorities include writing for Arc’teryx in their community impact world, Meander magazine on regenerative cultures, Edible Sea to Sky to uplift local food and farmers, and offering journalling workshops, while also making space for family life, mountain adventures, regular gym dates to practice doing hard things, and a novel writing side quest.
