About me

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Finnian Burnett (they/them) is a keynote speaker, including for the Surrey International Writers’ Conference (2024) and When Words Collide (2025), and has presented at festivals such as Word on the Street, Writer's Guild of Alberta, Wine Country Writers Festival, Golden Crown Literary Society Conference, and Kamloops Young Authors. They are also the 2025 co-author-in-Residence for the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society annual retreat in Calgary, Alberta and an upcoming writer in residence for the Federation of BC Writers. 

A long-time teacher and presenter and an exuberant cheerleader for the flash fiction form, Finnian is the author of the novellas-in-flash The Clothes Make the Man (Ad Hoc Fiction) and The Price of Cookies (Off Topic Publishing).  Their forthcoming novellas, Red Shirts Sometimes Survive (April 2026) and Ravens Don’t Get High Blood Pressure (2027), continue their exploration of queer identity, speculative storytelling, and emotional resonance. 

Finnian’s work has been recognized as a CBC Literary Prize finalist and supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. Their debut novel, Arthur Undressed, is currently on submission with their agent, Stacey Kondla of The Rights Factory

Finnian supports emerging writers through teaching, coaching, and mentoring. They received a grant to mentor an emerging writer through the Canada Council for the Arts in 2025, and also work as a story coach for the Alexandra Writers Centre Society. Finnian is passionate about helping emerging writers find their own voices. 

Finnian is available for library visits, school talks, and conference presentations across Canada, the UK, and Europe. They currently live in beautiful British Columbia with their wife and way too many books.