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, a writer-in-residence for the Federation of BC Writers, and a writer-in-residence for the Off Topic Publishing retreat in Nerja, Spain. 

A long-time teacher and presenter and cheerleader for the flash fiction form, Finnian is the author of the novellas-in-flash The Clothes Make the Man (Ad Hoc Fiction), The Price of Cookies (Off Topic Publishing) and Red Shirts Sometimes Survive (Off Topic Publishing), an exploration of queer identity and found family through Star Trek fandom. 

Finnian’s work has been recognized as a CBC Literary Prize finalist and they are a two-time recipient of a Canada Council for the Arts grant.

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