Mette Bach is a Vancouver

Vancouver

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 author

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, teacher

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, screenwriter

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, and director. She was born in Denmark

Denmark

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 and grew up in North Delta, BC. Mette attended Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...

 where she received a Bachelor of Arts with an Honours English major. She has an MFA from the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

's Creative Writing Program.

Books

Mette Bach's first book, Off the Highway: Growing Up in North Delta, was published in 2010 by New Star Books. Off the Highway is the 19th book in the Transmontanus series, edited by Terry Glavin

Terry Glavin

Terry Glavin is a Canadian author and journalist.Born in the United Kingdom to Irish parents, he emigrated to Canada in 1957. Glavin has worked as a journalist and columnist for The Daily Columbian, The Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail, and The Georgia Straight...

. The book explores her childhood growing up with immigrant parents in the Lower Mainland

Lower Mainland

The Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding and including Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of 2007, 2,524,113 people live in the region; sixteen of the province's thirty most populous municipalities are located there.While the term Lower Mainland has been...

 of British Columbia

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.

Anthologies (contributor)

Bach's essays have appeared in the following anthologies: First Person Queer (published by Arsenal Pulp Press

Arsenal Pulp Press

Arsenal Pulp Press is a Canadian independent book publishing company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company publishes a broad range of titles in both fiction and non-fiction, and is noted for founding the annual Three-Day Novel Contest .Authors who have been published by Arsenal Pulp ...

 in 2007, edited by Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel

Lawrence Schimel

Lawrence Schimel is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, translator, and anthologist whose work frequently deals with gay and lesbian themes, and with Jewish themes. He was born in New York, and received his B.A. in Literature from Yale University. Schimel is a member of the National...

), Second Person Queer (2009), Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear & Queer Desire (published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2009 and edited by Amber Dawn), and Visible: A Femmethology (Homofactus Press).

Essays

Bach's essays have appeared in several literary journals, including Room Magazine, Journal of Creative Writing (SFU), and Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly.

Journalism

Bach's journalism has appeared in Xtra West, Vancouver Review, Vancouver Magazine, Western Living, The Advocate, The Westender, Out Words, Memewar magazine, Canoeroots Magazine, Gay and Lesbian Times, FFWD. She has written book reviews published in The Globe and Mail, Vancouver Review, FFWD, and Just Out Weekly.

Since winter 2004, she has been writing a regular column called "Not That Kind of Girl" for Outlooks Magazine (Canada’s LGBTQ Magazine) and Out Look Weekly (in Columbus, Ohio). It has been syndicated in EXP Magazine, She Magazine, Metroline (Hartford, CT). Select articles have also been published in San Diego's Gay and Lesbian Times, Out in the Mountains (Vermont) and Out Word (Winnipeg).

Films

Bach’s first screenplay, "Ms. Thing", was author Karen X. Tulchinsky

Karen X. Tulchinsky

Karen X. Tulchinsky is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, anthologist and screenwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. She is openly lesbian.- Literary/ Film Television Career :...

's directorial debut in 2010. "Ms. Thing" has screened at film festivals internationally, including screenings in Canada, Ireland, USA, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, and Italy.

"Ms. Thing" was First Runner Up at Out On Screen's Short Film Award (Vancouver Queer Film Festival), and won Audience Choice Award at QueerFruits Australia.

Daniella Sorrentino directed Bach's second screenplay, "Viral", which debuted August 20, 2011 at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Vancouver Queer Film Festival

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival is Vancouver's second largest film festival and Western Canada's largest queer arts event that takes place annually in Vancouver, British Columbia.2011 marks the 23nd Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival, August 11 to 21...

. "B.A.B.S." is Bach's first short film that she directed and debuted at Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Vancouver Queer Film Festival

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival is Vancouver's second largest film festival and Western Canada's largest queer arts event that takes place annually in Vancouver, British Columbia.2011 marks the 23nd Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival, August 11 to 21...

 (August 20, 2011). "B.A.B.S." also won OUTtv's Hot Pink Shorts Audience Choice Award in a 3-way tie at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2011.