Writing
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
Kahlil Gibran
Christie Pashby is a professionally-trained journalist who travels to and lives in wild places, exploring and writing.
She grew up the heart of Toronto, Canada, and has since worked, lived and studied in five Canadian provinces, as well in Berlin, Germany, on the French Cote d'Azur, and in Costa Rica. Christie has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from McGill University and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of King's College. Since 2000, she has been based in Patagonia, Argentina and in the Rocky Mountains at Canmore, Alberta.
Journalism:
Christie has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, and as a freelance magazine writer. She has been a beat reporter covering politics and sports, and was the head editor of a community weekly. She was a fixer for foreign reporters while working overseas and has contributed freelance journalism pieces to a number of national dailies and magazines. See below for some clippings.
Travel Writing:
Christie has been a professional travel writer since 2001, when her first guidebook hit stands. She is regularly consulted as an expert on the fields of travel and travel writing.
Corporate content:
Christie consults as a corporate copy writer and copy-editor for a number of clients in Western Canada and in Argentina - in businesses ranging from tourism and the arts to healthcare and events management. Working collaboratively on marketing teams, she generates clever positioning and compelling messages, getting the most out of our language. She has produced effective copy for the web, printed marketing materials and she specializes in helping corporate clients hone in on their unique voice and tell their amazing stories to the world. She can lead on story-driven content creation that branches from print media to films.
Christie believes that by helping determine, organize and tell compelling stories, she can help people expand their horizons in ways they may not have imagined.
Kahlil Gibran
Christie Pashby is a professionally-trained journalist who travels to and lives in wild places, exploring and writing.
She grew up the heart of Toronto, Canada, and has since worked, lived and studied in five Canadian provinces, as well in Berlin, Germany, on the French Cote d'Azur, and in Costa Rica. Christie has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from McGill University and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of King's College. Since 2000, she has been based in Patagonia, Argentina and in the Rocky Mountains at Canmore, Alberta.
Journalism:
Christie has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, and as a freelance magazine writer. She has been a beat reporter covering politics and sports, and was the head editor of a community weekly. She was a fixer for foreign reporters while working overseas and has contributed freelance journalism pieces to a number of national dailies and magazines. See below for some clippings.
Travel Writing:
Christie has been a professional travel writer since 2001, when her first guidebook hit stands. She is regularly consulted as an expert on the fields of travel and travel writing.
Corporate content:
Christie consults as a corporate copy writer and copy-editor for a number of clients in Western Canada and in Argentina - in businesses ranging from tourism and the arts to healthcare and events management. Working collaboratively on marketing teams, she generates clever positioning and compelling messages, getting the most out of our language. She has produced effective copy for the web, printed marketing materials and she specializes in helping corporate clients hone in on their unique voice and tell their amazing stories to the world. She can lead on story-driven content creation that branches from print media to films.
Christie believes that by helping determine, organize and tell compelling stories, she can help people expand their horizons in ways they may not have imagined.
Books
Christie is the author of:
Frommer's Banff and the Canadian Rockies Day By Day
Frommer's Alberta
and Frommer's Banff and Jasper National Parks
And co-author of:
Frommer's Argentina
Frommer's Chile
Frommer's South America
Frommer's Best Hikes in British Columbia
Frommer's Canada 16th Edition
Frommer's Banff and the Canadian Rockies Day By Day
Frommer's Alberta
and Frommer's Banff and Jasper National Parks
And co-author of:
Frommer's Argentina
Frommer's Chile
Frommer's South America
Frommer's Best Hikes in British Columbia
Frommer's Canada 16th Edition
Articles
Christie has contributed freelance articles to a variety of publications including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the National Post, the Calgary Herald, Wine Access Magazine, International Living, Esencia and many others. She has contributed to guidebooks for National Geographic, and her writing has been featured in the Guardian (UK), the Financial Times (UK), on BBC Radio and on NBC TV's 'The Today Show'.
Follow these links for a selection:
Patagonia, Still Unspoiled, NBC TV's The Today Show
Life on the Patagonian Steppe, BBC Radio
Patagonia Panache, The Globe and Mail
High as a Kite in Maui, The Globe and Mail
Great Wine and Beauty in Simplicity, The Toronto Star
Malbec With Ethics, Wine Access
Patagonia Living in the Guardian
Follow these links for a selection:
Patagonia, Still Unspoiled, NBC TV's The Today Show
Life on the Patagonian Steppe, BBC Radio
Patagonia Panache, The Globe and Mail
High as a Kite in Maui, The Globe and Mail
Great Wine and Beauty in Simplicity, The Toronto Star
Malbec With Ethics, Wine Access
Patagonia Living in the Guardian
Background
As a professionally-trained journalist, writer and editor with degrees from McGill University and the University of King's College's School of Journalism, and more than 15 years of clips under her belt, writing is more than a career for Christie - it is a way of life.
She has been taking notes on life and keeping records for as long as she can remember, with notebooks stacked to the ceiling in both her homes. She has studied the art of storytelling in a number of professional workshops. Christie has completed Level I of the Wine Spirit Education Trust and participated in the Writing With Style workshop at the Banff Centre.
Wordsmithing - in her native tongue or her adopted second language of Spanish - is her grand passion.
Contact Christie for clips, references and more information.
She has been taking notes on life and keeping records for as long as she can remember, with notebooks stacked to the ceiling in both her homes. She has studied the art of storytelling in a number of professional workshops. Christie has completed Level I of the Wine Spirit Education Trust and participated in the Writing With Style workshop at the Banff Centre.
Wordsmithing - in her native tongue or her adopted second language of Spanish - is her grand passion.
Contact Christie for clips, references and more information.
