BIOGRAPHY
Amber O’Reilly is a French-Canadian multilingual poet, spoken word and theatre artist from Yellowknife and based in Winnipeg since 2013. Her poetry and critical writing have appeared in CV2, Prairie Fire, TOK Magazine, R-Magazine, Oratorealis, the Winnipeg Free Press, PrésentEs!, La Liberté and L'Aquilon. She has performed at Northwords NWT, Speaking Crow, Winnipeg Poetry Slam, Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers Festival, the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, and the Festival international de slam/poésie en Acadie. Her French-language poetry collection Boussole franche is published with Les Éditions du Blé.
Her play Annie et Tom du lundi au vendredi will be performed at Festival à haute voix (Jan 14-Feb 5, 2021) at Théâtre l'Escaouette in Moncton, and an excerpt will be read at the 12th Women Playrights International Conference in Montreal (June 18-23, 2022). She is also the author of several short theatre and film works. Her passion for languages has led her to speak French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and English.
Amber serves as Board Chair of Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers Festival and Board Secretary of Association des auteur-e-s du Manitoba français.
An artist at heart, Amber lives with her husband Patrick and their dog Hunter.
Her play Annie et Tom du lundi au vendredi will be performed at Festival à haute voix (Jan 14-Feb 5, 2021) at Théâtre l'Escaouette in Moncton, and an excerpt will be read at the 12th Women Playrights International Conference in Montreal (June 18-23, 2022). She is also the author of several short theatre and film works. Her passion for languages has led her to speak French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and English.
Amber serves as Board Chair of Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers Festival and Board Secretary of Association des auteur-e-s du Manitoba français.
An artist at heart, Amber lives with her husband Patrick and their dog Hunter.