Karen Durrie

Company profile written about Calgary's Korite Ammolite for Canadian Jeweller Magazine.

Memoir piece honed during my Literary Journalism residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Published in the Globe and Mail, April, 2017.

Content writer for stories on energy-sector technologies and businesses.

I pitched and supplied several stories for this twice-yearly Postmedia publication.

For the Calgary Foundation's Spur magazine, three inspirational stories of people helped by agencies funded by the foundation.

My author page for Yellow Pages Smart Lists.

First of 3 for the Dinosaurs Alive 2015 campaign

Click for a selection of my Calgary Herald articles.

I was commissioned to write a story package for this multi-page Real Estate supplement for Avenue Calgary magazine in 2014.

Bedroom community housing boom near Calgary, AB

Advertorial copy for new health facility for Cosmetic Rejuvenation magazine; a special publication distributed by the Calgary Herald.

Feature on father-and-son metal artists.

Article on body shaping treatments for Cosmetic Rejuvenation magazine.

Feature on a high-profile Calgarian on the design and execution of his upscale downtown condo.

Historical Currie Barracks is transformed into a new, masterplanned community

Profile of Calgary condo owners after the flood of 2013

I have authored and edited dozens of books for the children's educational market, as well as written teacher's guides and online activities for each book. Series I have worked on include animals, the senses, community helpers, sports, U.S. states, Canadian history, remarkable writers, hunting, world continents, planets, science, and more. My books have been translated into numerous languages, including French, Spanish and Arabic.