About & Contact
My name is Jowita Bydlowska and I was born in Warsaw, Poland. I moved to Canada as a teenager. Currently, I live in Toronto.
I wrote a controversial, best-selling memoir Drunk Mom published by Doubleday Canada and HarperCollins Australia (2013) & Penguin USA (2014). I also wrote the best-selling novel GUY published by Buckrider Books (2016). My next novel, Possessed, will be published in 2022. I also publish short stories. Like here. Or here. Or here. (This one was picked for Best Canadian Short Stories 2017.)
I teach creative writing at Ryerson University and I mentor clients individually. I’ve edited a number of book-length manuscripts, consulted on both non-fiction (memoir) and fiction.
For fun, I read, ride my bike, make music mixes, wander around, and take pictures.
As a journalist, I mainly write about culture, social issues and mental health. I’ve been published in the National Post, the Globe and Mail, Salon magazine, The Times UK, Elle, FASHION, Chatelaine, Hazlitt, THIS magazine, etc. I write an occasional column for the cbc.ca on the topic of mental health. I’m a frequent contributor to The Fix magazine. I’ve never been published by VICE except when I trolled them twice back in my 20s. I’m funnier in person.
Sam Haywood
Agent
Transatlantic Agency
2 Bloor Street East, Suite 3500
Toronto ON
Canada M4W 1A8
Telephone: 416-488-9214
Fax: 416-929-3174
I have received generous financial assistance that has enabled me to write from the following granting bodies:
