Joline Martin

Joline Martin is a founding member of the North Island Writers Conference, where she has served as chair for the past eight years. She has also served on the board of the Comox Valley Writers Society for twenty years. Her short stories have appeared in Island Writers Magazine and Comox Valley Collective, and her personal story is featured in the BC bestseller Gumboot Girls: Adventure, Love & Survival on the North Coast of British Columbia (Caitlin Press, 2014). War Resisters: Standing Against the Vietnam War is her first book.

Disillusioned with U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, Joline left for Haida Gwaii, BC, in the early 1970s, seeking a new way of life. There, she found solace in the natural world and the power of community, living in close connection with Haida culture. Now living in the Comox Valley, she carries with her a lifelong commitment to advocacy and storytelling.