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ELIZABETH MUIR

Writer, Researcher, Editor, Speaker

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Liz Muir’s first published story  was in Child Life when

she was 10.  It was about the marsh hens that lived in the marsh in front of their Ottawa Valley farm home. The magazine sent her $1.  Since then, she has published non-fiction stories in magazines in Canada, the United States, Australia and Great Britain. And recently, she has written non-fiction books for adults. But her goal is to write children’s books and her first three picture books have recently been published – Air-Crazy, Fascinating Stories of Canadian Women in the Air, Libres Comme L'air and Air-Crazy Too.

When she’s not writing, she’s an active volunteer with the Royal Ontario Museum, having headed the 600-strong volunteer contingent at the ROM and the international travel program, ROMtravel. She likes gardening – her backyard was featured one year on Toronto’s “Secret Gardens” tours.  Liz sails in summer and in the winter reads mystery stories and historical fiction and writes her own stories.  And she gives thanks for her two adult children who often dig her out of trouble in computer land.

Now available!

An Unrecognized Contribution:  Women and Their Work in Nineteenth Century Toronto

October 2022 by Dundurn Press.  It tells the story of women’s work in the 19th century in the settlement days of early Toronto.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  Monday Nov 4, 2024    ***  CANCELLED***  

Canadian Women’s Hidden Accomplishments and Contributions to Society

12-1 pm

UofT School of Continuing Studies Lecture Series 

Oakville Public Library

120 Navy St., OAKVILLE

  Monday Aug 4, 2025 

Book Display & Sale

Book display and sale highlighting Toronto

Presented by Riverdale Historical Society

1-4pm
St Matthew's Clubhouse
140 Broadview Ave, TORONTO

 Thursday Sept 4 , 2025 

Canadian Women in the Air

Zoom Presentation

8 pm EST
Manitoba Aviation Historical Society
Info: Bill Zuk, 1-204-290-8943

  Saturday Nov 1, 2025  

Arts and Crafts Sale

Sale of books by Elizabeth Muir for adults & children

10am- 5pm

Eastminster United Church

310 Danforth Ave, TORONTO  

Sponsored by Toronto East Rotary Club/Nourish Food Bank/Out of the Cold

  Saturday Nov 15, 2025  

Christmas Craft Sale

Sale of books by Elizabeth Muir for adults & children plus sale of photos by Ian Muir

10 am-4pm 

St Barnabas Anglican Church

361 Danforth Ave, TORONTO

Liz at Book City's Authors for Indies
on April 29, 2017
Look who's part of my fan club!
Check out the photos from Liz's most recent book launch at Snap’D

“A treasure trove of incredible lives lived. Muir introduces us to an endless cast of women whose lives were marked by incredible bravery, innovation, and achievement against all odds.” — RICK MERCER

Celebrating women’s contributions to early Toronto.

Women in nineteenth-century Toronto were integral to the life of the growing city. They contributed to the city’s commerce and were owners of stores, factories, brickworks, market gardens, hotels, and taverns; as musicians, painters, and writers, they were a large part of the city’s cultural life; and as nurses, doctors, religious workers, and activists they strengthened the city’s safety net for those who were most in need.

Their stories are told in this wide-ranging collection of biographies, the result of Muir’s search of early street directories, the first city histories, personal diaries, and other documents, highlighting scores of women and the work they undertook during a period of great change for the city.

Available from Dundurn Press

A Women's History of the Christian Church is on this list!
As featured on CNN, Forbes and Inc – BookAuthority identifies and rates the best books in the world, based on public mentions, recommendations, ratings and sentiment.

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Click above image to read Elizabeth's blog article about her new book

Writing A Women’s History of the Christian Church
Elizabeth Gillan Muir
Women Writers, Women[s] Books
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