Lynn C. Bilton
About Lynn
Lynn has always lived in Ontario, Canada, moving numerous times throughout the
province. Each change of address has created an opportunity to meet a wonderful cast of new friends.
Her occupations have included every aspect of the florist industry, as well as farming and social worker, and she has served as a church organist and a librarian. In the past few years, Lynn added writer to that list. She enjoys song-writing, singing and playing piano.
Lynn has short stories published in four anthologies, plus numerous articles (featuring her own photography) have appeared in Our Canada magazine. Lynn’s story “Grand Skating” was voted winner in the fiction category of the “Winning Words” literary competition. The contest was offered by Spirit of the Hills Arts Association, located in Northumberland County where she resides.
Contact information
Published works
Watershed Magazine
- “One Night Only” is the feature fiction in the Winter 2023 / 2024 issue. “There’s a good chance this will be the last winter Roy and Ruth Bartlett will spend on their family farm. Or is there some magic swirling amongst the snowflakes when family, friends and barnyard animals come together on Christmas Eve?” (Click here to read.)
- “Drifting Soil” is a feature article focusing on the loss of farmland in Northumberland County, Prince Edward County and Quinte West – Fall 2023 (click here to read)
Our Canada Magazine
- “Trailblazers for Women in Film” – Canada’s Women in Film museum pays homage to Canadian women who have forever left their mark on the film industry” – October/November 2022 (click here to read)
- “Making Waves: A tribute to Fern Blodgett Sunde – a true trailblazer” – October/November 2021 (click here to read)
- “Lights, Camera, Cobourg! The cinematic charm of a quaint Canadian harbour town” – June / July 2021 (click here to read)
- “The Unsung Heroes of WWI: Answering the call to honour Canada’s Nursing Sisters” – October / November 2020 (click here to read)
- “A Shout-out to Town Criers: Hear ye! Hear ye! A venerable role from the past lives on in modern times” – August / September 2019 (click here to read)
- “More Profiles in Courage: Always Ready” – November 2020 (click here to read)
Fiction
- Carnations Can’t Keep Secrets published in 15 Fascinating Fictional Tales 2023 Edition. (click here to read)
- Sunshine published in Hill Spirits IV (click here to read)
Non-fiction
- Greener Acres – Published in 40 Life Changing Events 2022 Edition and in Hill Spirits V (click here to read)
- Grand Skating – Published in Place Settings: Collected Works Celebrating the County of Brant. (click here to read) The Place Settings Project was selected as a finalist for the 2017 Ontario Public Service Awards selected by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. Winner of 2021 Spirit of the Hills “Winning Words Writing Contest – Fiction Category. Click here to listen to Grand Skating. Place Settings: Collected Works Celebrating the County of Brant: County of Brant Public Library Digital Collections (ourontario.ca)
Poetry
- Wally published in Cobourg Present 2021: An Evolving eChapbook (click here to read)
Music
This song was written for, and performed during Northumberland Festival of the Arts 2022.
How What Fun! got started
In the spirit of collaboration and celebration, Northumberland musicians Lynn C. Bilton, Christopher Cameron and Marie-Lynn Hammond got together to record Lynn’s new song, Spread the Word.
The trio had so much fun creating this music video at Northumberland Music Studio in Warkworth that they decided to name their group What Fun!