about

My name is Hannah Gardiner. I'm a writer from Kitchener, Ontario. I write dense essays, forms of life writing that think through art, film, literature, memory, obsessions, people, and place. I am currently working on my first book, a memoir-cum-cultural critique that puts the aesthetics of teen pregnancy in conversation with medieval Madonna del Parto paintings. This project is gratefully supported by Canada Council for the Arts and the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund.

In addition to writing, I also organize occasional cultural projects. These have ranged from philosophical film screenings to parades in the park, but their aim is always to bring people and ideas together.

If you would like to work together or just connect, please reach out: hannahadelinegardiner[at]gmail[dot]com

Photograph by Phi Doan, Pinch Cabaret.

Hannah Gardiner is a writer and cultural organizer from Kitchener, Ontario. She received a master’s degree in literary studies from the University of Waterloo in 2022, where she was thrice awarded the Beltz Essay Prize. Her writing and criticism have been published or are forthcoming in Arc Poetry Magazine, long con magazine, The /tƐmz/ Review, The Community Edition, and Queen's Quarterly. Her work has been supported by arts grants from Canada Council for the Arts and the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund. Hannah has also directed a range of independent and collaborative community projects, which have been funded by the Brubacher House Museum, the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, 8 80 Cities & the Balsam Foundation, Park People & TD Bank, the City of Kitchener, and the City of Waterloo. She was a 2022-23 NextGEN Fellow at Cardus, and was selected as one of 8 80 Cities' Ontario Community Changemakers for 2024-25.