Nadine Bachan

Creative Writer, Crafter, & Freelance Editor

Canada

Born in Trinidad and raised in the suburbs of Toronto, I now live on the west coast with my family. My essays about society and culture can be found both online and in print in publications based across North America.

My works-in-progress include a memoir and a work of speculative fiction.

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Maisonneuve

10/23/2014

Ol' Talk

After years of burying her Trinidadian accent, the author reawakens to the richness of her native tongue.

The New Quarterly

06/16/2020

Between the Sea and the Ocean

Going to the beach (or why I can't swim.) CONTACT ME FOR ACCESS TO FULL ESSAY.

Canthius

05/18/2021

A Defence for Selfish Stitches by Nadine Bachan - Canthius

With so many knitters and crocheters pontificating on what it means to be indulgent, it's no wonder that I feel conflicted about making things for myself.

Hazlitt

10/07/2015

We'll Walk | Hazlitt

On my brother, Wheels, and living with disabilities.

Catapult

Two-Player Mode: Me, My Brother, and Our Gaming History

We spent hours, whole evenings, whole weekends, absorbed in 'World of Warcraft.' "Help, it's the boss!" Aneil comes over to the foot of his bed where I'm hunched towards the small screen of his tube television.

SAD Mag

12/15/2025

The misnomer of morning sickness

PRINT ISSUE #39: Taste

THIS Magazine

05/02/2017

Inside the search from hell Canadian millennials must undergo for affordable housing

May-June 2017 Nadine Bachan Four strangers are congregating by my doorway. I cautiously step outside and the most well-dressed of them extends his hand and makes introductions. He's the real-estate agent and the others are his team. I say hello then retreat back inside, listening to the muffled voices outside my window.

STAYING CONNECTED: IRL A Collection of Women's Stories on Identity and Mental Health in the Digital Age

05/30/2018

Life Filters In: A 21st-Century Introvert

The Fiddlehead

BOOK REVIEWS

- Dutiful Illuminations in the Dark: Nadine Bachan Reviews "All Our Ordinary Stories" by Teresa Wong - Hiding (From) Ourselves: A Review by Nadine Bachan of Shani Mootoo's "Polar Vortex"