Post Author: Franke James

Franke James is an activist, artist, and the author of four books. She can be reached on Instagram @franke.james and on Linktree. She has fought city hall to build a green driveway (and won), been blacklisted by the Canadian government for her climate change art—and turned their silencing into international news. Her latest book, Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me, is about rescuing her sister from a nursing home. “The result is more than a memoir: it’s a testimony to how ‘tickets to freedom’ are gained through fighting and love, displaying how Teresa’s own wishes and interests add fuel to the fire of empowerment on many different levels” (D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review). Read more at Freeing Teresa.

In 2015, she won PEN Canada’s Ken Filkow Prize for her “tenacity in uncovering an abuse of power,” and in 2014, BCCLA’s Liberty Award for Excellence in the Arts. She lives in Vancouver, BC, with her husband and her sister, Teresa.

Franke James is an activist, artist, and the author of four books. She can be reached on Instagram @franke.james and on Linktree. She has fought city hall to build a green driveway (and won), been blacklisted by the Canadian government for her climate change art—and turned their silencing into international news. Her latest book, Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me, is about rescuing her sister from a nursing home. "The result is more than a memoir: it’s a testimony to how ‘tickets to freedom’ are gained through fighting and love, displaying how Teresa’s own wishes and interests add fuel to the fire of empowerment on many different levels" (D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review). Read more at Freeing Teresa.

In 2015, she won PEN Canada’s Ken Filkow Prize for her "tenacity in uncovering an abuse of power," and in 2014, BCCLA’s Liberty Award for Excellence in the Arts. She lives in Vancouver, BC, with her husband and her sister, Teresa.