news | Friday March 20, 2026

In Memoriam: Gladys Maria Hindmarch, 1940–2026

We are saddened to learn of the passing of author, editor, educator, and activist Gladys (Maria) Hindmarch. Hindmarch’s work embraced the experimental and avant-garde with an eye trained to the concerns, lives, and practices of women. One of Hindmarch’s major areas of interest was proprioception, the self as an embodied creature as it interacts with the wider world. With a feminist slant, Hindmarch delved into pregnancy, birth, how the labour of working-class women lives in the body. Hindmarch taught at multiple postsecondary institutions in British Columbia, and her writing was firmly grounded in the earth and neighbourhoods of the West Coast. Talonbooks extends our heartfelt condolences to her loved ones. She will be deeply missed.