Ian Tamblyn

Ian Tamblyn began writing songs, short stories and plays at the age of seventeen. Since that time he has recorded twenty- nine albums, cassettes, and CDs and written over 1500 songs. Many of these songs have been recorded by other artists and he has received and been nominated for several awards, most recently a nomination for Best Artist by the Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2007 as well as being honoured with the Distinguished Alumni Award from Trent University.

Since 2004 Ian has conducted numerous songwriting workshops and was instrumental in beginning Writer's Bloc , an ongoing writer's workshop that has bee meeting since the late 1980's in Ottawa.