The Vancouver Writers Fest: Event 80

I’m honoured to be conversing with my old editor and friend John Metcalf about his life and his latest work of fiction (the first in 30 years), The Museum at the End of the World. Saturday 22 October at 8:00pm, Studio 1398 on Granville Island.  Click here for the program listings.

Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, July 7-10, 2016

I’m delighted to be the Writer-in-Residence at this year’s Elephant Mountain Literary Festival in Nelson, BC.  I’ll be working one-on-one with writers during the Holley Rubinsky Blue Pencil Sessions, endowed by the late beloved Kootenay writer and mentor.  My other events include a craft talk, a reading, a panel discussion and getting massaged.  Yes, EMLF …

Vancouver Vanishes Nominated for a BC Book Prize

Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Revival has been nominated for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award.   A big congratulations to my co-contributors: John Atkin, Kerry Gold, Evelyn Lau, Eve Lazarus, John Mackie, Elise and Stephen Partridge, Bren Simmers, Michael Kluckner and Tracey Ayton.  Thanks to Anvil Press.  See the list of all the …