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I’m absolutely thrilled to have a new story published in The Walrus. It’s even available online. Click here to read!

Delighted to be part of this anthology on the craft of writing. On offer: advice from forty-three sage authors. Thank you Anvil Press! For more information, click here.

How delightful to see my first ever non-fiction piece from 30 or so years ago republished! Thank you to Event Magazine. And look at the wonderful company I’m in! More information about this celebratory issue can be found here.

So happy to be interviewed by The Artisanal Writer about my crush on Anton Chekhov and writing in general. Check out the interview here.

I’m so happy to have guest curated the 2021 Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival! As well as a week-long Zoom narrative workshop (with me) you can sign up for a 3-hour workshop with this stellar faculty: Griffin Poetry Prize nominee Joseph Dandurand (Sharing Our Gift), Kevin Chong (Writing and Pandemics), Jillian Christmas (Spoken Word), …

Continue reading “Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival 2021 (Zooming it out!)”

I’m delighted to be part in Talking Fresh 2021 with the inimitable Marina Endicott and Alix Hawley. We’ll be talking about the the perils – and joys – of reimagining history on Saturday 6 March, 1 pm SK time. For more information and to register, click here.

It’s always such a delight to talk to Sheryl MacKay! Here we are chatting about A Russian Sister. Tune in at the 47 minute mark.

I’m thrilled to see A Russian Sister on this list of “Books That Shaped 2020.” Read the whole list and listen to the podcast here.

One of the Festival’s signature events year after year, The Afternoon Tea returns in digital format! Bring your favourite scones and tea and sidle up for an afternoon steeped in words, including readings from celebrated international and Canadian authors making this year’s Must Read lists: Caroline Adderson (A Russian Sister); Francesca Ekwuyasi (Butter Honey Pig …

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What a treat it was to record this event with Geeta Das, Musical Director for the Whistler Writers Festival, and her band. You can watch this line-up of ten writers reading to brilliantly improvised music. Register here.