I feel incredibly fortunate to have been involved in The Shoe Project, a writing and performance program for immigrant and refugee women.  Over the last ten-weeks I’ve been guiding this group of women from Eritrea, Somalia, Columbia, Peru, Bangladesh, Tibet, Syria, Indonesia and Kurdistan to write the stories of their journey here.  They move on now to work with voice coaches and will perform their stories on Friday June 22 at the Museum of Vancouver.  Details are here.

 

 

 

Without a doubt the Banff Centre was been the most formative institution in my writing life.  I first went as a participant in the Writing Studio in 1986 under the directorship of the late, great Adele Wiseman.  I returned in 1991 when Rachel Wyatt was director.  Friends I made have remained in my life.  In later years I returned many times as faculty at both Wired Writing and the Writing Studio.  It is such an honour to have been named Greg Hollingshead‘s successor as program director.  Click here for more information, including how to apply to the Writing Studio.

How I loved Olive Kitteridge!  What an honour to have a book compared to it.  A huge thank you to Angie Abdou for talking up Ellen in Pieces  alongside Olive Kitteridge on CBC’s The Next Chapter.  You can read and listen to Angie here.

 

It’s a real thrill when something you create inspires another creation.  “Solo Collective tackles the ever challenging Vancouver housing landscape with its play inspired by author Caroline Adderson’s book Vancouver Vanishes.”  Information about and tickets for Aaron Bushkowsky’s play Satellite(s) can be found here.  For more about Vancouver Vanishes click here.

 

I’m delighted to be taking up residence on Alta Lake as the 2018 Writer in Residence for the Whistler Writers Festival.  In addition to working one-on-one with local authors, I’ll hosting events at the festival itself.  See the the full festival line-up here.

 

I’m so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival, this time as Writer in Residence.  Click here for the full festival schedule.

Here is the line up for the 2017 YWCA Women of Distinction Nominees for Arts, Culture and Design.  Congratulations to Kathleen Bartels, Director of the Vancouver Art Gallery, who won the award, and to all the nominees.

 

 

Please come out and support your hard-working local bookstores at the 3rd annual Authors for Indies!  This year I’ll be recommending books at 32 Books in North Vancouver.  See you there!

 

 

It’s a huge honour to receive this nomination in the category of Arts, Culture and Design, especially along side such an amazing group of women in the arts community.  Read the entire list of nominees here.

Thrilled to be going to Fernie for the first time!  Come out for music, readings and conversation at the Fernie Heritage Library, Friday March 10th at 7:00pm.