News and Events

I'm thrilled to be moderating a free discussion on the life and work of Gertrude Stein. It will be held at 5PM on Nov 30 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W Hastings. I'll be joined...

I'm grateful to have had the chance to be in conversation on Writers Radio, an audio space for all things writerly. In our conversation, I spoke about my personal quest to understand and articulate...

The deadline to apply for the Six-Month Intensive and the Yosef Wosk VMI Fellowship is fast approaching! Apply by November 9th, to be considered for the 2025 programs. A current mentor with...

There are three new and exciting workshops being delivered by Patrick Lucas and Mark L. Winston for Vancouver Manuscript Intensive! The first of these workshops is coming up this month. On Saturday,...

VMI is an in-depth one-to-one mentorship program that pairs you with a professional author to develop your manuscript to its fullest potential.  Every writer is different, and VMI honours that...

These photos are from a writing retreat I lead where Darrel was a participant. He was working on his first book, Mamaskatch. I had first met him years earlier when he took my memoir course and it...

Tom Sandborn's review of the second edition of Bloodroot: Tracing the Untelling of Motherloss is deeply moving. I'm grateful for his care and thoughtfulness in reading and engaging...

I would love to invite you to this very special event! I'm thrilled to be reading from my work and speaking with Jen Currin, who is this year's 2SLGBTQIA+ curator for Word Vancouver. The event will...