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BIPOC Writers Connect 2025
BIPOC Writers Connect is back! BIPOC Writers Connect: Facilitating Mentorship, Creating Community is a virtual conference for Black, Indigenous, and racialized emerging writers to connect with...
Off the Map Launch Party
My heartfelt thanks to everyone who joined us at the Vancouver Central Library for the launch of Off the Map. It was a joy to see our community come together in such a warm and generous spirit...
Read Local BC Interview Series
I was honoured to read Pauline Le Bel’s recent piece in Read Local BC’s interview series, curated by Rob Taylor. In it, Pauline reflects on our time together in poetry classes at SFU and...
Off the Map Anthology Launch & Reading
I’m thrilled to be co-editor—alongside Seema Shah and Kate Bird—of Off the Map, an anthology showcasing the voices of thirty-three Vancouver writers with lived experience of mental health...
Call for Applications: My Roots Poetry Workshop for Immigrant Writers
Applications are now open for My Roots, the Vancouver Writers Fest’s annual writing workshop for immigrants to Canada. This year’s focus is poetry, and the workshop will be led by the wonderful...
Upcoming Deadline – A Unique Residency for Creative Nonfiction Writers
As many of you know, I’ve long been drawn to the genre of creative nonfiction for its fearless questioning, its intimacy, and its ability to bridge the personal with the political. That’s why I’m...
Chelene Knight Discusses Breathing the Page on CBC’s The Next Chapter
I was deeply honoured to hear Chelene Knight speak about Breathing the Page on CBC’s The Next Chapter, where she described it as one of the first craft books she read “over and over.” Chelene is a...
Panel on the Evolution of Creative Nonfiction
I'm delighted to be part of an upcoming panel on the evolution of creative nonfiction, presented as part of the Creative Nonfiction Collective's online festival, Reconciling Truth. The...
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