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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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