News and Events

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...