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Writing The City: 8-week writing workshops at Parkdale Library
Do you love Parkdale? Do you love to write? I’m thrilled to be offering two *free* 8-week writing workshops at Parkdale Library where we will find our creative voices, inspired by Parkdale. Adult workshops: Wednesdays: 6:30-8pm (Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25 / Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22) Youth workshops (age 13-19): Thursdays: 4:30-6pm (drop-in spaces available…
Read More“Lake Ontario” in Watermarks: Writing by Lido Lovers and Wild Swimmers
It is no secret that I love swimming. And writing about swimming combines two of my very favourite things in the entire world, so imagine my delight when swimmer and writer Tanya Shadrick put out a call for swim writing on Twitter! Watermarks: Writing by Lido Lovers and Wild Swimmers is a collaboration between Pells Pool,…
Read MoreTravelling Exhibition: Massey College and Gorlitz, Germany
I’m so thrilled that my hand-bound letterpressed Amelia Earhart book in the Travelling Exhibition will be on display at Massey College this summer! 4 Devonshire Pl, Toronto, ON 10am-5pm, Monday-Friday And if you happen to find yourself in Görlitz, Germany, in September, the project will travel to the public library exhibition space at the print and book studio druckfeld. The exhibition, HIMMELSZEITEN…
Read More“Something sensible and solid” in the Toronto Star
This weekend my short story about Grace Marks (of Alias Grace fame) was published in Lynn Crosbie‘s Real Crime series in the Toronto Star. I rarely write short stories, and writing a story about a subject Margaret Atwood has already tackled was, um, daunting to say the least, but it was so much fun to dive into…
Read MoreThe University of Toronto Magazine poetry contest
This summer I had the great pleasure of being on the judging panel for the 2015 University of Toronto’s Poetry contest. I read piles and piles of submissions in the backyard, in the sunshine, and then met with the other esteemed judges, George Elliot Clarke and Robert McGill and we talked about poetry for hours…
Read MoreTravelling Exhibition: Lucerne, Switzerland, Oct 11-24, 2015
I am so honoured to have a book in Manuela Buchting’s Travelling Exhibition in Lucerne, Switzerland! My Amelia book is in incredible company!
Read MoreWhere The Nights Are Twice As Long
I am so honoured to have my writing included in Where The Nights Are Twice As Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets, published by Goose Lane Editions. A whole book of love letters! Glory be! More on the book here, and even more on their Tumblr (including some city-focused love letters!)
Read MoreThe Southbrook Poetica wine series
I am thrilled to have a poem, “Held Still” on a bottle of Southbrook’s 2011 Chardonnay! More about it here! It just launched last weekend at the Chardonnay festival in Niagara. Their Poetica series pairs wine + poetry (and really, is there a better combination?!). Jim Cuddy’s been featured, and Sarah Slean, Karen Solie and…
Read MoreThe Love Lettering Project’s 5-city UK tour
I’m not sure I could’ve dreamed up a more incredible June. I took The Love Lettering Project to the UK for a 5-city tour, where I asked folks in London, Brighton, Bristol, Liverpool and Nottingham what they loved about where they lived. It was extraordinarily inspiring. More about all of the amazing love letters folks…
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