The Vancouver cohort of the Shoe Project will be performing their at the Museum of Vancouver. It was an honour to be the writing coach for this amazing group of women from Syria, Tibet, Eritrea, Colombia, Somalia, Indonesia, Iraq, Bangladesh, and El Salvador. Date: Friday, June 22 Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Admission: $14 Early Bird, $19 General Admission, …
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A huge thanks to the amazing faculty — Karen Solie, Shyam Selvadurai, Kathy Page, Pasha Malla, Yasuko Thanh, Hoa Nguen, David O’Meara and Romesh Gunesekera — and the wonderful participants of the 2018 Writing Studio at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Planning has already started for the 2019 Studio. Stay tuned! …
I feel incredibly fortunate to have been involved in The Shoe Project, a writing and performance program for immigrant and refugee women. Over the last ten-weeks I’ve been guiding this group of women from Eritrea, Somalia, Columbia, Peru, Bangladesh, Tibet, Syria, Indonesia and Kurdistan to write the stories of their journey here. They move on …
Without a doubt the Banff Centre was been the most formative institution in my writing life. I first went as a participant in the Writing Studio in 1986 under the directorship of the late, great Adele Wiseman. I returned in 1991 when Rachel Wyatt was director. Friends I made have remained in my life. In …
How I loved Olive Kitteridge! What an honour to have a book compared to it. A huge thank you to Angie Abdou for talking up Ellen in Pieces alongside Olive Kitteridge on CBC’s The Next Chapter. You can read and listen to Angie here.
It’s a real thrill when something you create inspires another creation. “Solo Collective tackles the ever challenging Vancouver housing landscape with its play inspired by author Caroline Adderson’s book Vancouver Vanishes.” Information about and tickets for Aaron Bushkowsky’s play Satellite(s) can be found here. For more about Vancouver Vanishes click here.
I’m delighted to be taking up residence on Alta Lake as the 2018 Writer in Residence for the Whistler Writers Festival. In addition to working one-on-one with local authors, I’ll hosting events at the festival itself. See the the full festival line-up here.
I’m so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival, this time as Writer in Residence. Click here for the full festival schedule.
Here is the line up for the 2017 YWCA Women of Distinction Nominees for Arts, Culture and Design. Congratulations to Kathleen Bartels, Director of the Vancouver Art Gallery, who won the award, and to all the nominees.
Please come out and support your hard-working local bookstores at the 3rd annual Authors for Indies! This year I’ll be recommending books at 32 Books in North Vancouver. See you there!