I’m so happy to have guest curated the 2021 Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival! As well as a week-long Zoom narrative workshop (with me) you can sign up for a 3-hour workshop with this stellar faculty: Griffin Poetry Prize nominee Joseph Dandurand (Sharing Our Gift), Kevin Chong (Writing and Pandemics), Jillian Christmas (Spoken Word), …
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I’m delighted to be part in Talking Fresh 2021 with the inimitable Marina Endicott and Alix Hawley. We’ll be talking about the the perils – and joys – of reimagining history on Saturday 6 March, 1 pm SK time. For more information and to register, click here.
It’s always such a delight to talk to Sheryl MacKay! Here we are chatting about A Russian Sister. Tune in at the 47 minute mark.
I’m thrilled to see A Russian Sister on this list of “Books That Shaped 2020.” Read the whole list and listen to the podcast here.
One of the Festival’s signature events year after year, The Afternoon Tea returns in digital format! Bring your favourite scones and tea and sidle up for an afternoon steeped in words, including readings from celebrated international and Canadian authors making this year’s Must Read lists: Caroline Adderson (A Russian Sister); Francesca Ekwuyasi (Butter Honey Pig …
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What a treat it was to record this event with Geeta Das, Musical Director for the Whistler Writers Festival, and her band. You can watch this line-up of ten writers reading to brilliantly improvised music. Register here.
How wonderful to spend an hour chatting with Dede Crane and Shaena Lambert: three women writers talking about our biographical novels featuring three fascinating women from history: Masha Chekhova, sister of Anton Chekhov; painter Berthe Morisot; and founder of the Green Party, Petra Kelly. Register here.
I’m delighted to be participating in the Winnipeg International Writers Festival, the on-line Covid edition! To hear me read from A Russian Sister, and to hear all the wonderful authors at the festival: click here. To hear me interviewed by the incomparable Joan Thomas click here.
I’m thrilled to be participating in a rare in-person event with Shaena Lambert, June Hutton & Tony Wanless, Danny Peart and Lenore Rowntree. While the in-person tickets are sold out, you can still watch on Zoom. NOTE THE NEW DATE. This is possibly the only rain delay of the literary season. Don’t miss it! Please …
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Please join me for this FREE ZOOM EVENT at the Word Vancouver Festival. I’m joining three other previous Vancouver Public Library Writers-in-Residence: Wayde Compton, Gabrielle Prendergast and Sam Weibe. The event is moderated by the inimitable Marsha Lederman. Click here to register.