Marketing for Writers
Regina, SK, writers — there are still a few spots left in the Marketing for Writers Workshop I’m leading this week. It’s hosted by the Regina Public Library as part of the RPL’s Writes of Spring!...
View ArticleNew Voices: SWG Mentorship
The New Voices reading, with apprentices in the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild 2016 Mentorship Program, is one of my favourite literary events. This year, I am honoured to host the Apprentice Readings....
View ArticlePrairie Crocuses in bloom
If you’ve read my other blogs, you’ll know I have passion for Prairie wildflowers and birds. Spring is the time for new sightings of both: the birds are migrating north, and the Prairie Crocuses — one...
View ArticleRemembering Poetry and a Pint
The recent Poetry and a Pint event at Bushwakkers Brew Pub was a great idea from Saskatchewan’s current Poet Laureate, Gerald Hill. At least, that’s what I’ve heard from many of the people who dropped...
View ArticleCanadian culture, identity and literature
This week, I met in Regina with Sutina Chou, who is going Coast to Coast, interviewing writers about their work and their thoughts on national literature and identity. Sutina is a student at McMaster...
View ArticleWords in the Park in the Theatre
Last week, I read at the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild’s Words in the Park series — except that a thunderstorm moved in, and so we read in the Regina Public Library theatre, instead. It was fun to meet...
View ArticleSelling books at the local grocery store
Selling books — or trying to — can be both fun and frustrating, as recently came home to me (again) when I joined a pilot book table project at a Regina grocery store. On the positive side, it was...
View ArticleBeer and Books
A local brewpub, The Bushwakkers, has decided to set up a Writers Corner, featuring new books by local authors. I’ve donated a copy of Exile on a Grid Road, and have been asked to take part in the...
View ArticleA Sale With My Name On It…
My poetry collection, Exile on a Grid Road, is among books featured at Thistledown Press. It’s on sale through the publisher this week only (until Dec. 11), and at 30% off, that makes it a bargain at...
View ArticleCanadian Literature Review: Exile on a Grid Road
What a lovely surprise to see a review of my poetry collection, Exile on a Grid Road, in the journal Canadian Literature this week! It made me happy, so I’m happy to share! (Exile is available from...
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