Awards
Ontario Arts Council: thank you!
2025 has been pretty rough so far – but the sun came out the day I received this generous support from #OntarioArtsCouncil for a new work-in-progress. Hear ye, hear ye, let the writing commence!
Announcements
Season of the Witch
Thank you to Dr. Cyndi Brannen of the Keeping Her Keys podcast for including me in a panel discussing Hekate and Spirits: Poltergeists, Departed Loved Ones and Ancestors. We talk about ancestor veneration, intergenerational healing and safe navigation of the Spirit World. Also, in the Samhain Special: Modern Hekatean Witchcraft, Read more…
Announcements
Novel in Progress? Need Kind, Skilled Guidance?
Are you working on a novel manuscript that needs guidance and support? In 2025 I’ll continue teaching novel writing courses at the University of Calgary Continuing Education Creative Writing Certificate Program. I promise they help focus your writing goals! You’ll have access to my innovative writing prompts, focused thematic considerations, Read more…
Announcements
OBSIDIAN: INK
Calling all Witches and Witch-Adjacents! OBSIDIAN: Academy of Esoteric Arts is the new, exciting brainchild of the illustrious Monica Bodirsky, artist, diviner, mentor and maker of exquisite Tarot and Oracle decks.I’m delighted to be teaching INK, an evocative online creative writing class as part of OBSIDIAN’s Fall Writing Series. Unique Read more…
Announcements
Hospitalfield Interdisciplinary Residency
Thank you to the dedicated, kind staff at www.hospitalfield.org.uk for a wonderful residency in Arbroath, Scotland. It’s rare to be able to step away from the wild world, with all needs tended to, and time/space to focus on new work. I’m incredibly grateful to everyone at Hospitalfield and to the Read more…
Canadian Literature
The Way Out East Book Series: Hamilton
Come join us for an evening of fiction and vegan eats on WEDNESDAY June 12, 2024 at 7 pm at Jordan’s Homeside Pub 1521 Main Street East, Hamilton. Hosted by The City & the City Books, I’ll be reading from my feral child STOOP CITY, alongside Sydney Hegele reading from Read more…
Events
Queer Noir at the Black Eagle: PRIDE addition
Thanks to everyone who showed up for Queer Noir: a night of gay crime and suspenseful readings!
Announcements
OFF THE RECORD
I’m delighted to be included in OFF THE RECORD, edited by the almost magisterial John Metcalf and published by Biblioasis. In this anthology, John Metcalf asks six authors to explain how/why we became writers rather than normal, reliable citizens. These essays, each paired with a short story, are candid, entertaining Read more…
Announcements
Speakeasy Reading Series in Toronto … OCTOBER 18 7 PM Glad Day Books!
I’m so pleased to be joining the Speakeasy Reading Series on Wednesday, October 18th at 7 pm at Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto. It will be live streamed on Zoom, for those who can’t make it in person.I’m joining an incredible line up with Britta Bardour, Jennifer Hosein, Alya Somar Read more…
Awards
STOOP CITY wins ReLit Award for Fiction 2021!
Thank you, ReLit Awards, for honouring STOOP CITY in the category of short fiction, 2021. I’m utterly entranced by the prize … the coveted ReLit ring designed by Christopher Kearney of Newfoundland. Each of the four moveable dials are struck with the entire alphabet, so I will be spelling out Read more…