“Oh you Hearers, Hear Me!” Dear Writers of science fiction and fantasy, This spring I shall be teaching The Great Escape, a workshop-style creative writing course brought to you by The University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. I shall be your fearless instructor, facilitating a synchronous online 8-week webinar, Read more…
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…
Thank you to Lucian Childs and Prairie Fire Magazine for the kind review of Stoop City. Check it out right here! https://www.prairiefire.ca/stoop-city-by-kristyn-dunnion/
Join Kristyn Dunnion and her dear accomplice, Poetess Shannon Quinn, for a live Zoom Reading on Tuesday Dec 7, 2021 from 7 – 8 pm EST. This is a free online event with book giveaways! Kristyn will read from the doggedly dissident “Stoop City,” published by Biblioasis (Fall 2020), a Read more…
Thank you to Orca: A Literary Journal for publishing the middle-aged angsty gay bear story, “Carnie Love Tug.” Sneak a peak below, and consider ordering a PDF copy of the whole issue for a modest $4 USD, or a gorgeous full colour print copy for $11.99 USD (+ shipping). Lots Read more…
Thank you to Gunnar Ohberg, MFA Candidate at the University of Saskatchewan, for interviewing me in River Volta Review of Books. Check it out here ….. https://rivervoltareview.com/category/interviews
‘Tis the season of the Witch! I’ll be facilitating an online writing workshop as part of the 5th anniversary WitchFest North extravaganza, and I invite you to join. Friday October 29 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST I’ll talk about the intersection of writing and witchcraft, alternative story structures that Read more…
Please join me Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 from 7 pm – 8 pm for a lively discussion of my recent story collection, STOOP CITY, one of the Globe & Mail’s most anticipated Fall books. Leading the conversation will be arts journalist and producer, Aparita Bhandari. Registration is free! Visit https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT448390&R=EVT448390 Read more…
Stoop City is featured in ALL LIT UP’s Indie Reading Room!Check it out for a cute Q&A, a live-recorded reading on All Lit Up’s IG account, and a generous 20% off copies of Stoop City from now until Guy Fawkes Day (November 5th for the ‘propertarian class’ as Ursula K. Read more…
Jamie Tennant interviews me for GET LIT, his weekly podcast and radio show on CFMU-FM. We talk about the emotional but not necessarily financial rewards of the writing life, writing for social change vs social acceptance, the deep magic of city living and the gritty realism of ghosts.https://cfmu.ca/episodes/23237-get-lit-episode-for-2020-10-15