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Back in the early 2000’s, one of my early short stories was published in Forum, a feminist magazine published here in Calgary. Editor Vivian Hansen was set to include another story of mine in Forum when the magazine sadly folded. But now a new incarnation of the magazine has arisen, and I’m happy to be…

Looking forward to taking part in The Indie YYC’s Storytellers event, along with poet Kyle Flemmer and singer-songwriter Mercy Lamola. The event will be hosted by Lisa Murphy Lamb and will present a central story-theme performed as an organic collaboration of artists from each community, telling the story in three dimensions. It’s all happening on…

Calgary’s literary culture has its roots in the early days of the city’s history; earlier, even, than the the olden days of the local punk scene, believe it or not. To find out more, read Shaun Hunter’s blog post, “Seeds of Calgary’s Early Literary Culture” on the Chinook Country Historical Society’s website, here. Shaun’s new…

Looking for a blue-pencil session? Some writerly chat? NaNoWriMo’ed yourself into a corner? Not to worry! The Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society offers a Mentor-in-the-Loop program, where you can book time with an experienced writer to talk about your manuscript or just talk about the often-crazy process of writing. I’m November’s Mentor-in-the-Loop, and I’d love to…

I’m very happy to be acting as the one of the defenders at this year’s ninth annual Calgary Giller Light Bash! I’ll be defending finalist Thea Lim’s novel An Ocean of Minutes, which I am looking forward to delving into. Join me and co-defenders Sheri-D Wilson, Karen Hines, Fred Stenson and Marcello Di Cintio, along with…

My literary comrade Steve Passey and I are happy to announce the publication of the first issue of our new e-zine The Black Dog Review. Issue one features fine work by contributors across Canada and the US, including Sarah L. Johnson, Barbara Biles, Erin Emily Ann Vance, John Grey and many more. Issue One has…

It’s been a busy summer so far (even though this is actually the first official day of summer). And besides being busy, it’s been hard to tear myself away from the bizarre and hideous news the last little while. So I think this is kind of old news by now, but I haven’t really had…

Counting down the days until the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s annual conference, taking place in Calgary (yay!) this year. Refining Our Narratives runs June 1 – 3, with sessions at Memorial Park Library, as well as Literary Trivia with Shaun Hunter at The Beltliner Diner and the Alberta Literary Awards Gala at the Hyatt Regency…

Hey, how cool is this? All Lit Up has put together a list of Badass Women Protagonists which includes the dual protagonists Lita and Elsa from my novel After You’ve Gone. Plus they even gave it this cool gif: I see fellow Alberta authors Pam Clark and Caterina Edwards have written some badassery as well. Time to…

Excited to read the new book by Tim Bouma of @ttlastspring fame! He’s in Calgary March 31 at Owl’s Nest Books, from 11 – 2 .