Upcoming happenings
I currently work as a writing mentor with students in the MFA in Creative Nonfiction at the University of Kings College.
Services
Please feel free to contact me about the following services:
Editing: narrative/creative nonfiction manuscripts and book proposals.
Consulting: narrative nonfiction writing, narrative structure, proposal writing.
Teaching: all aspects of creative nonfiction craft, longform literary journalistm, and writing nonfiction book proposals.
Previous happenings
Here is a partial list of previous events & speaking engagements:
Meet Our Local Authors event with North Shore Elder College, October, 2019, Delbrook Community Recreation Centre, North Vancouver.
Vancouver Writers Festival: Moderator, Truth-Telling with Annahid Dashtgard, Anna Mehler Paperny and Lorimer Shenher, October 2019.
Word Vancouver PEN Canada panel discussion with two of my favourite nonfiction writers, John Vaillant and Deborah Campbell, September 29, 2019 at the Vancouver Central Library.
In conversation with Susan Orlean and Michael Harris for the Banff Centre Literary Journalism program, Canmore, Alberta, July, 2018.
In conversation with author and New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean about her latest book and her writing life for Incite presented by the Vancouver Writer’s Festival and the Vancouver Public Library, March 2019.
Featured Presenter @ Locution, a monthly reading series hosted by the UBC Creative Writing Graduate Program, January 2019.
In conversation with Susan Orlean and Tim Falconer for the Banff Centre Literary Journalism program, Canmore, Alberta, July, 2018.
In conversation with Rachel Rose and Jan Redford at Annie Bloom's Books, Portland, and Third Place Books, Seattle, June 2018.
Panelist, Write On Vancouver, VPL Central Branch - The Art of the Fact with Travis Lupick and Miriam Libicki, May 2018.
Panelist, Practice, Purpose, Passion: The Pragmatics of Your Writing Career Professional Development Workshop, UBC Department of Creative Writing, Vancouver, 2017.
Instructor, YouthWrite Peak Experience, summer creative writing camp, Bragg Creek, Alberta, 2017
Keynote Address, Royal City Literary Arts Society Annual General, New Westminister, 2017.
Panelist, Writing the World Now, Opening Panel, The Writers' Union of Canada OnWords Conference, with Jen Sookfong Lee and Syliva McNicoll & Waubgeshig Rice, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver 2017.
Speaker, International Women's Forum Speaker Series with Mohamed Fahmy & Gloria Macarenko, Vancouver 2017.
Guest Author, Book Warehouse (Broadway), Authors for Indies Day, Vancouver, 2017
Featured Author, Audrey's Books, Edmonton, 2016
Presenter, Word Vancouver Festival, 2016
Featured Author, Dunbar Public Library, Vancouver, 2016
Panelist, Canadian Writer's Summit, Toronto, 2016
Guest Author, Book Warehouse (Main), Authors for Indies Day, Vancouver, 2016
Panelist, Creative Nonfiction Collective Society Annual Conference, Victoria, 2015
Featured Author, New Westminster Public Library, 2015
Guest Author, Hager's Books, Authors for Indies Day, Vancouver, 2015
Book Launch with Danielle Metcalf-Chenail, Billy Bishop Royal Canadian Legion, Vancouver, 2014
Featured Author, Christianne's Lyceum of Literature and Art, Vancouver, 2013
Participant, STAR Fest Literary Festival, St. Albert, AB, 2013
Featured Author, LitFest Nonfiction Festival, Edmonton, 2013
Featured Author/Slide Presentation & Discussion, Maria A. Shchuka Public Library, Toronto, 2013
Edna Staebler Creative Non-Fiction Winner Interview, Wilfred Laurier University, Branford Campus, 2013
Book Launch, Chapters Books, Edmonton, 2012
Panelist with Kim Thuy, John Burnside & John Vigna, Vancouver International Writer's Festival, Vancouver, 2012
Panel with Deni Bouchard, Moderated by Kirk LaPointe, Vancouver International Writer's Festival, Vancouver, 2012
Slide Presentation/Feature Presenter, Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, 2012