Publishers Weekly starred review of Shadow Life
“This wry genre-bending graphic novel from Goto (the Half World series) delves into aging, independence, lost love, and mortality with a whimsy that doesn’t undercut its literary heft. …” full review in Publishers Weekly
Read MoreGirl Minus X by Anne Stone
Girl Minus X is Gripping, prescient, smart. An exciting plot written with the precision of a poet surgeon…. The perfect merging of premise, psychology, story and heart. Unflinching. Please join our conversation. And order the book! (^__^)/
Read MoreShortlisted! CBC’s 2020 Poetry Prize
What a thrill and honor to be shortlisted beside Emily Riddle, Selina Boan, Andrea Scott and Matthew Hollett!! These poems all burning at different temperatures, hues. Incandescent. Thank you CBC Books and all the judges who read so many poems.
Read MoreLonglisted for the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize
I’ve been writing a suite of poems about & not about birds… Like vectors of ideas. Flitting across cultures, languages, class… Hope. Feeling so blessed to be on this long list. Thank you, birds. You lift me up every day.
Read MoreChor der Pilze arrives at my doorstep
A storm’s blown in & trees sway & rattle, arbutus leaves flung through the air. To this forest has arrived the German Translation of Chorus of Mushrooms.
Read MoreCass Verlag acquires German rights to Chorus of Mushrooms
World German language rights to my first novel, Chorus of Mushrooms have been acquired by Cass Verlag. Publication slated for fall 2020! For folks who don’t know me, this was my first novel over 20 years ago when I was still in my twenties… I’ve had more books since then. Hopefully a few more under…
Read MoreReview of Rising Tides by Dorothy Woodend (The Tyee)
Event: Vancouver Launch of Rising Tides
The Last Time I Saw You
So honoured to be included in the Winter issue of Brick with so many amazing writers. My creative nonfiction essay, “The Last Time I Saw You” is about meeting kin on contested ground.
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