News & Reviews
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 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 MoreShort story in New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Colour
“One Easy Trick” in New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color. Edited by Nisi Shawl. (March 2019)
Read MoreNew story with Uncanny Magazine: “Notes from Liminal Spaces”
Well, new to publication, but it was first delivered as a keynote several years ago at 2015 Academic Conference of Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy. A spiral text that moves between story and critical discourse, nods to Tiptree’s, “The Women Men Don’t See”…. You can read it here. Also on the Uncanny site, Julia Rios…
Read MoreOur Inherent Creatureness: An Excerpt and Interview from Hiromi Goto
From PRISM international: Contemporary writing from Canada and the world
Read More2017 mentor for The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, and other news
Many long days since I’ve last updated. Lots has happened, of course, in the way of life and busynesses. A new group of writers at The Writer’s Studio. Late 2016 I joined the board of Plentitude Magazine, a work trip to University of Colorado, Boulder, hosted by the marvellous Marcia Douglas. I had the chance to…
Read MoreDenman Island Writers Festival July 13-16, 2017
July on Denman Island surrounded by lovers of books, stories, Salish Sea… I can’t think of a better way to enjoy the summer! Come and explore the island and delve into literature at the Denman Island Writers Festival. There will be writing workshops, too! Please visit their website for further details, scheduling. I’ll be reading…
Read MoreUniversity of Calgary Faculty of Arts Alumni Event
Join Dean Sigurdson and Hiromi Goto BA’90 for an evening of conversation and performance. An alumni association Faculty of Arts event, meet other alumni, connect, reconnect, network and build community in the Metro Vancouver Area. Please register.
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