News & Reviews
Upcoming Events at Memorial University, Grenfell Campus
Too distracted prepping for said presentations I haven’t inputted the details into my Events page! But I thought I need to place it Somewhere! Several talks and a reading coming up at Memorial University, Grenfell Campus, in Newfoundland. All events are open to the general public and are free of charge. Yoroshiku!
Read MoreHiromi Goto’s & Celine Loup’s 1rst Graphic Novel, ‘Shadow Life’
Oh MY GOD! I’ve been sitting on this news forever! And now we can finally talk about it! Our first ever graphic novel will be published with First Second Books in 2018. Still a ways to go, Celine will be starting her brilliant but long labour (respect!) of making visual art out of words soon.…
Read MoreHiromi Goto Interview on Co-op Radio
Is blogging still a thing? I’ve fallen off of regular postings. My partner reassures me that I’m micro-blogging on Twitter and I suppose it’s true. A dear writer friend of mine, who is very savvy, has pointed out writing a lot on a blog is basically writing for free, when it’s important that we try…
Read MoreHiromi Goto’s EMMA Talk, “Protest”
The video of my talk, “Protest”, is up! I had the honour of speaking at EMMA Talks: Engaging Monologues, Mutual Aid, this autumn, with artist and activist Julie Flett. Her talk should be up on the site soon! EMMA Talks states: “The core purpose of EMMA Talks is to bring important stories by women identified* writers, activists, thinkers,…
Read MoreInterview with CWILA
Had a great experience with Canadian Women in the Literary Arts– Tina Northrup asked interesting questions and these are the best kinds of interviews– when the interviewer has us thinking longer and more deeply. It’s also freaking great to be interviewed in a feminist venue. Please go take a look!
Read MoreSpeaking Tour in Japan
I’ve decided to detail my upcoming trip to Japan here, rather than in the Upcoming Events section because, for the most part, I don’t have the exact information on the locations (such as building name, room number, etc.) and some of the events won’t be open to the public. The ones I’m certain that are…
Read MoreWisCon38 Guest of Honour Speech
I would like to acknowledge the Ho-Chunk and Dakota Sioux Nations and their traditional lands. I am a guest, here, and I am grateful. Thank you, to the WisCon community and committee members, who have invited me as a guest of honour. I am deeply touched and so very chuffed the glow will travel to…
Read More20th Anniversary Reissue of Chorus of Mushrooms
https://newestpress.com/books/chorus-of-mushrooms-20th-anniversary-edition What an honour and also bemusing to think that twenty years have already passed…. Larissa Lai so generously wrote a thoughtful and historically contextualized afterword and Smaro Kamboureli conducts an interview with me. I think this reissue will be particularly good for students and instructors. Although I like to think it will be good…
Read MoreAthabasca University WIR Details
The Athabasca University WIR information is up on their website. Folks looking for information on how to submit writing for consultation please click the “contact” link. You do not have to be an AU student or alumni to submit material. However, you can only submit one time. I’m heading to Edmonton next week for some…
Read MoreMentoring Genre & YA Fiction for The Writer’s Studio: Interview on Reality Skimming blog
Lynda Williams asks me some questions about the upcoming Genre &/or YA Fiction writing course through SFU’s The Writer’s Studio program. Learn more about it here. You’re also welcome to send me questions through my website although specific queries about how to apply should be directed to <twsinfo@sfu.ca> . Thank you to Lynda Williams & David…
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