New Suns 2 – Hot off the Presses

So excited to receive New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color!!! My short story, “Home is Where the Heart Is” came after a long dry spell. Writing stories is also a kind of spell. So is reading… Edited by the inimitable #NisiShawl! Can’t wait to dive in! Published by Solaris.  

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Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

The 4th National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, St. Pete’s Beach, Florida. February 8-12th, 2023 (rescheduled from October 2022 due to hurricane Ian). This conference feels particularly urgent and necessary these days… Full Schedule here: https://www.jclcinc.org/conference/2022/schedule/

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Writing with Ghosts: The Power of Haunted Writing

Very excited announce registration is open for Writing with Ghosts. Kyo Maclear and I are facilitating a writing retreat at Hollyhock on Cortes Island this fall–October 1 – 6, 2023 What haunts you? What returns and what persists? It may be the memory of a vivid sensation, a deep regret, an ancestral rumor, a former…

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Wilde about Sappho – Pride Reading at Victoria’s City Hall

Join City of Victoria Poet Laureate John Barton, local poets and Special Guest Mayor Lisa Helps to celebrate Pride Month in Victoria. Featuring: Ali Blythe, Wendy Donawa, Hiromi Goto, matthew [bettina] heinz, Eli Mushumanski, Shō Yamagushiku Tuesday, June 7, 2022 — 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30pm) City Hall, Antechamber (Masks are…

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One Book One SFU

In case you missed this, here is a link to the recording. 🙂 Please join us this Wednesday, March 9th at 7pm for an Interactive Livestream via Zoom. (I’ll be on stage with Erica and Sarah!) Tickets via Eventbrite    

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On Edge Reading Series – Tonight (Feb 8) at 6:30 pm.

Free public online event tonight at 6:30! Register to join. Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you to the Emily Carr Writing Centre and Mercedes Eng. Full details: https://www.ecuad.ca/events/on-edge-reading-series-spring-2022-with-hiromi-goto    

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Me and Kyo Maclear @ Calgary WordFest

Come join me in conversation with dear writing friend, Kyo Maclear and lovely host Shelley Youngblut as we talk about how bodies are represented and seen. Our relationships with these ideas. And soooo much more! Kyo is such a thoughtful thinker, writer, conversationalist. I always walk away from our conversations with so much goodness. Tuesday,…

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