News & Reviews
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…
Read MoreOne 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
Read MoreAu Revoir 2021
Pressure to arrive at some kind of overview of a year’s passage. The close of one thing and entry into another. Then I think of the universe…. What is time? ^__^)/ It was so great to bring Shadow Life out into the world. Thank you, to everyone who has read it and bought it…
Read MoreThank you, New York Public Library
Super, super excited that #ShadowLife has made the New York Public Library’s Best of 2021 List!! Imagine a young Japanese Canadian tomboy book nerd with serious Bangs living in the 1970s rural Pacific Northwest, reading from The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and A Cricket in Times Square, and dreaming about New York…
Read MoreMe 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,…
Read MoreVancouver Writers Festival
Heading back to Vancouver today for Vancouver Writers Festival! I’m excited to be a part of two panels– a third one “The Human Connection” has been moved entirely online and I’ll update with more info soon. It’s been a long pandemic and it feels good to join writers and readers at a festival. …
Read MoreBrooklyn Book Fest, Today! – Personal Stories, Universal Resonance
This is happening today! Please come join us! This is gonna be a rich conversation… 😍 Sunday, October 3, 3pm Pacific Time (click the image for more info and to reserve your spot)
Read MoreOnline Event – Creative Mornings & Victoria Festival of Authors
Creative Mornings Victoria — Friday, September 24th at 11 am A short reading and discussion of the theme of “Dare.” Presented in partnership with the Victoria Festival of Authors.
Read MoreInterview with Dana Gee in the Vancouver Sun
The Making of Shadow Life – Tomorrow! (Friday May 21)
Join me and Ann tomorrow at @VancouverComics for a behind the scenes look at the making of Shadow Life! Tune in at 4pm PT or 7 pm ET to watch us live here: https://www.youtube.com/vancaf
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