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 a personal choice at City Hall. Please be kind and respectful of others.) Free Admission, Light refreshments RSVP: Register via…
Read More...ICYMI: Shelagh Rogers, me and Ann on the Radio
Ann Xu and I had a wonderful radio visit with Shelagh Rogers last month. Read about or listen to the interview by clicking on the image of Shelagh. 🙂 “She’s a 76-year-old Japanese Canadian woman who’s been living in a supported living situation. Her daughters really wanted her to be there, I think just for peace of mind and safety and all sorts of loving reasons. But Kumiko never felt comfortable there and she was…
Read More...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
Read More...Brooklyn Book Fest – October 3, 2021
Event details: https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/personal-stories-universal-resonance/
Read More...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
Read More...Au 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 and shared it with their communities. I am so grateful. Shadow Life made some lists! Thank you, dear Readers.…
Read More...Thank 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 City… That a book I wrote and was gorgeously brought to life by artist Ann Xu @espershand is recognized on…
Read More...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, Nov 9 at 7pm
Read More...Vancouver 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.
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