Where we live now
Here is a picture that a friend sent to me of a book case at the Tommy Douglas library. I’m in some pretty interesting company there, but then again, these feel like…
Red Star Tattoo shortlisted for Hilary Weston Writer’s Trust Non-Fiction Award
Celebrating the best in Canadian non-fiction, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize finalists have been revealed. How many have you read? Click #linkinprofile to shop. #IndigoBooks #WestonPrize #CanLit #Books A…
The Back To School Feeling Never Ends
Fall Thoughts It’s cliché but the September light just gets me every time. And this feeling of renewal. Fresh pencils, fresh pages. The metaphoric made real. I often dreaded school…
The many names and faces of the National Labor Federation
The organization I belonged to during my teenage years had many names and many faces and continues to operate thirty years later. In Redding California, the public face of the organization was…
Conversations about secrets and story-telling
First there was the silence, The years and years of silence. Then slowly there were a few stories. I let it slip that my entire alternative school use to go skinny dipping…
Getting lost (and found) in books #AFI2016
Books had a prominent but complicated place on my mother’s side of the family. Books gave you status, proof that you were not ignorant. I always got the impression that…
The elephant (or ‘does writing it all down ever make it go away?’)
I saw this on my walk today and thought about you. You were the blonde woman with the radiant smile at the writer’s retreat. Your smile, your hair, they were…
Red Star Tattoo out in the world
Thank you to all my sweet friends who have sent me photos of the book out in the world! Here are a few although I think there are still a few…
#tbt Writer’s Festival Incite Series reading
The Writer’s Festival Incite series is a really amazing and free series of readings happening twice a month at the main branch of the Vancouver Public Library. I was lucky…