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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…

By SonjaNovember 29, 2016November 30, 2016
Notes, Red Star Tattoo

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…

By SonjaOctober 6, 2016October 6, 2016
Notes, Red Star Tattoo

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…

By SonjaSeptember 18, 2016September 20, 2016
Red Star Tattoo

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…

By SonjaJune 30, 2016July 1, 2016
Notes, Red Star Tattoo, Uncategorized

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…

By SonjaMay 19, 2016July 14, 2016
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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…

By SonjaApril 28, 2016August 16, 2016
Elephant with Easter decoration
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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…

By SonjaMarch 25, 2016September 20, 2016
Red Star Tattoo

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…

By SonjaMarch 22, 2016October 4, 2017
Notes, Red Star Tattoo

#tbt Galiano Island Literary Festival 2016

By SonjaMarch 10, 2016June 29, 2016
Notes, Red Star Tattoo

#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…

By SonjaMarch 3, 2016June 29, 2016

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Things I write about

being a late bloomer books cults family fashion flash fiction girlhood hippies kids memoir memory my strange childhood places I've worked reading Red Star Tattoo relationships revolutionaries secrets sisters talking to strangers the Downtown Eastside Vancouver writing

Winner of the 2017 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

Shortlisted for the 2016 Hilary Weston Writer's Trust Prize for Non-Fiction

Selected one of National Post 2016 Books of the Year

Selected one of NOW Magazine's 2016 Books of the Year

Selected one of CBC's 2016 Books of the Year

Latest Posts

A story years in the making finally finds a home

February 16, 2019

Red Star Tattoo wins 2017 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

October 11, 2017

Press & Reviews for Red Star Tattoo

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Red Star Tattoo nominated for 2017 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Ficton

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#lifebeforetheinternet

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