I saw a statue of an elephant with an easter egg wreath 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 full and sweet and from your hand-knit sweater I can tell you are the kind of woman who brings people homemade bread and vegetables from your garden. It is that kind of place, this little island, and you are that kind of woman.
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 to be added. Do you have […]
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 enough to read with Sunil Yappa […]
It is still a little strange to see a childhood photograph sitting on a bookstore shelf. Sometimes I look at the little face on the cover of my book and I think Oh the terrible and amazing things […]
‘Everyone knew a kid was better than a dog or a woman for hitchhiking’: don’t call Sonja Larsen a survivor Vancouver Province – Feb 12 2016
“An insightful and moving memoir.” Vancouver Sun – The revolution that never was – January 29th 2016 “an insightful and moving memoir.”
“An engrossing memoir detailing the art of grotesque seduction.” NOW Toronto Magazine – Cult Following – January 27 2016
“A triumphant affirmation of the story teller’s art.” National Post – Putting the ‘commune’ in community – Saturday January 23rd 2016
For Sonja Larsen, rebellion meant joining a radical left-wing political party and becoming the youngest member of its militia, an astonishing experience she chronicles in her new memoir, Red Star Tattoo: My Life as a Girl Revolutionary, […]