Upcoming happenings

I currently teach, edit and/or am on faculty at the Banff School of Arts and Creativity Literary Journalism Program, the University of Kings College MFA in Creative Nonfiction, and the University of British Columbia School of Creative Writing.

Services

Please feel free to contact me about the following services:

Editing: narrative/creative nonfiction manuscripts and book proposals

Consulting: narrative nonfiction writing, narrative structure, proposal writing

Teaching: all aspects of creative nonfiction craft, longform literary journalistm, writing nonfiction book proposals that sell


Previous happenings

Here is a partial list of previous events & speaking engagements:

Meet Our Local Authors event with North Shore Elder College, October, 2019, Delbrook Community Recreation Centre, North Vancouver.

Vancouver Writers Festival: Moderator, Truth-Telling with Annahid Dashtgard, Anna Mehler Paperny and Lorimer Shenher, October 2019.

Word Vancouver PEN Canada panel discussion with two of my favourite nonfiction writers, John Vaillant and Deborah Campbell, September 29, 2019 at the Vancouver Central Library.

In conversation with Susan Orlean and Michael Harris for the Banff Centre Literary Journalism program, Canmore, Alberta, July, 2018.

In conversation with author and New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean about her latest book and her writing life for Incite presented by the Vancouver Writer’s Festival and the Vancouver Public Library, March 2019.

Featured Presenter @ Locution, a monthly reading series hosted by the UBC Creative Writing Graduate Program, January 2019.

In conversation with Susan Orlean and Tim Falconer for the Banff Centre Literary Journalism program, Canmore, Alberta, July, 2018.

In conversation with Rachel Rose and Jan Redford at Annie Bloom's Books, Portland, and Third Place Books, Seattle, June 2018.

Panelist, Write On Vancouver, VPL Central Branch - The Art of the Fact with Travis Lupick and Miriam Libicki, May 2018.

Panelist, Practice, Purpose, Passion: The Pragmatics of Your Writing Career Professional Development Workshop,  UBC Department of Creative Writing, Vancouver, 2017.

Instructor, YouthWrite Peak Experience, summer creative writing camp, Bragg Creek, Alberta, 2017

Keynote Address, Royal City Literary Arts Society Annual General, New Westminister, 2017.

Panelist, Writing the World Now, Opening Panel, The Writers' Union of Canada OnWords Conference, with Jen Sookfong Lee and Syliva McNicoll & Waubgeshig Rice, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver 2017.

Speaker, International Women's Forum Speaker Series with Mohamed Fahmy & Gloria Macarenko, Vancouver 2017.  

Guest Author, Book Warehouse (Broadway), Authors for Indies Day, Vancouver, 2017

Featured Author, Audrey's Books, Edmonton, 2016

Presenter, Word Vancouver Festival, 2016

Featured Author, Dunbar Public Library, Vancouver, 2016

Panelist, Canadian Writer's Summit, Toronto, 2016

Guest Author, Book Warehouse (Main), Authors for Indies Day, Vancouver, 2016

Panelist, Creative Nonfiction Collective Society Annual Conference, Victoria, 2015

Featured Author, New Westminster Public Library, 2015

Guest Author, Hager's Books, Authors for Indies Day, Vancouver, 2015

Book Launch with Danielle Metcalf-Chenail, Billy Bishop Royal Canadian Legion, Vancouver, 2014

Featured Author, Christianne's Lyceum of Literature and Art, Vancouver, 2013

Participant, STAR Fest Literary Festival, St. Albert, AB, 2013

Featured Author, LitFest Nonfiction Festival, Edmonton, 2013

Featured Author/Slide Presentation & Discussion, Maria A. Shchuka Public Library, Toronto, 2013

Edna Staebler Creative Non-Fiction Winner Interview, Wilfred Laurier University, Branford Campus, 2013

Book Launch, Chapters Books, Edmonton, 2012

Panelist with Kim Thuy, John Burnside & John Vigna, Vancouver International Writer's Festival, Vancouver, 2012

Panel with Deni Bouchard, Moderated by Kirk LaPointe, Vancouver International Writer's Festival, Vancouver, 2012

Slide Presentation/Feature Presenter, Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, 2012