Reading at SFU Writing and Publishing Graduation 2011

I am humbled to have been chosen by my peers to to read at the SFU Writing and Publishing Graduation 2011. I will be representing The Writers Studio from the Poetry and Lyric Prose mentor group. Trish Webb from Fiction, and Karen Lee from Creative Non-Fiction will also be reading. 

There will be a presentation by Dr. Helen Wussow, Dean, Lifelong Learning Unit, SFU

Certificates will be awarded in Business Communication and Professional Writing; Editing; Publishing; Public Relations; Creative Writing; Technical Communications. 

Wednesday July 6 7pm SFU Harbour Centre.

June 22 Reading New Work at the Roundhouse

Hi Folks! I will be reading new poems at the Roundhouse Tuesday June 21 2011 7pm to 9pm with The Writers Caravan. See you there! This is a free event. Fellow The Writers Studio readers will be Yaana Dancer, Dhana Musil, and Rua Mercier. More details below. Spread the word ( :

'Thursdays Writing Collective is hosting an evening celebration and reading for the culmination of its pilot project: The Writers Caravan. The project was designed to foster creative contact between city writing groups that might not otherwise intersect, by writing together on common themes and reading together in local venues. Members of three Vancouver writing communities participated: UBC Law students, The Writer’s Studio 2011, and Write Club! Literary Mamas. The connections were electric! You are invited to join us from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Tuesday June 21 at the Roundhouse, 81 Roundhouse Mews (Davie and Pacific).  Find The Writers Caravan on facebook and online at: Thursdayspoems.wordpress.com'

check out photos from the event here

Reading with the Writers Caravan April 15

I will be reading with the Writers Caravan, a collaboration between the Thursdays Collective and The Writers Studio.

Friday April 15 2011
Take 5 Cafe
7pm to 9.30pm
429 Granville St (at Hastings)
Vancouver
Wheelchair access is at the back on Hastings St (604 697 9090)

Co hosted by Elee Kraljii Gardiner of Thursdays Collective and  Fiona Scott of The Writers Studio Reading Series. Featuring writers from the lively Carnegie Centre based Thursdays Collective, and The Writers Studio. Including my compatriot Rua Mercier, and my fellow Poetry and Lyric Prose students Dhana Musil and Yaana Dancer.

I will read a prose poem '8 Doors to Happiness' loosely based on a Buddhist poem '8 Steps to happiness'. In my disability friendly version, a journey via transit reveals the interconnectedness of all beings.

The Writers Caravan will feature more collaborative readings and a publication later in the year.

Canadian Women Studies Journal: Women and Cancer

I have a piece published in the Spring/Summer 2010 Volume of Canadian Women Studies Journal: Women and Cancer; Volume 28, Numbers 2,3. Apart from my poetry chapbook,  (in) valid, this marks my first publication in an anthology in Canada. Yeehaa!

 The Canadian Women Studies Journal:  takes a critical look at women and cancer with scholarly and creative contributions on: Challenging Existing Paradigms; Intersectionalities and the Biopolitics of Cancer Care; Cultural Politics of Cancer; Witnessing: Personal Narratives of Illness, Agency and Care; Poetry; Book Reviews. 

My piece Cancer Comedy: Would You Like Hormones With That? is in the Witnessing: Personal Narratives of Illness, Agency and Care section. I ponder amongst other things the relative media hype of illnesses like cancer as opposed to other less 'glamorous' disabilities we might have.

With contributions from over 50 women the whole anthology looks like quite the interesting read.

The Writers Studio at SFU

I am in week 2 of The Writers Studio at Simon Fraser University. I am very excited to have been accepted in to this much sought after course. I will be working in the Poetry and Lyric Prose stream, on a manuscript of 60 poems - The Synesthete and the Kinesthete over the next year with mentor Jen Currin. It is great to be able to focus on writing again and be amongst other writers! Yay! Go team!