Check out my Events page for current and immediately forthcoming events.
- Readings & Appearances (in date order):
- Saturday August 10 at 1pm I’ll be at Ten Old Books doing a book signing while the Duncan farmers market is on.
- Book signing at the Fairhaven Farmers Market 3-4pm followed by a reading at Village Books at 7pm in Fairhaven Wednesday June 12, 2013. (See poster for details)
- Anthology launch: Untying The Apron: Daughters Remember Mothers of the 1950s, at Planet Earth Poetry, Victoria, Friday May 17, 2013.
- Anthology launch: Poems from Planet Earth (Leaf Press), at Planet Earth Poetry, Victoria, April 12, 2013.
- Panel discussion: I was on a panel talking about food writing at the Malahat Review’s WordThaw event on Saturday March 23 at the University of Victoria.
- Reading: I read poetry plus prose from Digging the City at Planet Earth Poetry, Victoria, 22 March 2013, with visiting poet Rosemary Griebel.
- I read from Digging the City at the fabulous Village Books in Fairhaven, Bellingham WA on Sunday Feb 3.
- I lead a discussion with the Victoria Horticultural Society’s Fruit & Vegetable Group on Monday January 28, 2013, on the topic Seeds of Community: Seed saving and community seed banks.
- I had a great time talking about Digging the City: An Urban Agriculture Manifesto with Stephen Whipp’s Ethical Investing clients on 8th December.
- Digging the City: An Urban Agriculture Manifesto was also present at the marvellous Victoria Stone Soup event, 2nd December, at The Odd Fellows Hall in Victoria (see blog posting here)
- I launched Digging the City: An Urban Agriculture Manifesto at the Cornerstone Cafe, on November 27.
- I presented Digging the City: An Urban Agriculture Manifesto at the Heritage House Publishing Author Celebration in Victoria on November 22, 2012.
- I gave a book talk on Digging the City: An Urban Agriculture Manifesto. Saanich Centennial Library, Victoria. September 2012.
- I organized a panel discussion and baking workshop for Andrew Whitley’s visit to Victoria September 2012.
- Presenter (Gardens as Repositories of Local Food Memory) at ALECC Biennial Conference: Space + Memory = Place. University of British Columbia, Okanagan and Okanagan College, Kelowna and Penticton, BC, August, 2012
- Poetry reading: An Evening of Canadian Poetry, Vancouver Public Library, Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level, Central Library 350 West Georgia Street March, 2012 (with Ruth Roach Pierson and ED Blodgett).
- Talk: CSA: The Acronym of Our Time at Ideawave 2012, Ambrosia Centre, 638 Fisgard Ave, Victoria. February, 2012.
- Malahat Review Fall Launch, Victoria: November 2011
- Tonight It’s Poetry, Saskatoon: April, 2011
- Vertigo Poetry series, Regina: April, 2011
- Reid-Thompson Public Library, Humboldt: April 2011
- Planet Earth Poetry, Victoria: May, 2011
- “Creative Approaches to Food & Farming” panel, ASLE, Bloomington, June, 2011
- Poems forthcoming in:
- Poems from Planet Earth: the Planet Earth Poetry anthology, due out from Leaf Press January 2013.
- Prism International, Food issue.
- Untying the Apron: Daughters Remember Mothers of the 1950s, edited by Lorri Neilsen Glenn; due out from Guernica in 2013.
- Recently published prose:
- A Last Bite of Summer: The Flavour Gourmet Picnic. EAT Magazine (October 2012).
- A Moveable Feast: Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World from Lonely Planet;
- Dealing with Wireworms. Small Farm Canada (Nov/Dec 2011)
- Prime Pollinators: More than honeybees in the fields; and Will Allen’s Powerful Message: Growing out of poverty. Small Farm Canada (March/April 2011).
- Poetry recently published in:
- Acumen; Alimentum; Antigonish Review; CuiZine; CV2; Descant, The Malahat Review; Prism International; Vallum
- Deep Waters: Rivers, Lakes & Seas anthology, Outrider Press.
- The Earth’s Kitchen, a tasty chapbook of food poetry from Leaf Press
- First Sixty: the Acumen anthology
- Going Behind the Scenes: Education at Kettle’s Yard.
- Rocksalt anthology
- Sunday Dinners, a chewy little interactive collection designed by Calgary artist Colleen Philippi, from JackPine Press
- Walk Myself Home: An Anthology to End Violence Against Women from Caitlin Press (proceeds to THS Society of Transition Houses)
- Cartography was published March 2006 by Oolichan Books