Readings & Appearances – upcoming, past & present (in newest-oldest date order):
- Monday April 15, 2024 at 4pm – I’ll be reading new and published poems alongside Judy LeBlanc who launches her new collection of personal essays, Permission to Land, this month. Find us at Harbourfront Library, 90 Commercial St, Nanaimo BC.
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November 2, 2023 at 7pm – featured reader at Salt Spring Island’s Poetry Open Mic series; Salt Spring Public Library, 29 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island.
- Saturday October 15, 2023 at 2pm – poetry & music in celebration of the Gorge Waterway, appearing with fellow poet Wendy Donowa and local musicians; Cedar Shores, 77 Gorge Road, Victoria BC.
- Sunday 13 August, 2023 from 2:30-5pm, Judy LeBlanc and I reading from our recent Caitlin books at my home.
- Wednesday 12 July 2023 at 8:30am, at ASLE 2023 in Portland, Oregon. Appearing with fellow eco-poets Lori DiPrete Brown; Sandy Feinstein; and Trey Moody.
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Saturday 22 April 2023 from 2-3pm at the Capilano Branch, North Vancouver Public in Edgemont Village, 3045 Highland Blvd: in-person reading with Susan Alexander in celebration of National Poetry Month (and Shakespeare’s birthday!)
- 7:30pm Wednesday January 18, 2023 in Vancouver – reading with Sarah de Leeuw at Poets Corner. Join us in person at Fairleigh Dickinson University auditorium, 842 Cambie St. in Yaletown.
- Saturday December 10, 2022 at 2pm, in-person reading with Gary Geddes and Ann Eriksson at Gabriola Arts and Heritage Centre, 476-510 South Rd, Gabriola, BC V0R 1X2.
- Saturday October 29, 2022 – in-person reading with Nancy Mattson and Caroline Maldonado at St Mary’s Church, Islington, 7pm. Admission by donation; proceeds to Hospice Care Kenya.
- Saturday October 22,2022 at 4pm. In-person reading with Susan Alexander at Christ Church Cathedral,690 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC V6C 2L1.
- Saturday September 17, 2022 from 2-3:30pm – in-person reading with Heidi Greco at White Rock Public Library, 15342 Buena Vista Avenue, White Rock BC, in celebration of National Organic Week!
- June 15-18, 2022 – at ALECC conference in Saskatoon; in-person reading as part of two Poetry Walks with fellow poets Tanis MacDonald and Ariel Gordon. Our walks were at 2:30pm Thursday 16th and 11:30am Saturday 18th. Details in the conference program.
- Tuesday June 14, 2022 – 7pm in-person reading at McNally Robinson, Saskatoon SK, with Mari-Lou Rowley & Katherine Lawrence.
- Friday June 10, 2022 – in-person reading at Planet Earth Poetry as part of the celebration reading for Poets Caravan; one of nearly 30 poets scheduled to read a poem and celebrate the project.
- Sunday June 5, 2022 – 11am PST – *online* joint launch of Larder – with Mari-Lou Rowley on Zoom, courtesy of Anvil Press & Caitlin Press. The amazing Lisa Pasold will be host for our reading. Recording on Vimeo can be viewed here (gallery view only).
- Saturday May 28, 2022 – 1-3pm – one of a small grove of poets reading to celebrate the publication of Worth More Standing: Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees. Harbourfront Library, Nanaimo BC.
- Friday May 27, 2022 – 7:30 to 9pm – featured reader at Planet Earth Poetry at Russell Books in Victoria.
- Thursday May 12, 2022 – 7pm Fat Oyster in-person reading with Arleen Paré and Kelly Madden, in Fanny Bay BC. grateful thanks to funding provided by the Canada Council through The Writers’ Union of Canada.
- May 6, 2022 – Larder, my 7th full length poetry collection, published by Caitlin Press.
(List of previous readings here)
Poetry recently published in:
- Acumen; Alimentum; Antigonish Review; Channel; CuiZine; CV2; Descant; The Malahat Review; Poetrymagazine.com; Prism International; Small Farmer’s Journal; Vallum (including an audio version of The Phantom Bus)
- 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, 2010, Patricia Oxley, Ed.
- Going Behind the Scenes: Education at Kettle’s Yard.
- Poems from Planet Earth: the Planet Earth Poetry anthology, from Leaf Press January 2013.
- Prism International, Food issue, 2013.
- Rocksalt: An Anthology of Contemporary BC Poetry, Mothertongue Press, 2008; Mona Fertig, Harold Rhenisch, editors.
- Sweet Water: Poems for the Watershed, Yvonne Blomer, ed., Caitlin, 2019.
- Sunday Dinners, a chewy little interactive collection designed by Calgary artist Colleen Philippi, from JackPine Press
- Untying the Apron: Daughters Remember Mothers of the 1950s, edited by Lorri Neilsen Glenn; from Guernica, 2013.
- Walk Myself Home: An Anthology to End Violence Against Women from Caitlin Press (proceeds to THS Society of Transition Houses)
- We Are One: Poems from the Pandemic, George Melnyk, ed., Bayeux, 2020.
- Worth More Standing, Christine Lowther, ed., Caitlin Press, 2022.
- Writing Menopause: An Anthology of Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-fiction Jane Cawthorne and E.D. Morin eds. Inanna, 2017.
Recently published prose:
- A Small Farm Future. Feature, in Small Farm Canada, May-June 2021.
- On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus; review in Small Farm Canada, July 2020.
- Apples! Are They Still Keeping the Doctor Away? feature, in Alive Magazine, August 2014.
- Review of Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson, in Small Farm Canada, March/April 2014.
- 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. Feature in 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).
Recent Books:
- Larder (poetry) was published May 2022 by Caitlin Press.
- Ex-ville (poetry) was published November 2014 by Oolichan Books.
- Digging the City (nonfiction) was published October 2012 by RMB
- Cartography (poetry) was published March 2006 by Oolichan Books.