HEATHER’S POSTS

  • Facilitated reading Oct. 19 in West Vancouver
    I’ll be part of the Oct. 19 event “From Pain to Power,” a two-author reading celebration in West Vancouver, shared with my friend Roxanne Davies. She’s author of the narrative nonfiction book The Blue Riviera, a poignant tale of her mother’s death under mysterious circumstances. In her words: “This is…
  • Catch my reading Oct. 3 in Powell River
    Want to hear my stories of solo travel in India, from touring the Taj Mahal under curfew to visiting an exorcism temple? Come to my reading “A Story of Thriving Empowerment” at Powell River Public Library in Powell River, BC. It’s on Thursday, Oct. 3, from 2 to 3 pm….
  • Another excellent author experience at Art and Words
    Had an excellent time at this year’s 3rd Annual Art and Words event, held at the Gibsons Public Market Aug. 22-25. This event, hosted by the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society, started with the Book Fair, where more than a dozen authors and artists shared their wares on the…
  • SCWES Book Fair Aug. 16 at Trail Bay Mall, Sechelt
    How do you find my Book Fair author table? Look for the sasquatch tablecloth, Bigfoot figures, and tree full of animal hand puppets. I was among about a dozen authors and artists, all members of Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society, who sold and signed books Aug. 16 at Trail…
  • Cancel culture: Consider a case-by-case response
    The following is my final post in a three-part series addressing the sexual assault of Alice Munro’s daughter by her stepfather. Alice Munro’s daughter Andrea Robin Skinner has said that she does not want her public revelations regarding sexual abuse by her stepfather Gerald Fremlin to destroy her mother’s legacy….
  • Munro no ‘feminist icon’
    Some have called author Alice Munro a “feminist icon.” The devastating revelations about how she stuck by her second husband who sexually abused her daughter Andrea certainly show otherwise. Again, this does not surprise me. I consider myself a feminist and yet even so-called ones, presumably evolved beyond misogynistic values…

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