Author’s book signing at Sunnycrest Mall
I will be signing copies of Vancouver’s Glory Years at Woods Christmas Store, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, BC from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Find out more about my memoir No Letter in Your Pocket
I will be signing copies of Vancouver’s Glory Years at Woods Christmas Store, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, BC from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
I’m offering a two-hour online workshop Wild Mind: Freeing the Writer Within on April 10 from 1 to 3 pm. Designed to cure writer’s block and access your deepest writing self. For all skill levels. Contact the Royal City Literary Arts Society to register.
March 16 – April 27, 2009 (six Saturdays; no class April 13) I’ll be offering Creative Nonfiction Writing from 7 to 9 p.m. at Capilano University, Sechelt Campus. For more details, please see my Teaching section of this website.
I’m joining a host of local Sunshine Coast writers who will give five-minute readings on the topic of “family.” I’ll be reading the opening pages of my memoir-in-progress No Letter in Your Pocket. Doors open at 7 p.m., readings begin at 7:30 p.m. The Arts Building is at 464 South Fletcher in lower Gibsons, next…
BOOK LAUNCH: GRACIE’S GOT A SECRET I’m excited to have Sunshine Coast entertainer John Conway do a fun storytelling session, with puppets and sound effects, for my Gracie’s Got a Secret book launch. I’ll be hosting a discussion with the audience afterwards. The launch is at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt, BC from…
Author reading of my children’s book Gracie’s Got a Secret at Gibsons Public Library in Gibsons, BC. The event, hosted by children’s librarian Heather Evans-Cullen, includes puppets and an opportunity for hands-on crafts. Click here to see photos of the event.
Most Canadians consider Sir John A. Macdonald, the nation’s first prime minister, as “the Father of Confederation.” But this crusty politician, an ancestor of mine on my mother’s side, might well be called “father of residential schools.” Want to learn how his policies launched aboriginal children into decades of forced assimilation and abuse? Read my opinion piece “Macdonald’s legacy not…