Memoir writing workshop at Gambier Island B&B
I’ll be hosting a Memoir Writing Workshop at Gabriels on Gambier Retreat, Gambier Island, BC, 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, please call me at 1-800-601-5611.
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Interview on Swiss consulate website
An interview with me regarding my year of college and work in Switzerland in 1976-77 appears on the website of the Swiss consulate in Vancouver, BC. Click here to read it and see related photographs.
Zoom reading Sept. 19
Hello Everyone, The Burnaby Writers’ Society is sponsoring me as a featured writer on Zoom, Sunday, Sept. 19, starting at noon. I’ll be reading short excerpts from three sources: my essay “A Slow Good-bye,” a visit to the Taj Mahal from my memoir No Letter in Your Pocket (Guernica Editions 2023), and my picture book…
My online course Writing From Pain to Power begins Feb. 23
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Memoir reading March 24 at Mission Point House
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Fed. of BC Writers Zoom reading
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