Past Events:
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 6:30pm
Brockton Writers Series
Glad Day Books, Toronto
Guest Speaker - How to Write a Novel in Ten Years: Total Rewrites, Massive Scrap Piles, and Persistence Through the Long Haul
I'll be talking about--well, the subtitle says it all. Readers for the evening are Dorothy Ellen Palmer, Spencer Butt, Jia Qing Wilson-Yang, and Puneet Dutt. [You can read my accompanying blog post on the Brockton Writers blog here.]
Glad Day Books, Toronto
Guest Speaker - How to Write a Novel in Ten Years: Total Rewrites, Massive Scrap Piles, and Persistence Through the Long Haul
I'll be talking about--well, the subtitle says it all. Readers for the evening are Dorothy Ellen Palmer, Spencer Butt, Jia Qing Wilson-Yang, and Puneet Dutt. [You can read my accompanying blog post on the Brockton Writers blog here.]
Friday, June 17, 2016, 10am
Canadian Writers' Summit
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Panel - Achieving Your Creative Dream: The Shadow Side. I'm excited to be organizing and participating in a panel on a topic I've been mulling over for a couple of years now. With Sarah Henstra as moderator, Carrie Snyder, Suzanne Alyssa Andrew, Maria Meindl and I will be talking about what happens when you finally succeed at a creative goal, and instead of the elation and accomplishment you anticipated, you find yourself blindsided by a darker response. We'll open up about the depression, anxiety, fear, and loss that have accompanied our successes, and discuss how to integrate and transcend these shadow sides of creative accomplishment. [Blogger and writer Melanie Martilla wrote up her detailed notes here.]
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Panel - Achieving Your Creative Dream: The Shadow Side. I'm excited to be organizing and participating in a panel on a topic I've been mulling over for a couple of years now. With Sarah Henstra as moderator, Carrie Snyder, Suzanne Alyssa Andrew, Maria Meindl and I will be talking about what happens when you finally succeed at a creative goal, and instead of the elation and accomplishment you anticipated, you find yourself blindsided by a darker response. We'll open up about the depression, anxiety, fear, and loss that have accompanied our successes, and discuss how to integrate and transcend these shadow sides of creative accomplishment. [Blogger and writer Melanie Martilla wrote up her detailed notes here.]
Monday, September 21, 2015, 8pm
Common Reading Series, September Edition
Bell Jar Cafe, 2072 Dundas St W, Toronto
Words and wine with me, Ann Shin, and Kevin Hardcastle. I'll be bravely reading from The Mother Act, my novel in progress.
Bell Jar Cafe, 2072 Dundas St W, Toronto
Words and wine with me, Ann Shin, and Kevin Hardcastle. I'll be bravely reading from The Mother Act, my novel in progress.
Sunday, October 19, 2014, 1-5pm
Creativity Rising
100 Harbord St., Toronto
A juicy half-day creative writing + Kundalini yoga workshop with me and my sister, Kundalini yoga instructor Leah Reimer.
100 Harbord St., Toronto
A juicy half-day creative writing + Kundalini yoga workshop with me and my sister, Kundalini yoga instructor Leah Reimer.
Thursday, June 19, 2014, 7 pm
The M Word: A Conversation About Mothers in Children's Books
Parentbooks, 121 Harbord St., Toronto
A fun event in celebration of The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood, in which Kerry Clare, Heather Birrell, Patricia Storms, Amy Lavender Harris and I will talk about the portrayal of mothers in children's literature. [Nathalie Foy recapped the evening beautifully on the 4 Mothers blog.]
Parentbooks, 121 Harbord St., Toronto
A fun event in celebration of The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood, in which Kerry Clare, Heather Birrell, Patricia Storms, Amy Lavender Harris and I will talk about the portrayal of mothers in children's literature. [Nathalie Foy recapped the evening beautifully on the 4 Mothers blog.]
Saturday, May 10, 2014, 1-4pm
Creativity Rising
St. Clair & Christie, Toronto
Creative writing + Kundalini yoga workshop with me and my sister, Leah Reimer. Warm, intimate, juicy.
St. Clair & Christie, Toronto
Creative writing + Kundalini yoga workshop with me and my sister, Leah Reimer. Warm, intimate, juicy.
May 7, 2014, 7pm
M Word Ladies go to Hamilton
Bryan Prince Booksellers, 1060 King St W, Hamilton, ON
I'll be reading from my essay, "The Post-Maia World," along with five other fabulous contributors to The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood.
Bryan Prince Booksellers, 1060 King St W, Hamilton, ON
I'll be reading from my essay, "The Post-Maia World," along with five other fabulous contributors to The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 6pm
The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood book launch!
Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay St., Toronto
The launch of a book I'm thrilled to be part of. There will be food, drink, a live anthology featuring readings from 10 or so of us M Word contributors, and discussion of the multiplicity of our relationships to and experiences of mothering and not-mothering.
Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay St., Toronto
The launch of a book I'm thrilled to be part of. There will be food, drink, a live anthology featuring readings from 10 or so of us M Word contributors, and discussion of the multiplicity of our relationships to and experiences of mothering and not-mothering.
Sunday, March 23, 2014, 3pmDraft Reading Series
Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Ave., Toronto I'll be reading a piece of creative nonfiction alongside Laure Baudot, Anne Elizabeth Carson, Jann Everard, Daniel Karasik, and Koom Kankesan. |
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