• Where else to be a poet but Planet Earth Poetry?

    I am insanely lucky to be a poet here in Victoria not only because it seems to have the most poets per capita in all of Canada but also because it has an incredible weekly reading series with a 30 year history known as Planet Earth Poetry. Planet Earth Poetry and the poets who frequent…

  • First Publication in The Malahat Review

    Here in Victoria, it’s considered a big deal to get your work accepted by The Malahat Review. Locally published but internationally renowned, writers who pursue publication with The Malahat face steep competition. Two of my poems were accepted into Issue 221. What a boon! Here’s one. Buy the issue if you want to read the…

  • Shortlisted for the Foster Poetry Prize

    In January of 2023, I had the privilege of landing on CV2’s shortlist for the Foster Poetry Prize. Grateful to judge Emily Riddle for including me and big congratulations to poet Sasha Pickering who ultimately won the prize!

  • Talk About “Rattle”d

    A few years ago, I sent work to Rattle Magazine because they were calling for poems by librarians and I am a teacher-librarian. I thought there was no chance I’d get in. Rattle is a pretty big poetry magazine in The States. Here are some details on the kind of readership they have: Print Run:…

  • Throwback to My First Publication Credit

    Having just started building this website, I’m taking stock of all the writing milestones that have happened for me in the past few years. A fairly major one came a few years ago when I had my first poem published. (Okay, I did have poetry published as a teenager in the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild youth…

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