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49th Shelf: Most Anticipated list
Woo hoo! Uncontrolled Flight is on 49th Shelf’s Most Anticipated Fall Fiction list for 2023!

Writing, past and present
What pushes me to write? Two recent interviewers asked about my present-day motivations and my past experience.

New novel coming soon!
It’s coming, it’s coming! My new novel, Uncontrolled Flight, has a cover and is in the final proofing stages.

Words in the Burbs
It’s online and it’s free! On June 29 at 7 pm, join me and four other writers for readings from the suburbs.

Earth-shattering prose
Disasters, natural and otherwise, are a preoccupation of west coast writers. On May 25, I join three other authors in Victoria, BC, for an evening of readings and discussion from our earth-shattering prose.

Books and brews
I’m honoured to help Margie Taylor launch her new novel, Rose Addams, in Port Moody on May 13, 2023.

North Shore Writers Festival
It’s festival season! On April 29, 2023, at 12:30 pm, as part of the North Shore Writers Festival, I’ll be chatting about the writing process.

Finalist for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
It was not a typical Monday. I’d spent hours trying (and failing) to fix a computer problem. The morning was nearly over by the time I checked Twitter and email, only to learn…

Sidney Literary Festival
It’s an honour to be one of the authors taking part in the 2023 Sidney Literary Festival, April 20–22, in beautiful Sidney by the Sea, Vancouver Island.

Writing & Editing podcast
I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Wayne Jones (mid-March 2023) for his Writing & Editing podcast series.

The Broken Places on Global News
Sincere thanks to Global BC political correspondent Keith Baldrey for including The Broken Places among the BC titles on his much-viewed bookshelves.

