Pride is about to start in St. John’s, on the island of Ktaqmkuk, and I’ll be appearing on a panel, “Trans Writes”, this Sunday. But first, some context: Pride festivals across the Northern hemisphere have been happening in the shadow of the genocide in Palestine. If you’re not yet familiar with No Pride in Genocide, please check them...
Read MoreMar 4: Reading for Migrant Spring
On Sunday the 17th, I have my first reading in St. John’s coming up. Here are the details, as drawn from the Facebook event: The Anti-Racism Coalition and The Quilted Collective Present Migrant Spring: A Day of Migrant Writing and Spoken Word When: Sunday, March 17 at 2:00 Where: MUN University Centre, The Landing (UC3015) My thanks to The...
Read MoreMay 22: Reading for Tulsa Glitterary Queer Reading Series
This is bit late notice I know, but I am giving an online reading this Sunday night (or Monday morning for east coast Australians)! I am grateful to the poet, translator, and LGBQT+ writers’ advocate Steve Bellin-Oka for this opportunity. This event is part of the Tulsa Glitterary Queer Reading Series.
Read MoreApr 1: Online reading for The Flywheel Reading Series, University of Mary Washington
Coming up next Thursday April 1, I’ll be giving an online reading and Q&A with creative writing students from University of Mary Washington (in Fredericksburg, Virginia) who have been studying stories from Look Who’s Morphing. At this event, I’ll read some work from both Look Who’s Morphing and my novel-in-progress, and...
Read MoreDec 17: Reading and panel talk for Queer Writers, Speaking Across Borders
Update: This event was recorded and is now available for viewing: # I have done a few online gigs during the pandemic, most of them being class visits (hello to any of those students who might be reading this: students at Kew High School and T Cooper’s fiction-writing students at Emory University 👋🏽). I miss in-person appearances and the immediacy of...
Read MoreNov 4: Reading for the Toronto launch of Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)
Coming in November, I’ll be reading for the Toronto launch of Hazel Jane Plante’s Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian). Also reading will be Trish Salah and, of course, Hazel Jane Plante.
Read MoreSept 28: Panel for JLF Toronto
On Friday Sept 28 at 5:30pm, I’ll be on a panel with Farzana Doctor, Gwen Benaway, and Shree Paradkar (who will be moderating) for the inaugural year of JLF Toronto, a Toronto edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival. The event takes place in the Young Centre (50 Tank House Lane—it’s in the Distillery Historic District), in the Tank House...
Read MoreCrosstown Arts residency update and Jul 23: PechaKucha talk
Since June 3, I’ve been on an artist residency at Crosstown Arts in Memphis (a fantastic residency program; applications for 2020 close today!). While here, I’ve been doing a major revision (including a restructure) of the penultimate chapter of my novel-in-progress. The revision has been going well, in many ways better than I had anticipated....
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