Monday, March 30, 2009

joiner

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I'll be reading with Dave Brock, Sean Dixon and more. 9-11pm, at This Ain't the Rosedale Library, on April 9th. On April 29th, I will be reading at the Ottawa International Writers' Festival.

In other news, my new novel is officially called Holding Still for as Long as Possible. I'm working on the final touches now, and it will launch with House of Anansi this coming fall.

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Yesterday I got to meet Daniel MacIvor, the prolific & genius writer (in residence at Guelph, currently), and since I'm almost done the MFA program there, we met to discuss my work.

Proof of my glee/nerdom:

Thursday, March 05, 2009

long time coming

I've been finishing up the final draft of my second novel, coming out with House of Anansi **in hardcover** this fall. Woot! I've been calling it The Beast. The Beast doesn't allow much time for other things.

Upcoming Events:

- Ottawa International Writers' Festival, April 29th. Details TBA. Did a photo shoot with photographer Jenna Wakani for Cap Xtra. Despite the worst sinus headache of the century, we had a lot of goofy fun.
- I will be reading at Harbourfront Centre on March 25th with 19 other poets as part of an under-35-year-old poets extravaganza.
- I'm one of the authors involved with The Canada CODE, the first digital collaborative art project of its kind and a project of the Cultural Olympiad of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. I know, me + olympics = tres bizarre, but it's a pretty interesting project.

I finally got new headshots done since trying to be 28 all the time was getting a bit, well, dishonest. The lovely Kelly Clipperton took them. Here is a sample: