The stories of 2023
Poetry and fiction highlights from 2023. Continue reading The stories of 2023
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Linked Short Stories
Story #5 in my linked collection is a finalist in the International Literary Seminars fiction contest (in the top ten). The setting is in Halifax. You can also find details here about the previous four stories. Continue reading Linked Short Stories
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Honourable Mention Short Story Competition
My short story “The Other Side of the Map” received an honourable mention in the Dave Williamson National Short Story Competition. Together with the other prize winning stories, it has been published in both a print and ebook. Continue reading Honourable Mention Short Story Competition
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Poem in Your Pocket Day Contest Winner
“Taiga” was one of the winners in the Poem in Your Pocket Day contest. When I was growing up in a northern wilderness settlement I witnessed multiple forest fires and my family was evacuated by air when I was a teenager. Also in 2023 Continue reading Poem in Your Pocket Day Contest Winner
The gifts of 2022
It has been a wonderful year and I’m grateful to all of you for your ongoing support and encouragement. In this post you’ll find a summary of the year including photos. Continue reading The gifts of 2022
Return to Crete
I retraced some of the memories that formed Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete along with doing new research in the form of notes and photographs (some of which you can view in this post). Michalis Paraskakis and I sat in… Continue reading Return to Crete
European Literature Festival
On Saturday I read poems in the wonderful wild space of an urban garden. Continue reading European Literature Festival
Strella
For those of you who watched my January poetry in conversation with composer Michalis Paraskakis you may also be interested in knowing about his forthcoming opera Strella which was commissioned by the Greek National Opera. Plus the Field Guide is featured in the Queen’s Alumni Review.
Michalis Paraskakis: In Conversation
The Greek composer Michalis Parakakis and I had a wide ranging conversation about our individual and collaboration creative process. Continue reading Michalis Paraskakis: In Conversation
In the wild year of 2021
You’ll find an overview of the year’s highlights including lots of images, plus highlights of some of my favourite books. Continue reading In the wild year of 2021
Poetry in Concert
Panos Gklistis and I had a wonderful time performing our Poetry in Concert. Continue reading Poetry in Concert
Program for Dec 12: poets musicians
You’ll find the program for our poetry in concert plus visual imagery from some of the poems I’ll read. Continue reading Program for Dec 12: poets musicians
November 7 reading
On 7 November I had an enjoyable conversation with my German translator Knut Birkholz along with reading poems from Wavelengths of Your Song (McGill-Queen’s University Press) and Wellenlängen deines Liedes (parasitenpresse 2020). Continue reading November 7 reading
Travel Guides
My partner joked that this might happen… A friend said, “Anyone who knows you well knows you don’t write travel guides…” Enjoy the journey! Continue reading Travel Guides
Field Guide Launched in Forest
I’ve launched books on the cafe terrace of a Nova Scotian fishing village, in a bookstore in Oxford, England and in an Amsterdam concert hall but the forest celebration will for a long time remain as my all time favourite. Continue reading Field Guide Launched in Forest