I am completely stunned and so excited that “Unlocking” is a finalist at the 2022 Alberta Book Publishing Awards for Trade Fiction Book of the Year (and in *such* good company with Barb Howard, Dawn Dumont, and Karen Hofmann) I can’t say thank you enough to the jury and to everyone who has read this weird little book in the past year Click here to … Continue reading “Unlocking” shortlisted for Trade Fiction Book of the Year!
I am so honoured to be a recipient of the 2020 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award with nine other incredibly talented emerging artists. Below is a link to my interview and the full awards show. Visit https://artsawards.ca/ for details on all of the recipients! Continue reading Alberta 2020 Lieutenant Governor Emerging Artist Awards
My poetry collection is available for preorder from Gordon Hill Press! Even though it won’t be released until spring 2020, preorders matter so much because they show that there is interest in a title. You can preorder here. You can also preorder a Spring 2020 season bundle. You’ll get Matthew Tomkinson & Geoffrey Morrison’s Archaic Torso of Gumby, Amy LeBlanc’s I know something you don’t know, and … Continue reading Preorder I know something you don’t know
I’m so excited to announce that my debut book-length collection of poetry is forthcoming with Gordon Hill Press in Spring 2020! This collection has been in the works for a number of years and I’m so excited to see it take shape. Gordon Hill Press is pleased to announce I know something you don’t know, a book of poetry by Amy LeBlanc, to be published in … Continue reading I know something you don’t know
This was a huge writing year for me. I published a chapbook with a press that I love, I published poetry and fiction in some of my dream journals, I’ve got some exciting collaborations coming up, and some big projects I hope to finish this next year. 2018 in review: I published a chapbook and hosted my first launch that was for my own work. … Continue reading Writing the year away
For national poetry day, here’s a little snippet of a piece I’ve been working on during my residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Continue reading Happy #nationalpoetryday
My short story “Wisteria” is in the latest issue of Persephone’s Daughters. The piece is about sleepwalking, the dissolution of relationships and the ways that illness permeates everything. Check it out here. Continue reading Wisteria at Persephone’s Daughters
I wrote a little article about submitting to literary journals for the WGA. Check it out! Posted by Writers Hub for Youth – WHY on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Continue reading On submitting to literary journals
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the launch last night. It felt amazing to read for a room full of friends and family. Huge shout out to Kyle Flemmer and Katie O’Brien for such great readings and to Lisa Murphy Lamb for helping to make it such a wonderful night! Here are some photos from the reading: If you would still like a copy, you can … Continue reading Chapbook launch at Loft 112
I had so much fun reading at Soggy Pages last night. The event was run by The Blasted Tree and the Brewer’s Apprentice who paired each reader with a craft beer that suited their poetry. Below are photos from the event. Kyle and I will be reading in the same space, Loft 112, on September 8th for my chapbook launch! Continue reading Reading at Soggy Pages
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