I had the privilege of interviewing the incredible Vivek Shraya with Kathy Pham for NoD Magazine last year. Her newest publication “I’m Afraid of Men” is released today and I can’t wait to read it. Check out the interview below. For our most recent issue, we sat down with author, musician, and educator Vivek Shraya to discuss her writing, her career and her imprint at … Continue reading In Conversation: Vivek Shraya — NōD Magazine
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
I’ll be hosting a little launch party in Calgary for my chapbook “Ladybird, Ladybird” on September 8th at Loft 112. I’ll be reading from the collection with a few other local authors (TBA) and copies of the chapbook will be available for 10$. Here’s a link to the facebook event with more information. Continue reading Launch: Ladybird, Ladybird
“You lose everything you love in the order in which you love it.” Amelia Gray’s novel Threats is as unnerving and threatening as the title suggests. Threats is like a strange and uneven puzzle where you find a new piece when you didn’t know you were missing any. As information is revealed, falsified, reconsidered and reformulated, we readjust as readers within short spans of time and space. A basic synopsis: … Continue reading Threats (Review)
Exciting news! My little collection “Ladybird, Ladybird” is officially published and available for purchase from Anstruther Press. Thanks so much to Jim Johnstone and editors for making this happen! 🐞 Copies are 10$ and can be ordered here. Check out their other chapbooks while you’re at it, this press produces beautiful work. Continue reading Ladybird, Ladybird
I’m a BIG fan of books and I’m an even bigger fan of used books on sale. A lot of my books come from scouring the Good Will, Fair’s Fair books, or Better World Books (I have a blurb about them at the end of this post). There are a couple in this pile that I’d almost bought for full price over the last few … Continue reading July’s Thrifty Book Buys
Right now, I’m between degrees and only working in the archives part time, which means that I have more time for myself than I’ve had in years. The biggest trademark of my English degree was the way it structured my reading and not always in great ways (hello, Chaucer) but now I have full freedom to choose what I want to read and when. This … Continue reading an unconventional (and unorganized) summer of reading
I’m thrilled to have been selected as the 2nd place winner in the 2016 Blodwyn Memorial Prize. The folks at WordsonPages worked so hard to make this prize come together and always manage to put together a beautiful issue of (Parenthetical). You can read it here: http://www.wordsonpagespress.com/2016/06/07/what-we-lost-in-the-fire/ Continue reading Blodwyn Memorial Prize
