I’m super pleased to pass on the news that I am shortlisted for the 2016 Magpie Prize for Poetry, through the kind folks of Pulp Literature. And I’m not just pleased because the prize is named after a remarkable bird (Did you know that the black-billed magpie has a tail that makes up half of itsContinue reading “Shortlisted for the 2016 Magpie Prize for Poetry”
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May 13 interview on Roadhouse Radio 98.3 Vancouver
I’m going to be chatting about Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts tomorrow May 13 on Roundhouse Radio 98.3 Vancouver. Tune in for the whole show between 3-6pm; I’ll be talking with Janice and Cory around 4pm. You can also listen in live via their website. I’m looking forward to talking about howContinue reading “May 13 interview on Roadhouse Radio 98.3 Vancouver”
Boobs launch packed the Heartwood Cafe
Thanks so much to everyone who made it out to Heartwood Community Cafe on Friday night and joined me and many of the contributors for a fantastic Vancouver launch of Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts. (If you missed it, or just want more Boobs events in your future, don’t worry: more eventsContinue reading “Boobs launch packed the Heartwood Cafe”
Boobs anthology now available to purchase
Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts is now available to purchase at your local independent bookstore! Sometimes with lovely, lovely shelf space like at Mosaic Books in Kelowna, BC, where I spotted it today (hullo spring break!). For all my Vancouverites, I know you can get it at Pulp Fiction and BookContinue reading “Boobs anthology now available to purchase”
Boobs anthology to be featured at Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts in August 2016
I’m thrilled that the Caitlin Press anthology I edited, Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts, will be at the 2016 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Lorna Crozier, Rebecca Hendry, Janine Alyson Young and I will read and have a conversation about the book. If you’re thinking ahead to your summer, whyContinue reading “Boobs anthology to be featured at Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts in August 2016”
Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts
You can now pre-order your copy (copies?!) of Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts, an anthology edited by yours truly and forthcoming with Caitlin Press before the end of this month. I’m immensely proud to be able to showcase the important stories and poems within this book’s covers. About the book: “At turnsContinue reading “Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts”
Interview with UBC Creative Writing Alumni Association
Awhile back, Francine Cunningham interviewed me for the UBC Creative Writing Alumni website, and the videos are now live! If you want to know what my hair looks like after an afternoon of summer bike-riding and how great my favourite lip colour is, in addition to learning what I’m working on right now and how IContinue reading “Interview with UBC Creative Writing Alumni Association”
A poem in The Quilliad, Issue 6
My copy of The Qulliad, issue 6, arrived in the mail this week! And guess whose poem is the first piece in the issue? That’s right–it’s mine. I’m pretty excited to be on page one of such a stellar line-up. Pick up a copy of the new Quilliad to read “Bluebeard’s First Wife,” as wellContinue reading “A poem in The Quilliad, Issue 6”
New fiction in Canthius, Issue One
I’m so excited to have my hands on the beautiful inaugural issue of Canthius. My short story “The Market Amaryllis” is within its pages, and I couldn’t be more pleased to be part of a project that is destined for so many good things. Be sure to pick up your own copy of the magazine, andContinue reading “New fiction in Canthius, Issue One”
Canthius no. 1
I’m thrilled to be among the writers in the inaugural issue of Canthius, a new literary journal of female perspectives and feminist writing based out of Toronto by the dedicated editors Claire Farley, Cira Nickel, and Puneet Dutt. I’m super proud to be a part of such an amazing new project. The issue features writingContinue reading “Canthius no. 1”
Ruth Daniell 