Readings

Kim and I reprised our shared book event at Galiano Library on Sunday, November 6. Here’s to the power of books and the mother who connects us.

Can’t let May slip away without mentioning this special evening of May 4th. Celebrating Kim Gunning-Mooney‘s memoir and sharing a motherlode of stories in-person, at-a-bookstore, with family and friends. Laughter and tears and hugs all around.

Hello book-loving friends of Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Parkland County and everywhere in between. We enjoyed readings by local authors while sipping warm beverages.

I was honoured to read at the The Bra Lounge in Red Deer for their #ReadfortheCure event in support of cancer research. Always excited to take my Midge Doll and Nancy Drew books out for an evening.

I guest-hosted their Book Club and read from Separation Anxiety. My thanks to the organizer Rosemary Griebel for extending the invitation!

It was an honour and a pleasure to meet Cea Sunrise Person in person (!) and host her reading at STARFest, St. Albert Reader’s Festival.

It was an honour to spend time with Trinity residents for their “Arts Alive” event. Some arrived with memories to pour on the page — and some arrived already published!

Had a hoot at this Owl’s Nest Books gathering for “Writing in the Works” (WITWorks). The words, wine, and florentines were flowing. Owl’s Nest host and emcee Sarah Johnson kept us readers in line and on time!

Spring never comes to Alberta in February!
Which is why I was so excited to be doing some island-hopping with Separation Anxiety in BC in February. Thanks to everyone who attended and made it such a success!

Spring never comes to Alberta in February!

Which is why I was so excited to be doing some island-hopping with Separation Anxiety in BC in February. Salt Spring residents were already out in their gardens but a few took a break to come visit me at the library!

Spring never comes to Alberta in February!
Which is why I was so excited to be doing some island-hopping with Separation Anxiety in BC in February. Friendly library gatherings followed by wine are always warm!

Spring never comes to Alberta in February!
Which is why I was so excited to be doing some island-hopping with Separation Anxiety in BC this past February. First stop: Galiano Island and a Writeshop.

Filling Station Magazine’s Flywheel Reading Series is a free monthly event featuring emerging and established writers of all kinds of literature. Terrific community support!

I love Winnipeg!
Not only does it have history, art, culture and great restaurants, it has the most wonderful independent bookstore that celebrates words and writers from across Canada!

I was invited to the historic Frances Morrison Central Library for a reading and book signing on a lovely June evening. I spent the afternoon in their Local History Room digging up details for my new writing adventure.

Wine and words: a perfect pairing. We celebrated local authors and not-so-local wine at En Vino Novellus  at Canmore’s Rose&Crown Restaurant and Pub.

We enjoyed some rants from the past at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club in the Elbow River Casino. Thanks to the “Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids” for organizing the evening, and all the other grownup readers and audience.

Thrilled to be reading at the new Timberlands Branch of the Red Deer Public Library. Sharing a gift of story this Christmas!

On Saturday November 21 at 2:00pm I read at the Fish Creek Branch of the Calgary Public Library. Books were available for purchase, courtesy of Owl’s Nest Books.

On Saturday, November 14th, friends & family got together with Separation Anxiety at Mahony & Sons Public House, Stamps Landing, Vancouver.

On Friday November 13 at 7pm I was reading at Mulberry Bush Books.

It was a cold and rainy night, but there was a warm welcome from friends old and new at the Courtenay Library.

Celebrating Alberta Culture Days at the Penhold Library. Shout out to Penhold’s amazing library staff – and libraries everywhere. Read Local!

When I heard bestselling Australian author Brooke Davis was going to be in Olds reading from her latest book Lost and Found, I zoomed down the highway to meet her.

It’s inspiring — and calming — to read at events with other authors. Reading at Shelf Life Books with Trisha Cull and her memoir Death of Small Creatures was so fun that we decided to share a book event in her hometown of  Victoria!

This has been my go-to bookstore in Kelowna for over 20 years. It seemed only fitting that I bring my book by for a visit!

Owl’s Nest Books was the perfect place for my Calgary book launch, practically in the neighbourhood where I grew up.

It was fitting that my first book launch event was at Sunworks in Red Deer. I began writing Separation Anxiety in a little writing studio above the store in 2004. This evening felt like a homecoming!