A workshop for front-line workers, healthcare professionals, caregiver,s activists, writer,s or anyone experiencing the emotional impact of caring for suffering.
I’ll be reading at the Salt Spring Island Public Library the first Thursday in May. Spring!
For more information have a look here.
'll be reading at Planet Earth Poetry, one of the busiest and most exciting series in the land.
A program of songs and poems inspired by the path of awareness.
Laurie D. Graham, Kevin Irie, Barbara Tran and me!
Christina Shah brings her debut collection to Toronto, joined by Rob Colman and me.
Caversham Booksellers will host this workshop from their new location on Geary Ave in Toronto.
I’ll be joining Janice Colman to help her launch her debut poetry chapbook, Playing Cello for a Dead Bird (Turret House Press 2025). Laura Zacharin as well as Samra Habib will also be sharing the stage.. Friday, March 20th at Book People, 1640 Queen St West, Toronto. FREE and all are welcome!!!
Join the League of Canadian Poets, the Health Arts Research Centre, and the Canadian Association for Health Humanities for the next iteration of the Cross-Pollinations Virtual Rounds Series.
On February 25, Cross-Pollinations will present a panel discussion facilitated by Sarah de Leeuw, one of the original masterminds behind the Cross-Pollinations Virtual Rounds Series. The panel will discuss the impact of Health Humanities programming on practice, research, and communities, as well as reflect on the ways that Cross-Pollinations has sought to create connections between art and medicine.
I look forward to being part of this conversation with Dr. Jacqueline Hui, Maryam Golafshani, Sarah de Leeuw, Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin and Zamina Main.
A few weeks into 2026 I’m offering a workshop at Caversham Booksellers in their new location on Geary Ave! Open to all.
Please join us at The Tranzac in Toronto on the longest night of the year for performances by Rebecca Hennessy, The Uplifters and Michael Herring and me!
More info on all of us here.
I have a poem in here! Please join us for the launch.
A reading at Queen Books with John Barton and Jim Nason
I will be reading at the Ampersand Review Reading Series in the Mississauga campus of Sheridan College with Charlie Petch, an author and performer who will knock your socks off. We both have new books out with Brick Books this fall.
Oh dear i think this will be good.
Launching A-Frame Embers: a chapbook by recent alumni from the Al Purdy A-Frame.
I’ll be offering poetry prescriptions on one of the days (maybe both) and on Sunday, a panel conversation called “The Medicine of Words: On Poetry and Healing.” Details here.
I will be reading from In a Riptide in support of the Toronto launch for Susan Wismer’s Hag Dances. Hosted with aplomb and sass by Sheila Stewart.
The Josie” is a garage-cum-artspace-shed. Arrive at 92 Grenadier Rd and signs will point the way. Come for the venue stay for the poetry.
In a Riptide launches at Flying Books on September 18!
I’ll be doing a short virtual reading at the Poetry Lit Festival. Note time zone!
Shab-e She’r is known as Canada’s most diverse and brave reading series and it has been led by Banoo Zan for 13 years. She brings together people in such a way as to create community and comfort and welcome. And to encourage risk. I will be reading there together with Mbonzi Zikhali Zomkhonto.
Ten of my poems will appear in this year’s Lakeshore West Garden Tour.
Come!
A new online training course starts in January. Apple now!
To start 2025, I'll be reading at Antler River Poetry in London Ontario.
I’ll be online reading at this weekend festival with some of this country’s most exciting writers including Tolu Oloruntuba, Tyler Penneck, and many others.
An online session in the service of connection, writing and peace.
I will be reading an excerpt from my essay “The Song of the Self Service Checkout” to celebrate the new issue of untethered. Online!
I have a new huge piece of work (huge from a poet’s perspective) called “Catfisher Dharma” in Brick Magazine, issue 113 and will be reading a brief excerpt at the launch.
A poetry reading in Toronto at Caversham Booksellers
I’ll be reading with Irish poet Jean Tuomey as part of an online reading series from overseas. A first.
The Spontaneous Poetry Booth goes to the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre for National Poetry Month.
I’ll be in Victoria, British Columbia reading at Planet Earth Poetry, a reading series that has been going for over 2 decades.
A reading with Rhea Tregebov!
