2013
Poetry Reading with Leah Horlick in conjunction with launch of Amber Dawn’s How Poetry Saved My Life (Pat’s Pub, Friday, April 12/13, 7:00pm)
Launch of Force Field: An Anthology of 77 BC Women Poets (Vancouver Public Library, Saturday, April 13/13, 3pm)
Joint Launch of The Rainbow Rocket and Loretta Seto’s Mooncakes (Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens, 578 Carrall Street, Sunday, May 5/13 at 2pm)
Written in the Forest: Poetry reading by Han Shan Poets in celebration of the McLellan Forest in conjunction with art exhibit by Susan Falk (The Fort Gallery, 9048 Glover Road, Fort Langley, Saturday, May 11/13, 1-3 pm)
Panel and Reading hosted by SFU at the 23rd Annual Virginia Woolf Conference ( Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites, 1763 Comox Street, Vancouver, Thursday, June 6/13)
SFU Workshop on Exploring Urban Themes through Poetry (SFU Vancouver campus, Aug 7-8/13, 1-3 pm)
Poetry Reading at the Summer Dreams Literary Art Festival (Trout Lake, Saturday, Aug 24/13, 1:40-2pm)
2012
Pandora’s Collective’s Twisted Poets Literary Salon (With Raoul Fernandes, Evelyn Lau, Russell Thornton, Kevin Spenst, Jen Currin, and Elee Kralji-Gardiner at the Cottage Bistro, Dec 16/12 )
Video Bardo Festival 2012 (Screening of Video-Poem “Aquarium”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec 2/12)
Launch of Hidden Lives anthology (with editors Lenore Rowntree, Andrew Boden and others at the Jazz Cellar, Nov 8/12)
Surrey International Writers’ Conference (Sheraton Guildford Hotel in Surrey, BC, Saturday, Oct 20/12)
Visible Verse Video-Poem Festival (Screening of “Omelet” at Pacific Cinematheque, Saturday, Oct 13/12 7pm)
Create, Collaborate and Celebrate (Writing Workshop co-facilitated with Joanne Arnott on “Ancestors”, hosted by Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop and Aboriginal Writers’ Collective West Coast, Oct 13/12 9am-12pm)
Word on the Street Vancouver (Poetry Tent, Room Magazine poets, Sunday, Sept 30/12, 4pm-5pm )
International Day of Peace Reading (Canadian Peace Initiative, Unity Spiritual Centre, 5840 Oak St., Friday, Sept 21/12 7:30pm-9:30pm)
The Downtown Eastside Writers Manuscript Coaching Project (The Writer’s Studio at S.F.U. and The Carnegie Centre Apr-Jun/12)
“Love, Relationships & Other Complications,” Panel Discussion hosted by Urban Ink with Evelyn Lau and Chris Gatchalian (Performance Works Theatre, Sunday, Mar 4/12 noon)
Workshop with The Writers’ Room After School Program (Queen Alexandra Elementary School, Feb 1/12)
2011
Vancouver Reading from The Bright Well (with Elise Partridge, Miranda Pearson, Rachel Rose and Betsy Warland, Vancouver Public Library, Dec 6/11)
Toronto Launch of The Bright Well (With Sue Downe, Glen Downie, Maureen Hynes, Lois Lorimer, and Betsy Struthers at The Art Bar, Nov. 29/11)
Dead Poets Reading Series (with Raoul Fernandes, Sonnet L’Abbe, Russell Thornton, and Chris Levenson at Project Space, Nov 20/11)
Calgary launch of Slice Me Some Truth: An Anthology of Canadian Creative Non-Fiction (with Myrna Kostash and Sharon Butala at Shelf Life Books, Nov 17/11)
Vancouver Launch of Slice Me Some Truth: An Anthology of Canadian Creative Non-Fiction ( Vancouver Public Library,Nov 9/11)
Vancouver Launch of The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poems on Facing Cancer (People’s Co-op Bookstore,Oct 26/11 )
V125 Poetry Conference (Moderator of panel with Miranda Pearson, Rachel Rose, Jen Currin, and Gillian Wigmore, SFU Oct 20/11)
Poems on Peace workshop,Vancouver Chapter of the Canadian Peace Initiative (Canadian Memorial Centre for Peace, Sept 25/11)
Writing Workshop and Reading with Intrepid Pens (Hosted by Amanda Grondahl, Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, July 2/11)
Mother’s Day Reading with Mette Bach, Shana Myara, Maddy Van Beek, Lorrie Miller, and Cathleen With (Historic Joy Kogawa House, May 7/11)
Downtown Eastside Writers’ Jamboree (Carnegie Centre, Manuscript Consultation,Apr 29/11 )
Association for Comparative Literature Conference: Multi-Lingual Poetry Slam Reading with Karen Houle, Andreas Schroeder, Nilofar Shidmehr, George McWhirter, Rhea Tregebov and others (Vancouver Central Public Library, Apr 2/11)
New York Launch of Best Canadian Poetry in English 2010 (Mar 3/11, St. Paul’s Chapel and Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, and Mar 4/11 Lillian Vernon Creative Writers’ House, New York University)
Carnegie Centre Reading for Walk Myself Home Anthology (Carnegie Centre Theatre,Feb 9/11)
This is Not a Love Poem Reading (Waldorf Hotel, Feb 10/11)
Communal Literary Magazine Reading (The Beaumont Studios, Feb 3/11)
On the Edge Reading Series (Emily Carr University, Jan 27/11 )
VPL Reading for Walk Myself Home Anthology (Vancouver Public Library, Jan 13/11)
Past
The author has conducted many public readings over the years, both locally (e.g. the Vancouver Public Library downtown, the Vancouver International Writers’ Festival, the CBC Poetry Face-Off, the Word on the Street Festival, the Asian Heritage Festival/ExplorAsian), and elsewhere (Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, Victoria, Winnipeg, San Francisco and New York). She has also conducted writing workshops (e.g. for low income adults, single moms, students from primary to post-secondary) in schools and various community settings.
