2012
Pandora’s Collective Reading with Raoul Fernandes (Nov 15/12 TBA)
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 with Evelyn Lau and Chris Gatchalian (Performance Works Theatre, Sunday, Mar 4/12 noon)
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.
