Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue
The Very Marrow of Our Bones
On bookstore shelves: The Very Marrow of Our Bones, published by ECW Press in 2018 is available as an audiobook at Audible.ca and Audible.com
"... Once, my eldest brother Geordie and I came across the carcass of a freshly killed young possum in the back woods. Its arms were raised above its head, as if in disbelief. Beseeching. Whatever had killed it had ripped open its belly and eaten all its tender bits. My mother’s disappearance left us all like that."
Promoted to Glory
Read my short story, "Promoted to Glory," published in Plenitude: Your Queer Literary Magazine.
"... Uncle Hal had a bee in his bonnet about every one of us getting an education; Dad figured we’d do just dandy as shop girls or working at the Beaver Lumber store. He’d heard about Icarus."
I am a grateful and happy recipient of a 2020 Canada Council grant. The characters of my next book, and I, offer the Canada Council and the people of Canada my heartfelt thanks. @CanadaCouncil #BringingTheArtsToLife
I am honoured and delighted to be the recipient of a 2018 Ontario Arts Council grant. #ontarioartscouncil
Winner! Editor's Choice Prize – Fiction
2018 Foreword INDIES
The Very Marrow of Our Bones
Silver Award!
National Magazine Awards 2019 Fiction
A Prayer for Ursula in Open D
Reading, writing...
An exploration (and a few recommendations) of books on motherhood at Shepherd.com
A collection of short stories is in the works...
"A Prayer for Ursula in Open D" in The Malahat Review: Look for it in Issue 205: Queer Perspectives, Winter 2018.
"Dysplastic Man!" in The New Quarterly, Issue 145, Winter 2018.
In 2011, I was shortlisted for the Marina Nemat Award in the Creative Writing program at the University of Toronto.
I was on the editorial collective of Fireweed, A Feminist Quarterly for a decade.
I am represented by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists.
