Upcoming Appearances
Dec 3, 2011, Winnipeg, MB, McNally Robinson Booksellers Teen and Children's Book Author Festival/Signings:
12-1: Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon, Joe McLellan, Susan Rocan, Anita Daher 11-12: Martha Brooks, Eva Wiseman, Gabriele Goldstone, Chris Rutkowski
COURSES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, MENTORSHIPS and SEMINARS
Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers' Fest writing workshop, teens from Rainy River, ON, Sept. 22, 2011
Panel discussion, Manitoba Editors’ Association, Red River College, May 14, 2011, Winnipeg, MB
ACI Youth Mentorship, creative writing. Winnipeg, MB. Open to youth age 16 to 19 years. Feb-May, 2011
THE PLOT THICKENS! A creative writing workshop for homeschoolers aged nine to twelve. Feb-March 2011, Aqua Books, Winnipeg, MB.
Red River College Creative Communications creative writing class. Winnipeg, MB. Seminar, writing to teens and middle grades. November 2010.
SAG Conference panels, Winnipeg, MB., October 2010
Words Alive literary festival workshop, Brandon, MB, October 2010 Through the Looking Glass:, A YA fiction writing intensive with Anita Daher. Aqua Books, Sept 30 through Dec 2nd, 2010
CMU School of Writing; Writing for Children and Young Adults, May 2010, Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, MB: Course, five days.
Enterprising Women's Conference, October 2009, Red River College, Winnipeg, MB: Panel, More than Words
CANSCAIP’s Prairie Horizons Conference, September 2009, Regina, SK: Seminar, Self-Editing and Working With and Editor
Winnipeg Writers Collective, March 2009, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB: Seminar, Self-Editing and Working with an Editor
Book Camp, August 2009, Burlington, ON and Brantford, ON: Creative writing workshops for teens
Book Camp, August 2009, Burlington, ON: Key Note, Following Your Dreams
Northwords Writers Festival, June 2009, Yellowknife, NT: Seminar, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Junior Canadian Rangers 1CRPG Summer Camp, June 2009, Whitehorse, Yukon: Creative writing workshops for adolescents and teens
Manitoba Library Association Conference, May 2009, Winnipeg, MB: Seminar, Let’s Talk About Sex and Other Touchy Subjects in YA Books
Red River College, February 2009, Winnipeg, MB: Seminar, Writing for Young Audiences
Aqua Books, September 2008, Winnipeg, MB: Workshop: Sweat it Out. Intensive one day writing for children “sweatshop”
Simon Frasier University's Symposium on the Book, July 2008, Vancouver, BC: Panel, "From Thrillers to True Crime: Inside the Art and Craft of Crime Writing."
Northwords Writers Festival, June 2008, Yellowknife, NT: Seminar, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Professional Writers Association of Canada National Conference, May 2008, Winnipeg, MB: Panel, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Manitoba Writers’ Guild Classroom, March-April 2008, Winnipeg MB: Eight week course, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Manitoba Writers’ Guild Classroom, March 2008, Winnipeg MB: Workshop, From Pitch to Promo
Manitoba Writers’ Guild Classroom, August 2007, Winnipeg MB: One week youth writing course, Spell it Out
Winnipeg Writers’ Collective, February 2007, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB: Two workshops, Submitting a Manuscript, Writing for Children
RESIDENCIES
Aqua Books, Winnipeg, MB, May-August, 2008: Four months
Mennonite Educational Institute, Abbotsford, BC May 2007: Four days
Mennonite Brethren Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB, April 2010: One day
KEY NOTE ADDRESS
Book Camp, August 2009, Burlington, ON
PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER APPEARANCES
Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers' Fest reading and Q & A , Kildonan East Collegiate, Sept. 22, 2011
Voices from Oodena, reading at opening of the Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers' Festival, Sept. 18, 2011
Panel discussion, Manitoba Editors’ Association, Red River College, May 14, 2011, Winnipeg, MB
ACI Youth Mentorship, creative writing. Winnipeg, MB. Open to youth age 16 to 19 years. Feb-May, 2011
THE PLOT THICKENS! A creative writing workshop for homeschoolers aged nine to twelve. Feb-March 2011, Aqua Books, Winnipeg, MB.
Group Book Signings The Writers Union of Canada, hosted by McNally Robinson Book Stores, March 2011, Winnipeg, MB and Saskatoon
Red River College Creative Communications creative writing class. Winnipeg, MB. Seminar, writing to teens and middle grades. November 2010.
Carlton Breakfast Club. Guest Speaker. Nov 2010
SAG Conference panels, Winnipeg, MB., October 2010
Winnipeg Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book Awards, featured speaker. October, 2010
Words Alive literary festival workshop, Brandon, MB, October 2010 Through the Looking Glass:, A YA fiction writing intensive with Anita Daher. Aqua Books, Sept 30 through Dec 2nd, 2010
CBC Winnipeg open house, September 2010. Read form JCR books
Canadian Mennonite University School of Writing Spring Festival reading, May 2010
Saskatoon, SK, school visits: Brevoort Park, North Park Wilson, Montgomery, Greystone Heights and James Alexander, March 2010
Enterprising Women's Conference, October 2009, Red River College, Winnipeg, MB: Panel, More than Words
Winnipeg Millennium Library's Meet the Author teen book club event, also featuring Martha Brooks, October 2009
CANSCAIP’s Prairie Horizons Conference, September 2009, Regina, SK: Seminar, Self-Editing and Working With and Editor
Book Camp, August 2009, Burlington, ON and Brantford, ON: Creative writing workshops for teens
Book Camp, August 2009, Burlington, ON: Key Note, Following Your Dreams. Presented at Brantford Book Camp for young writers age 10 to 15, and the Burlington Book Camp for young writers age 10 to 12.
Northwords Writers Festival, June 2009, Yellowknife, NT: Seminar, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Junior Canadian Rangers 1CRPG Summer Camp, June 2009, Whitehorse, Yukon: Creative writing workshops for adolescents and teens
Manitoba Library Association Conference, May 2009, Winnipeg, MB: Seminar, Let’s Talk About Sex and Other Touchy Subjects in YA Books
Book launch: On the Trail of the Bushman, McNally Robinson, Grant Park, Winnipeg, MB, April 2009
Winnipeg Writers Collective, March 2009, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB: Seminar, Self-Editing and Working with an Editor
Red River College, February 2009, Winnipeg, MB: Seminar, Writing for Young Audiences
Guest, In Conversation with Ron Robinson, Aqua Books, 274 Garry Street, Winnipeg, MB, November 2008
School visits, Warren, MB, October 2008
Book launch: Poachers in the Pingos, McNally Robinson Grant Park, Winnipeg, MB, September 2008
Bushplane Days festival, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, September 2008
Aqua Books, September 2008, Winnipeg, MB: Workshop: Sweat it Out. Intensive one day writing for children “sweatshop”
Simon Frasier University's Symposium on the Book, July 2008, Vancouver, BC: Panel, "From Thrillers to True Crime: Inside the Art and Craft of Crime Writing."
Northwords Writers Festival, June 2008, Yellowknife, NT: Seminar, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Professional Writers Association of Canada National Conference, May 2008, Winnipeg, MB: Panel, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Speaking Volumes, Prairie Fire Magazine's 15th annual benefit banquet, Fort Gibraltar, Winnipeg, MB, May 2008
Book signing McNally Robinson Grant Park, Winnipeg, MB, May 2008
Manitoba Writers’ Guild Classroom, March-April 2008, Winnipeg MB: Eight week course, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Access to Writers mentoring session mentor hosted by the Manitoba Writers’ Guild, April 2008
Award presentation, Manitoba Book Awards, April 2008
Manitoba Writers’ Guild Classroom, March 2008, Winnipeg MB: Workshop, From Pitch to Promo
St. John's Ravenscourt School, Winnipeg, MB, February 2008
Saturday afternoon book signings at McNally Robinson Grant Park and McNally Robinson Polo Park, Winnipeg, MB, December 2007
Reading, Manitoba Association of Playwrights Christmas 12-hour reading marathon fundraiser, December 2007
Manitoba Writers’ Guild Classroom, August 2007, Winnipeg MB: One week youth writing course, Spell it Out
Winnipeg Writers’ Collective, February 2007, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB: Two workshops, Submitting a Manuscript, Writing for Children