Spring is bringing a warm buzz to my writing activities, with Blue Denim Press agreeing to publish We All Become Stories (WABS). Shane Joseph and I are in the usual stage of heavy discussions about the last minute changes as we approach a finalized text (revisions completed thank goodness!). In spite of knee surgery in […]
Progress on We All Become Stories
Posted by margaret on April 3, 2013
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Inside Looking Out: Fall and Early Winter 2012
Adam Gopnik, in Winter (Anansi, 2011), says that in Canada winter “is an inescapable fact rather than a part-time recreational possibility” (p. 32), and this is surely coming home to me during this winter of more than usual hibernation. Navigating snow and ice and especially slippery slush is more hazardous this year, even with the […]
Posted by margaret on January 3, 2013
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February 2, 2013: Portobello Saturdays
Feb 2, 2013, 1.30-4.30 p.m: We look forward to seeing you at the February 2 edition of Portobello Saturdays at 995 Bay St where the music, the words and the food are always good. I will read excerpts from two manuscripts: We All Become Stories, Make Yours a Good One, 12 stories that reframe aging […]
Posted by margaret on November 6, 2012
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December 1, 2012: Portobello Saturdays
Dec 1, 1.30-4.30 p.m: Portobello Saturdays, 995 Bay St., 1.30-4.30p.m: I will be the guest poet with a 10 minute reading. Great food. Good music. Come for lunch.
Posted by margaret on October 30, 2012
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2012 Summer
Summer at Lake Mindemoya on Manitoulin Island was different this year. Recovering from surgery on a broken hip required a few adaptations, especially when it came to swimming, one of my favourite summer activities. Excavations with bulldozer and shovel uncovered an old flagstone path down to the lake which was restored so that I could […]
Posted by margaret on October 16, 2012
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November 16, 2012: Book launch of “Centennial Portraits”
November 16, 6:00p.m.-8:30pm Heliconian Hall. 35 Hazelton Ave. Book launch and photo exhibit of Centennial Portraits, where my photo and biography will also be appearing. Photography by Mary Perdue, design by Margaret Lam, who designed my website. I will read two poems from my forthcoming book Laundry Lines with Margaret Lam on the piano playing […]
Posted by margaret on October 16, 2012
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November 11, 2012: “Telling Our Stories” at Ulyssean Society
November 11, 2.00-4.00 p.m: The Ulyssean Society, United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. Feature presenter with “Telling Our Stories,” readings from my forthcoming books We All Become Stories: Make Yours a Good One and Laundry Lines.
Posted by margaret on October 16, 2012
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November 6, 2012: Book launch of “Our Lakes Shall Set Us Free”
November 6, 7.00 p.m: The launch of Our Lakes Shall Set Us Free, published by Scrivener Press at Laurentian University’s Living with Lakes Research Centre, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury. My poem “Shore Reeds” won an honourable mention and will be read by one of the other anthologized poets after an introduction by anthology editor Roger […]
Posted by margaret on October 16, 2012
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October 30, 2012: Celebrating 39 years of Toronto Women’s Bookstore
On Oct 30, 2012 at 7:30pm. I will be one of the many readers celebrating the Toronto Women’s Bookstore as it prepares to close after 39 years of supporting Canadian feminists and writers. For 39 years, the Toronto Women’s Bookstore has served the community. Victoria Moreno, the owner, has just announced that the store will […]
Posted by margaret on October 15, 2012
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A Reading at the Gore Bay Museum
I had a great time reading poetry evoked by Michel Guerin’s and Katharina Kaiser’s beautiful paintings at the last of four summer readings on Manitoulin Island organized by Margo Little, director of The Manitoulin Writer’s Circle, and Nicole Weppler, Director of the Gore Bay Museum.The last 2 months have been total immersion in writing for […]
Posted by margaret on August 13, 2012
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