San Francisco

San Francisco’s hills, Victorian houses, tropical foliage, taquerias and gay pride wooed me until I fell in love with it this weekend.
I want to express a particular appreciation for San Francisco’s Desi Dyke community. I attended their brunch on dyke day and was overwhelmed by the hospitality and support I received. SF Desidykes, you rock!
Being at the Dyke [...]

more touring

I went to Hamilton Pride for the first time last week, and read there along with Elizabeth Ruth and Sky Gilbert. It was a beautiful, sunny day and Hamiltonians know how to choose a good location for Pride; we were at Pier 4 Park, right by the lake. I had a chance to reconnect with [...]

Parkdale Pride

I read last night at Parkdale Pride at the Parkdale Community Health Centre. I love the place. I once co-facilitated a group for lesbians there and more recently co-ran an anti-oppression training with staff and board members of the centre.
Being a community organizer and social worker, there is something very comfortable about reading at community events [...]

post-launch high

Well, I am on a post-launch high. It’s been an amazing and busy few days: last minute CBC interviews, launch details, a new hairdo, a standing-room-only launch night and then a trip to Winnipeg to read at their Pride Coffee House. I’m feeling fantastic and and wondering when I will crash from not-enough sleep!
I’m also [...]

The books have arrived

The UPS guy looked a little bothered when I excitedly asked “want to know what’s in the boxes?” I told him “it’s my novel, it’s my novel!” I must have bounced a little on the tips of my toes. 
He smiled, wished me well and then sped off in his big brown truck.
I unsealed the boxes, [...]