Plotting your novel or memoir:
Everyone has seen the basic visual arc of a novel or at least studied it in English.
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From the Editor’s Desk…or…um…Couch
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Book Launch at Ben McNally Bookstore, 366 Bay St. Toronto, ON M5H 4B2
September 18, 2019
6:00 – 8:00I am thrilled to announce my book launch for The World on Either Side. Please come and celebrate with me. (There’ll be wine and food.)
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When Words Collide, Calgary, Alberta
August 9 – 11, 2019
I am excited to announce my participation in Calgary’s Literary Festival, When Words Collide. (And a big thanks to Orca Books who are arranging a special pre-release of my novel just for the occasion.) I will be on YA panels, signing books, and reading from my novel at the TRF social! I spent my childhood in Calgary and am thrilled to be back for the festival.
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UTM Summer Writing School: Editing Essentials for Writers (Fiction and Memoir)
June 24 - 29, 2019
My class, Editing Essentials for Writers, is running at University of Toronto’s SCS on the UTM campus. Whether you have a chapter or a whole book, this course can help you. It is intensive but fun, a safe space to share and learn!
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All We Knew but Couldn’t Say, a stunning memoir by “Toronto’s homegrown thespian lesbian,” Joanne Vannicola, hits the bookstores.
June 1, 2019
I was the in-house editor on this labour of love, and it is close to my heart. I met Joanne 10 years ago, when we were both fledgling writers, and we are so happy that our books are coming out the same year.
This powerful story of her life will tear you apart and put you back together again.
