Chapbooks

  • Warning Signs (Believe Your Own Press, 2005), Thornhill, ON – 29 pages
  • The Old Abandonment (Believe Your Own Press, 2003), Thornhill, ON – 15 pages
  • Vulnerable Positions (Believe Your Own Press, 2002), Thornhill, ON – 40 pages

Prose

  • “CANADOLL” – That Damned Beaver: New Canadian Comedy, ed. Bruce Meyer (Exile Publications, 2017), Mount Forest, ON
  • “A Raspberry Torte” – Concussion and Mild Brain Injury: Not Just Another Headline, ed. Bonnie Nish (Lash and Associates, 2016), Youngsville, NC
  • “Women Who Stare at Goats” – Gods, Memes and Monsters, ed. Heather J. Wood (Stone Skin Press, 2015), London, UK
  • “To Richard” – Where the Nights Are Twice as Long, eds. David Eso, Jeanette Lynes (Goose Lane Editions, 2015), Fredericton, NB
  • “The Closet” – In the Dark: Stories from the Supernatural, eds. Halli Villegas & Myna Wallin (Tightrope Books, 2006), Toronto, ON

Book Reviews

  • The Family China by Ann Shin – Lemon Hound, ed. Genevieve Robichaud, 2013
  • Monkey Ranch by Julie Bruck & Omens in the Year of the Ox – Lemon Hound, ed. Genevieve Robichaud, 2013
  • “Maidenhead, Part Two: She Said” – That Shakespearean Rag (online), ed. Stephen Beattie, Aug. 2012
  • “Who Says CanLit Can’t be Sexy” – That Shakespearean Rag (online), ed. Stephen Beattie, Apr. 2012
  • “Canada’s Most Memorable Poems” – The Literary Review of Canada, Vol. 16, May 2008

Grants & Prizes

  • Canada Council Writing Grant (2017–18)

  • Recommender Grants: Diaspora Dialogues, Exile Editions (2017–18)

  • Shortlisted: The Fortnight Prize (Eyewear Publications, London, UK), 2017

  • Writers’ Reserve Grants:

    • The New Quarterly (2017–18)

    • Hamilton Arts & Letters (2014–15)

    • Quattro Books (2012–13)

    • Descant (2012–13)

    • Tightrope Books (2011–12)

    • Descant (2007)

    • Kiss Machine (2004)

  • Shortlisted: Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem, 2011

  • Honourable Mentions:

    • Winston Collins/Descant Prize, 2010

    • CV2 2-Day Poem Contest, 2009

  • Longlisted: ReLit Award (Novel), Confessions of a Reluctant Cougar, 2010

  • CC Travel Grant – Readings at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2011

  • Toronto Arts Council, Poetry, 2003

  • Second Place Poem – Word: Toronto’s Literary Calendar, 2003

  • Ted Plantos Seed Money Memorial Award – Ontario Poetry Society, 2003

Other

  • Freelance editor for poets and short story writers

  • Full Member of The League of Canadian Poets & The Writers’ Union of Canada

  • Lyrics adapted from poem “Even Divas Get the Blues,” commissioned by Fern Lindzon (Juno-nominated jazz pianist/singer), for her CD Like a Circle in a Spiral (2014)

  • Former thesis advisor, Creative Writing (Prose), School of Continuing Studies (2014)

  • Former Host of In Other Words literary talk show, CKLN 88.1 FM (2004–2010)

  • Former Organizer/Host of The Art Bar Poetry Reading Series, Toronto (2005–2007)

  • Former full-time/freelance copyeditor & proofreader for James Lorimer & Co. Ltd. (2000–2004); over 50 books edited

Poems

(Selected publications)

  • “Dark” – Literary Review of Canada, 2023
  • “Tiny Monsters” – Pinhole Poetry, 2023
  • “Intersection” and “It Was a Beautiful Day in Prospect Park” – The New Quarterly (Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest, longlisted), Sept. 2022
  • “In Session” and “Soft Second Skin” – EVENT: Poetry and Prose (forthcoming)
  • “Certificate of Involuntary Admission” – Sledgehammer Literary Magazine, Nov. 2021
  • “Signs” – Unfortunately, Literary Magazine, Oct. 2021
  • “Blood Lines” – Papeachu Press, July 2022
  • “Snake Pit,” “The Patient,” “The Last Resort Hotel,” “She Seems More Like Herself” – The Institutionalized Review, Mar. 2022
  • “The Veil” and “Snake Eyes” – Anti-Heroin Chic, Dec. 2021
  • “An Explosion of Roses” – Antigonish Review, Nov. 2021
  • “Not My Fault” – Vallum, video-poem (online and print), Montreal, QC, Apr. 2021
  • “Mania” and “The Resilience of Lilacs” – NōD Magazine, Issue 27, Calgary, AB, Summer 2021
  • “Down the Hall” – The Quarantine Review, 2021
  • “Side Effects” – The Miramichi Reader, Apr. 2021
  • “The Bliss Point” and “Terrarium” – Carousel, Toronto, ON, Jan. 2020
  • “The Last Act” and “3 a.m. Tango” – Juniper Poetry Journal, Toronto, ON, Fall 2019
  • “Ms. Pac-Man Always Rings Twice” – PAC’N HEAT: A Noir Homage to Ms. Pac-Man (a.g. books, 2016), Toronto, ON
  • “I Bleed from Loving” – Translating Horses (Baseline Press, 2015), London, ON
  • “First-name Basis” – 50+ Poems for Gordon Lightfoot (Old Brewery Bay Press, 2014), Orillia, ON
  • “Reclining Woman in a Polka Dot Dress” – AGO exhibit Why (NOT) Paintings of Poets?, 2014, Toronto, ON
  • “Bikeswept Veronica” – Poet to Poet Anthology (Guernica Publications, 2012), Toronto, ON
  • “Death, Wildlife and Taxes” – Descant Magazine, Issue 149, 2010, Toronto, ON
  • “Dinner Theatre” – CV2: Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing, Spring 2010, Winnipeg, MB
  • “They Huddle on My Lawn” and “Ligament Issues” – Rampike, Vol. 19/No. 2, Summer 2010, Windsor, ON
  • “A Garden in Grosse Pointe” – Existere, Vol. 29, Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2010, Toronto, ON
  • “Film Noir” – Matrix, Issue 82, Spring 2009, Montreal, QC
  • “Requiem to a Marriage” – The Literary Review of Canada, ed. Molly Peacock, 2007

Editing & Publishing Work

  • Co-founder/Co-publisher (2002–2007), Believe Your Own Press (award-winning chapbook press)

  • Editor, Muse by Dawn Kresan (Tightrope Books, 2012)

  • Editor, Contents of a Mermaid’s Purse by Phoebe Tsang (Tightrope Books, 2009)

  • Co-editor, I.V. Lounge Nights with Alex Boyd (Tightrope Books, 2008)

  • Co-editor, In the Dark with Halli Villegas (Tightrope Books, 2016)

  • Co-editor, The Stone Skippers by Ian Burgham with Halli Villegas (Tightrope Books, 2007)

  • Editor, The Animal Bridegroom by Sandra Kasturi (Tightrope Books, 2007)

  • Editor, From the Edge by Wanda MacNevin (Picas & Points Publishing, 2003)

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