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WRITING LIVES: memoir, creative nonfiction, fiction – a weekend workshop with Vicky Grut and novelist Kathy Page

April 30, 2013

Vicky Grut has been a friend and colleague of mine for almost as long as I’ve been writing. We first met when I was living at Carlton Mansions in Brixton, and later lived next door to each other. She’s a wonderful teacher and writer , and even though we live thousands of miles apart [...]

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Short, Sharp, Sweet on Saturdays in April

March 31, 2013

I’m very excited about the upcoming short story season at Salt Spring Island Public Library, and delighted, but also somewhat nervous at the prospect of reading alongside Caroline Adderson, who is a mistress of the form. There will be two excellent readers a night, reading an entire story each, on four Saturdays in April. Details [...]

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Writing Workshops with Kathy Page in 2013

February 9, 2013

I’m looking forward very much to workshops in Scotland, Norwich and London all taking place in June 2013. I’m delighted to be co-tutoring with Marilyn Bowering at Moniack Mhor, and with Vicky Grut in London. 3-8 June 2013: Work in Progress, with Kathy Page and Marilyn Bowering, an Arvon residential course at Moniack Mhor, Scotland http://www.arvonfoundation.org/fiction-work-in-progress [...]

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The Perfect Day (memoir)

February 2, 2013

This piece, published in Carte Blanche, centres on a day out with two nonagenarians: one of the last excursions my parents and I took together. http://carte-blanche.org/the-perfect-day/

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Globe review of In the Flesh

December 9, 2012

A man walks next to L'homme qui Marche I, by Alberto Giacometti

Great review for In the Flesh in the Globe, good illustrations, PDF here: flesh globe review Text only: In the Flesh Twenty Writers Explore the Body Author Kathy Page, Lynne Van Luven Genre nonFiction Publisher Brindle & Glass Pages 231 Price $24.95 The body: We can’t live without it. It is as wondrous as it is terrifying, as ridiculous as [...]

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West Coast Literary Portraits

October 3, 2012

I’ll admit I don’t normally enjoy having my picture taken, but being in this book, in which portraits and literary extracts sit side by side, has been a pleasure. It began with a morning spent in the garden talking with Barry Peterson about books and ideas whilst leaning against various trees. This followed by an eventing [...]

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In the Flesh in E-Book

October 2, 2012

In the Flesh is now selling as an e-book, available in many formats. Kindle Apple Kobo Barnes and Noble Sony Google

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AT THE MIKE ~ The World of Fiction

September 1, 2012

AT THE MIKE ~ The World of Fiction Join authors Sophie B. Watson, Gillian Campbell, and Kathy Page for an evening discussion on the art and challenges of storytelling. Tuesday, September 18 7:00 PM Cadboro Bay Books 3840B Cadboro Bay Road Victoria, BC Drop by for an evening packed with great stories and conversation. Everyone [...]

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To Make Much of Time

July 31, 2012

TNQ (The New Quarterly) publishes stories and poems by wonderful contemporary such as Caroline Adderson, Patricia Young, Steven Heighton and Mark Anthony Jarman; it was recently shortlisted for no less than five National Magazine Awards. The editors put each illustrated issue together in a beautifully produced book that does not fall apart when you open [...]

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International Short Story Day

June 19, 2012

20th June has been proclaimed International Short Story Day – by whom, I’m not quite sure, but the thinking is good: this is the shortest night or shortest day of the year, depending on your hemisphere. UK publisher Comma Press, who emailed me about the day and the celebrations planned, is a passionate champion of the [...]

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