Upcoming events
Muse & Brews
Muse & Brews is a free monthly gathering for writers who are craving gentle community and solidarity in the ups and downs of the writing life. Whether you’re working on your first poem or your tenth novel, whether you write daily or squeeze it in between everything else, you’re welcome here.
Canada Fiction Fest Science Fiction Author Readings
People sometimes raise an eyebrow when When the Trees All Burned is shelved alongside science fiction—it reads like literary fiction, it feels like grief—but at its core, it is undeniably sci-fi. The apocalypse is triggered by a near-earth asteroid event rooted in real astrophysics: blind spots in our tracking systems, the cascading tectonic consequences of impact, a Trifecta of Destruction that NASA dismissed right up until it couldn’t. The technology at the heart of the story—ArkHive nanotechnology that burrows into the stomach lining and transmits biological data to determine who is “worthy” of survival—is the kind of concept that lives comfortably next to the best of the genre. A cosmonaut orbiting a dying planet, counting down his remaining days. A synthetic womb. A survival dome housing 200 carefully selected humans while the world burns above them. Science fiction has always been the genre brave enough to ask the hardest questions about humanity’s future—I just chose to answer them from the inside out.
Canada Fiction Fest Author Panel: Climate Change Fiction: Reckoning and Resilience
Join me online for this free panel discussion. I write climate fiction from the inside out—not as a distant political warning, but as a deeply human reckoning. Climate fiction compels us because it's the one genre where the stakes are already real—we don't have to suspend disbelief, we just have to pay attention. When the Trees All Burned doesn't ask what if the world ends? —it asks who are you when it does? Set against a catastrophe decades in the making (rising oceans, destabilized tectonic plates, a planet pushed past its tipping point), the story follows the 200 people chosen to survive inside a survival dome while 99.998% of humanity doesn't. I'm interested in the intersection of environmental collapse and moral complicity—the question of who gets saved and why, and the uncomfortable truth that resilience looks a lot like grief before it looks like hope. I'll be bringing the messy, literary, human side of the reckoning to this panel: the part that happens after the scientists stop talking.
WTAFTG BOOK TOUR: Words and Wonders Book Market
I’ll be set up at this event with books for sale. Come by and say hello!
WTAFTG BOOK TOUR: Durham Fall Fair
I’ll be hanging out on the arena floor with lots of books. Come ask me about the apocalypse!
WTAFTG BOOK TOUR: Coles, Owen Sound
Join me at Coles in Owen Sound and grab yourself a signed copy of the latest book in the The Path That Takes Us Home series!
WTAFTG BOOK TOUR: Éowyns Cafe, Durham
Join me at Éowyns Cafe in Durham and grab yourself a signed copy of the latest book in the The Path That Takes Us Home series!
Muse & Brews
Muse & Brews is a free monthly gathering for writers who are craving gentle community and solidarity in the ups and downs of the writing life. Whether you’re working on your first poem or your tenth novel, whether you write daily or squeeze it in between everything else, you’re welcome here.
WTAFTG BOOK TOUR - Signing @ The Book Hive
I’ll be hanging out at The Book Hive in Meaford on Saturday, September 26 promoting the latest book in my series. Pop on over between 1 and 3 and grab yourself a signed book!
WTAFTG BOOK TOUR: Book Signing at Barrie Indigo
Join me at Indigo in Barrie and grab yourself a signed book! Get the second book in the series!
West Grey Festival of Stories
Details are still being figured out, but expect a day full of literary fun: author spotlights, panel discussions, book sale, special author speaker. This page will be updated as plans are finalized.
2026 OSNGUPL Local Author Book Fair
Join me and other authors at the Owen Sound Public Library as we promote our work.
The 12 Hour Intensive
Let me host you for twelve gentle hours of quiet writing in an art gallery.
A unique and motivational experience.
Muse & Brews
Muse & Brews is a free monthly gathering for writers who are craving gentle community and solidarity in the ups and downs of the writing life. Whether you’re working on your first poem or your tenth novel, whether you write daily or squeeze it in between everything else, you’re welcome here.
Words and Wonders Book Market
I’ll be set up at this event with books for sale. Come by and say hello!
Book Signing at Coles Heritage Place Mall, Owen Sound
Join me at Coles in Owen Sound and grab yourself a signed copy!
Write Like an Artist, Think Like a Business Owner: A Writer’s Guide to the Magic of Math (Workshop)
Passion got you into writing. But the moment you decided to pursue it seriously — whether you've published ten books or haven't cashed your first royalty cheque yet — you became a business owner. Join me for a practical, no-judgment workshop that makes the financial side of the author life actually make sense — no matter where you are in your journey.
Book Signing at Barrie Indigo
Join me at Indigo in Barrie and grab yourself a signed book!
The 12 Hour Intensive
Let me host you for twelve gentle hours of quiet writing in an art gallery.
A unique and motivational experience.
JUDGE: Adult Spelling Bee
I’m serving as a judge at the Adult Spelling Bee in Durham - enter a team and win exciting prizes!
Asking the “Write” Questions: a workshop on writing research
Tips, tricks, and tools for adding depth and reality to your writing. Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, you should walk away with new ideas to pursue the themes, locations, and eras of whatever you’re working on.
Muse & Brews
Muse & Brews is a free monthly gathering for writers who are craving gentle community and solidarity in the ups and downs of the writing life. Whether you’re working on your first poem or your tenth novel, whether you write daily or squeeze it in between everything else, you’re welcome here.
Author Panel @ The Word on the Bay
Join me in Thornbury for this free event, put on by the SOUTH GEORGIAN BAY WRITERS’ CONNECTION. I’ll be on an author panel discussing the practical financial aspects of writing for publication.
Fireplace Chats - Author Talk
Join me beside the fireplace at the Owen Sound Public Library as I share about my book, do a little reading, and offer copies for sale.
Finding Your Voice Writer’s Workshop
Tired of apologizing for your writing style? Wondering if your voice is "good enough"? Writing like someone else instead of yourself?
Join me for a free hands-on workshop that explores what makes your voice uniquely yours—and what's been silencing it.
Book Signing at Barrie Indigo
Join me at Indigo in Barrie and grab yourself a signed book!
Muse & Brews
Muse & Brews is a free monthly gathering for writers who are craving gentle community and solidarity in the ups and downs of the writing life. Whether you’re working on your first poem or your tenth novel, whether you write daily or squeeze it in between everything else, you’re welcome here.
Writer in Residence
Questions about writing? Pop into the Durham branch of the West Grey Public Library on the 3rd Wednesday of the month for a free, friendly chat.
Overcoming Writer’s Block Workshop
Staring at a blank page? Stuck in the middle of a project? Writing what you think you should write instead of what you need to write?
Join me for a hands-on workshop that reframes writer’s block as a signal a signal that you've wandered away from your why.
Writer in Residence
Questions about writing? Pop into the Durham branch of the West Grey Public Library on the 3rd Wednesday of the month for a free, friendly chat.
Muse & Brews
Muse & Brews is a free monthly gathering for writers who are craving gentle community and solidarity in the ups and downs of the writing life. Whether you’re working on your first poem or your tenth novel, whether you write daily or squeeze it in between everything else, you’re welcome here.
Writer in Residence
Questions about writing? Pop into the Durham branch of the West Grey Public Library on the 3rd Wednesday of the month for a free, friendly chat.
The 12 Hour Intensive
Let me host you for twelve gentle hours of quiet writing in an art gallery.
A unique and motivational experience.
2025 OSNGUPL Local Author Book Fair
Join me and other authors at the Owen Sound Public Library as we promote our work.
After 5 Meaford
Invited to this event as an attending local author with bookstore owner Ryan Scott of The Book Hive.
CollingWORD 2025
Join me in Collingwood as I share a reading during the CollingWord festival.
Book Signing at Coles Heritage Place Mall
Join me at Coles in Owen Sound and grab yourself a signed book!
Writer in Residence
Questions about writing? Pop into the Durham branch of the West Grey Public Library on the 3rd Wednesday of the month for a free, friendly chat.
Fantasy Forum Panel
Join me in London as I serve as a featured author on the interactive creative panels.
Book Signing at Indigo South London
Join me at Indigo in South London and grab yourself a signed book!
Writer in Residence
Questions about writing? Pop into the Durham branch of the West Grey Public Library on the 3rd Wednesday of the month for a free, friendly chat.
Library Write/In
Modelled after my 12 Hour Intensive event, this mini writing afternoon invites you into quiet community with other like-minded creatives.
Book Table at the Durham Fall Fair
I’ll be hanging out on the arena floor with lots of books. Come ask me about the apocalypse!
Montreal Research Trip
I’m off to tour the underground city in Montreal! As I further develop the character of Rochelle in Book Two of my The Path That Takes Us Home series, I need to put my feet in the places that made her a musician. Research trips provide invaluable details that help bring a story to life!
Solo Writing Retreat 2025
Every summer, I book myself a solo writing retreat at a quiet camp ground. It has been instrumental in helping me focus and knock off thousands of words. Send good thoughts as I strike out on my 2025 adventure in the woods!