Fiction Publications
OTHER MAPS: a novel. Linda Leith Publishing, Montreal, 2024.
“Exercises au subjonctif.” The Humber Literary Review, 10.1. June 2022.
“The Distance Between Points.” Freefall, 30.1. Spring 2020.
“Body of Water.” Prairie Fire, 40.2. July 2019.
“Next Level.” Qwerty, 39. Spring 2019.
“Urban Wildlife.” carte blanche, 33. June 2018.
“Rabenmutter.” The Antigonish Review, 192. March 2018.
“Click Bait.” Hamilton Arts & Letters, 10.2. December 2017.
“Foreign Bodies.” The Malahat Review, 198. April 2017.
Non-Fiction
Book Reviews
“Hutchison Street by Abla Farhood.” Montreal Review of Books. November 8, 2018. Online.
Awards and Grants
Access Copyright Foundation – Marian Hebb Research Grant, 2025
The Writers’ Union of Canada Mentorship Microgrant (as mentor), 2023, 2025
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec Creation Grant, 2024
Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Grant, 2023
Winner of Humber Literary Review Emerging Fiction Writers Contest, 2022
Honourable Mention in Prairie Fire Fiction Contest: “Body of Water,” 2018
Nominated by Malahat Review for the Journey Prize: “Foreign Bodies,” 2018
Long-listed for Room Magazine’s Fiction Contest: “Tag,” 2018
Malahat Review Open Season Award for Fiction: “Foreign Bodies”, 2017
Professional Activities
Board of Directors, Quebec Writers’ Federation, 2025-present
Reader for 2025 CBC Short Story Prize, November-December 2024
Panelist: How I Got Published: Fiction Edition. Read Quebec Book Fair, Dec., 2024
Freelance Fiction MS Evaluations and Developmental Editing, 2023-present
Active Listener Committee Member for QWF events, 2022-present
First reader for EVENT Magazine, 2019-present
Participant in Quebec Writers in CÉGEPS Program, 2020-present
First reader for Accenti Magazine Prose Writing Contest, 2020
Facilitator for QWF Shut Up and Write Writing Workshops, 2020
Writing Workshops and Teaching Experience
“The Art and Craft of Short Fiction”
Twelve-week hybrid fiction workshop at the Thomas More Institute, January-March 2025
“Systems for Writers”
One-day hybrid QWF workshop on goal setting, organization, time management, April 2025
“Telling Your Own Story”: a Teen Writing Workshop
One-day workshop on narrative writing at Selwyn House School, April 2024
“Opening the Floodgates”
Eight-week hybrid short fiction workshop for the QWF, October-November 2023
Adult Creative Writing Workshops
Public workshops given at Benny Library, Montreal — May, June, Sept 2023
“Story Architecture”
Six-week online fiction workshop for the QWF — March-April 2021
“Creativity and the Writing Process”
Webinar for Dorshei Emet Synagogue — June 18, 2020
French Teacher/Resource Consultant at Centennial Academy
Taught FSL to secondary students with learning disabilities — 2014-2016
English/French Teacher, Resource Specialist at Kells Academy
Taught ELA, FSL and Resource; Coordinated HS Resource program — 2010-2014
Staff editor for “The Open Mind,” student creative writing journal — 2010-2014
Selected Public Readings and Events
April 27, 2025: Linda Leith Publishing book launch at Blue Metropolis / Metropolis Bleu Literary Festival.
March 19, 2025: Tea & Books reading at the Montreal West Public Library.
February 19, 2025: Speakeasy Reading Series at Glad Day Bookshop, Toronto.
January 14, 2025: Authors Unbound Reading Series and Other Maps Launch, Octopus Books, Ottawa.
Nov. 26, 2024: In Conversation with Rachel McCrum, De Stiil Books, Montreal.
Oct. 7, 2024: Other Maps Toronto Launch National Public Reading Program, Flying Books, Toronto.
October 2, 2022: “Sparrow Grass,” Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island.
April 11, 2019: Song, Fest and Fun Readings at Argo Bookshop, Montreal.
March 15, 2019: Spring Writers Retreat Readings, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff.
Oct. 15, 2018: Lapalabrava Reading Series, La Petite Marche, Montreal.
May 4, 2017: Atwater Library Lunchtime Series, Montreal.
Professional Associations
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC)
Union des Écrivaines et des Écrivains Québécois (UNEQ)
Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF)
English Language Arts Network (ELAN)
PEN Canada
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