Thanks for joining me.
I write for children and adults (and everyone in-between). My published work includes poetry, short fiction and creative non-fiction. Carrying War, my new memoir-in-essays (Dundurn 2026) was named one of the best new books of summer by the Globe and Mail. My critically acclaimed Middle East memoir, Peacekeeper’s Daughter, (Thistledown 2021) was a finalist for the Quebec Writers’ Federation Mavis Gallant Award for Nonfiction. My two collections of poetry, The Hospitality of Trees and Chaos Theories of Goodness, were released by Shoreline Press in 2025 and 2022. Watch for these titles and more to come.
Newly Released
A Globe and Mail Best New Book of Summer 2026
Carrying War (essays), August 2026, Dundurn Press
The Hospitality of Trees (poems), October 2025, Shoreline Press
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Upcoming Events
Quebec Launch of Carrying War: Saturday, August 29, 2 to 5 pm at Gillygooly Gallery, North Hatley, QC
Hamilton LitLive, at the Staircase Theatre, 7 pm, September 6, Hamilton, Ontario
Brome Lake Books, 1-3 pm, September 12, Lac Brome, QC
Black Cat Books, 2-4 pm, September 26, Sherbrooke, QC
Knowlton Literary Festival, 10:30-11:30, October 17, Lac Brome, QC
Black Bond Books, 7 pm, February 24, 2027, Vancouver, BC
Jewish Public Library, 7-9 pm, March 16, 2027, Montreal, QC
Available wherever books are sold.
Peacekeeper’s Daughter, a Middle East memoir, (Thistledown Press, 2021)
Finalist for Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) Mavis Gallant Nonfiction Award.
Included in the 2021 CBC Non-Fiction Preview List. View the whole list here.
Read the opinion article “As a peacekeeper’s daughter I learned the power of words over weapons” in the Toronto Star.
Available now: Chaos Theories of Goodness – my debut poetry collection
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My essay “The Edge of the Map” was published in Queens Quarterly Vol. 133. No. 1 Spring 2026.
Read my latest essay online: “Ultimi Habitores Mundi—Inhabitants of the World’s Edge”
carte blanche, Spring 2026.
The eleventh installment of Canada’s annual volume of essays showcases diverse nonfiction writing from across the country. Culled from leading Canadian magazines and journals, Best Canadian Essays 2019 contains award-winning and award-nominated nonfiction articles that are topical and engaging and have their finger on the pulse of our contemporary psyches.
Praise for Best Canadian Essays
“Fascinating, provocative, sobering and painful… an abundance of artfully expressed ideas.”
—Toronto Star
Runner Up
My essay “Carrying War” is the runner-up in subTerrain’s 17th Annual Lush Triumphant Literary Contest and has just been published in the latest issue of subTerrain. See more details here.