The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction

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  • Bonus Sunday CNF Essay: Horror in the Hallowed Halls of the Academy

    This piece is part of a collection of lyric essays that I wrote under the gentle and generous supervision of Becky Blake. U of T has a terrific Creative Writing Program Certificate through Continuing Studies; it was a valuable introduction, for me, to providing and receiving writing workshop feedback. My MFA, starting in May, will…

  • This Could Be the Day

    Photo: Robyn Hitchcock; used under a CC license I’m writing a book. Technically, two books. Piece of cake. “Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.” George Orwell I love this, because my writing and my chronic illnesses are closely linked, including both taking place largely in…

  • On Teaching (and Not Teaching) True Crime in Creative Nonfiction

    My second CNF course is underway, and the class members are enthusiastic and engaged. We’ve just started the essay, both lyric and personal, and students are enjoying sharing their favourite David Sedaris pieces. But we’ve also just learned of a tragic death in our college community, and I’m feeling jolted back to last winter, when…