Readings and Events
Dates and details for 2019 readings, events and the launch of Any Waking Morning will be posted as soon as they are available.
Selected readings/events
Reading: 8th Annual Battle of the Bards, International Festival of Authors (IOFA) event Brigantine Room, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, March 30, 2016
Reading at Routes & Branches in Poetry and Art, 9th Annual Poetry Reading & Art Exhibition, The Dignam Gallery, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, April 3, 2016
Guest Poet: Words and Music Salon, Vino Rosso Bar & Restaurant, Toronto, June 4, 2016 Reading at Food For The Soul: The Artful Muse, 8th Annual National Poetry Month exhibition and Reading, Dignam Gallery, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, April 26, 2015
Poetry Reading: Dark Water Songs, Quiet Reading Room, Vaughn Memorial Library, Acadia University, Wolfville, March 4, 2014
Lecture: “From the Fires of Naming to Dark Water Songs: Spiritual Traces from a Writer's Journey” Manning Memorial Chapel, Acadia University, Wolfville, March 5, 2014
Author Reading: Dark Water Songs - Poetry from a Canadian writer of Caribbean origin Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library, Halifax, March 7, 2014
Dark Water Songs, A Reading, Biscuit Eater Cafe and Books, Mahone Bay, March 9, 2014
Presentation: Poetic Inquiry: Resonant Voices, 4th International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry, McGill University, Montreal, October 23-26 2013
Presentation/Reading: Writing from a Sense of Place, Alliouagana Festival of the Word, 2013, Cultural Centre, Little Bay, Montserrat, November 15-17, 2013
Featured Poet: A Literary Evening, An Arts & Culture Jamaica Event Under the patronage of Jamaica’s Consul General to Toronto, October 17, 2013
Poets' and Artists' Salon: Reading and Exhibition, Long Dash Poets and Studio Artists from the WAAC,
Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, April 28, 2013.
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Reading/Launch of Dark Water Songs, Inanna Publications, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, April 18, 2013.
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| Poet to Poet Anthology launch, Nov. 22, 2012 Reading at the launch of the Poet to Poet anthology (Guernica Editions, 2012), at the Black Swan Tavern, Toronto, November 22, 2012. |
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| Art of Poetic Inquiry launch, Nov. 7, 2012 Reading from “Points of Articulation: A Letting Go and a Reaching Towards, A Poet’s Journey” at the launch of the Art of Poetic Inquiry (Backalong Books, 2012), the Dora Keogh Irish Pub, Toronto, November 7, 2012. |
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Towards Balance: "Conversations in Poetry and Art, A Reading and Exhibition,” The Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, April 29, 2012
Jamaica 50 Reading, Malvern Public Library, Toronto, April 16, 2012
Presentation: Poetry: Seeing, Understanding, Caring, 3rd. International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry, Bournemouth University, Dorset, UK, October 20-23, 2011.
Art Bar Reading Series, Toronto, August 2, 2011
Reading and Exhibition: A Spring Celebration of Poetry and Art, The Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, April 17, 2011.
Climates of Collaboration,” A National Poetry Month Reading and Exhibition", The Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, April, 25, 2010
Reading: Poetry, Politics and Passion, A Different Booklist, Toronto, March 19, 2010
Presentation: Poetry As a way of Knowing, 2nd. International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry, Centre for Arts Informed Research, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, October 15-18, 2009
Reading: William Soutar House, Perth, Scotland, October 7, 2009.