Vancouver Manuscript Intensive celebration reading!
July 6, 2025 at 2:00 pm PST
You are invited to short readings by mentees, mentors, and past VMI participants on Zoom.
We’ll hear from Kate Bird, Yosef Wosk VMI fellow Diary Marif, Chris Smart, Andréa Isaak, Yosef Wosk VMI fellow Petra Chambers, Betsy Warland, Aren X Tulchinsky, Gary Barwin and Mark Winston.
RSVP to our email to receive the Zoom link – info@vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com
Publication: May 1, 2025 by Bell Press
Edited by Betsy Warland, Seema Shah, and Kate Bird
Off the Map, an anthology featuring writers from Vancouver, British Columbia, with lived experience of mental health issues, aims to bring diverse and distinctive voices to the literary landscape. Works of creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry on a wide range of subjects showcase unique storytelling styles and forms, offer fresh and fascinating perspectives, and are told with compelling honesty, inventiveness, and compassion.
Contributors: Kate Bird, Tove Black, James Boutin-Crawford, Jessica Cole, Crisi Corby, Gilles Cyrenne, Venge Dixon, Jaki Eisman, Christy Frisken, Merle Ginsburg, Angela J. Gray, Adishi Gupta, Jean Kavanagh, Yong Nan Kim, Justyna Krol, jerry LaFaery, Danica Longair, Harry McKeown, Neven Marelj, Quin Martins, Pari Mokradi, Ronan Nanning-Watson, Rye Orrange, Mary Phyllis O’Toole, Bruce Ray, Ingrid Rose, Beth Rowntree, Lenore Rowntree, Kim Seary, Seema Shah, Neko Smart, Amy Wang, Sandra Yuen
At book stores or order here: https://bellpressbooks.com/product/off-the-map/
I’ll be reading my essay “About Face,” which was published in the Fall/Winter 2023/24 issue of The Humber Literary Review, at the Vancouver Public Library’s Writers Showcase on Tuesday, May 28, 2024
I’m proud that The Humber Literary Review published my essay “About Face” in the Fall/Winter 2023/24 issue!
