Category: Blog

Thank you to all who read my book. After so many hours, months, years moving all those words around on pages, its amazing to have other people interacting with the final result. A few cherished readers reviewed the book before publication and their thoughts have been included on the back of the book. But here… Read more

To all those who have been lost and then found the islands of the people.  That’s the dedication I chose for my debut novel, A Room in the Forest. It’s about a young woman who is lost. Not in the sense of someone losing their way home. Lily has no idea which way she wants… Read more

Book lovers like to share, but as a suspicious GenXer, I’ve never been too into BookTok hype or even Goodreads! I’ll tell my friends what I’m reading, but the marketing demographers can figure me out some other way. Ha ha. As if, right? But I was excited to be asked to write a list of… Read more

Two boxes of my books arrived yesterday and want to give a shout out to our local postwoman. I’d just read on the neighbourhood Facebook group that people weren’t getting packages to their door these days. Instead they were getting those notices that say you have to wait until 1pm the NEXT day to pick… Read more

The Stand For those in Vancouver area, this is a great opportunity to see The Stand in the theatre in the next couple of weeks. This film features archival footage and animation to explore the 1985 dispute over logging on the southern half of Haida Gwaii. Chris Auchter is a Haida filmmaker who has worked… Read more

Since this process of finishing a book and getting it published has been moving along, I’ve met or been involved with so many amazing creators and supporters of books and book makers. Writing a book is a lonely occupation for the most part, and now that it is coming out I am trying to shuck… Read more

Come to my book launch at the Book Warehouse on Main Street in Vancouver on March 18. Doors open at 6:30, event at 7:00pm. Jill Yonit Goldberg, author of After We Drowned will be there too. I’ll be doing readings on Haida Gwaii in late April or early May, and in Calgary, Prince George, Smithers, Terrace… Read more

The Haida have long asserted title and sovereignty over their entire territory, and after many years of nation building, taking stands, negotiations and governance the Gaayhllxid / Gíihlagalgang “Rising Tide” Haida Title Lands Agreement was signed by the Haida Nation and the provincial government in April 2024 and now in February 2025 the Chiixuujin / Chaaw Kaawgaa… Read more

When a book has a cover, then you know it’s real! My debut novel is winging its way into its solid state and is now available for pre-orders. The beautiful painting is by Maryanne Wettlaufer, who lives at the north end of Haida Gwaii. I love her windswept work. The colours and the movement remind… Read more