Frances Peck
@franceslpeck.bsky.social
New to the sky | Editor turned novelist | THE BROKEN PLACES, a Globe & Mail best book 2022, and UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT (NeWest Press) | East coaster gone west | francespeck.com
The North Shore Writers' Association wants your work! Submit to our 30th annual writing contest today. Details in this piece by Youth Member Vansh Malhotra.
lynnvalleylife.com/news-events/...
lynnvalleylife.com/news-events/...
North Shore Writers’ Association Contest
LynnValleyLife began with a team of locals who decided they wanted to use their skills and experience to build something to support and celebrate our community. We help local organizations and merchan...
lynnvalleylife.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The North Shore Writers' Association wants your work! Submit to our 30th annual writing contest today. Details in this piece by Youth Member Vansh Malhotra.
lynnvalleylife.com/news-events/...
lynnvalleylife.com/news-events/...
Reposted by Frances Peck
Tell the teachers in your life about Writers in the Classroom! This popular Vancouver Writers Fest program will provide 13 FREE author visits (in-person and online) to schools in BC between April and June 2026.
Apply by Friday, February 27:
writersfest.bc.ca/youth#writer...
Apply by Friday, February 27:
writersfest.bc.ca/youth#writer...
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Tell the teachers in your life about Writers in the Classroom! This popular Vancouver Writers Fest program will provide 13 FREE author visits (in-person and online) to schools in BC between April and June 2026.
Apply by Friday, February 27:
writersfest.bc.ca/youth#writer...
Apply by Friday, February 27:
writersfest.bc.ca/youth#writer...
NO ONE gets editors and editing the way you do, Iva. 😍
Happy new year! Here's your January cartoon: ivacheung.com/2026/01/let-... #AmEditing
Let it stand - Iva Cheung
ivacheung.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
NO ONE gets editors and editing the way you do, Iva. 😍
An excellent memoir. Holiday gift, anyone?
MELTDOWN: Intimate storytelling meets vast landscapes. Sarah Boon tells the story of her transformation, told in parallel to the vast changes in the glaciers, forests, and snow she studies.
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##Science #Fieldwork #Memoir @snowhydro.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##Science #Fieldwork #Memoir @snowhydro.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
An excellent memoir. Holiday gift, anyone?
In the mood for a writerly conversation? Tonight (7pm Pacific), Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho and I sit by the fire (literally) and chat about process, inspiration, community, and more. On Zoom, open to all. Register via the Federation of BC Writers:
www.bcwriters.ca/event-6414559
www.bcwriters.ca/event-6414559
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In the mood for a writerly conversation? Tonight (7pm Pacific), Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho and I sit by the fire (literally) and chat about process, inspiration, community, and more. On Zoom, open to all. Register via the Federation of BC Writers:
www.bcwriters.ca/event-6414559
www.bcwriters.ca/event-6414559
Looking forward to this online chat on Dec 3, 7pm Pacific. Thanks to the Federation of BC Writers for hosting.
bcbooklook.com/fbcw-firesid...
bcbooklook.com/fbcw-firesid...
FBCW Fireside Chat - BC Booklook
FBCW presents a Fireside Chat on Dec 3 featuring novelist Frances Peck and author Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho discussing creative writing and memoir.
bcbooklook.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Looking forward to this online chat on Dec 3, 7pm Pacific. Thanks to the Federation of BC Writers for hosting.
bcbooklook.com/fbcw-firesid...
bcbooklook.com/fbcw-firesid...
Reposted by Frances Peck
Tnrilled to be included in issue no.305 @fiddlehd.bsky.social Many thanks to @saleema.bsky.social for all her kind and thoughtful edits. There are so many great contributions in this issue, including 2025 Creative Nonfiction Prize winner Shelley Pacholok.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tnrilled to be included in issue no.305 @fiddlehd.bsky.social Many thanks to @saleema.bsky.social for all her kind and thoughtful edits. There are so many great contributions in this issue, including 2025 Creative Nonfiction Prize winner Shelley Pacholok.
Reposted by Frances Peck
There are less than two weeks until the deadline for our 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize! Don't miss out on your chance to submit!
NOW OPEN: Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem.
Submit your best poem for a chance to win $2,000 CAD and be published in The Fiddlehead! This year’s judges are Bertrand Bickersteth, T. Liem, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough.
More details here: thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
Submit your best poem for a chance to win $2,000 CAD and be published in The Fiddlehead! This year’s judges are Bertrand Bickersteth, T. Liem, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough.
More details here: thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There are less than two weeks until the deadline for our 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize! Don't miss out on your chance to submit!
Excited to share what inspired my novels, read snippets from both, and of course savour tea and the museum.
📚🍵🍪🏚
📚🍵🍪🏚
. @franceslpeck.bsky.social 's 1st novel, #TheBrokenPlaces, was a 2022 G&M best book.
Her latest, #UncontrolledFlight, follows the twisty aftermath of a BC firefighting pilot’s death, and made several 2023 book-of-the-year lists!📚
#AuthorsTea Sun Nov23rd 2pm #LogCabinMuseum. $10 @ door.
#yyjevents
Her latest, #UncontrolledFlight, follows the twisty aftermath of a BC firefighting pilot’s death, and made several 2023 book-of-the-year lists!📚
#AuthorsTea Sun Nov23rd 2pm #LogCabinMuseum. $10 @ door.
#yyjevents
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Excited to share what inspired my novels, read snippets from both, and of course savour tea and the museum.
📚🍵🍪🏚
📚🍵🍪🏚
Museum + tea + treats + authors = FUN! 🏠🍵🫖🍪🍰📖
Sunday, Nov 23, Log Cabin Museum, Saanichton (Vancouver Island). If you're on Vancouver Island, come on by!
Sunday, Nov 23, Log Cabin Museum, Saanichton (Vancouver Island). If you're on Vancouver Island, come on by!
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Museum + tea + treats + authors = FUN! 🏠🍵🫖🍪🍰📖
Sunday, Nov 23, Log Cabin Museum, Saanichton (Vancouver Island). If you're on Vancouver Island, come on by!
Sunday, Nov 23, Log Cabin Museum, Saanichton (Vancouver Island). If you're on Vancouver Island, come on by!
Reposted by Frances Peck
Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae | Legion Magazine youtu.be/cKoJvHcMLfc?... #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae | Legion Magazine youtu.be/cKoJvHcMLfc?... #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
Reposted by Frances Peck
Withholding money for food and finding money for every unnecessary thing is what sparked the French Revolution. Literally.
October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Withholding money for food and finding money for every unnecessary thing is what sparked the French Revolution. Literally.
Reposted by Frances Peck
Chapters-Indigo *finally* has #AfterTheFeast up on their site: www.indigo.ca/en-ca/after-...
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/after-...
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/after-...
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Chapters-Indigo *finally* has #AfterTheFeast up on their site: www.indigo.ca/en-ca/after-...
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/after-...
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/after-...
Funding cuts are eviscerating BC arts organizations. I just donated to FBCW because the Fed has:
1. taught me a ton about the craft and business of writing
2. given me a network of writers to connect with and learn from
3. launched a MATCHING campaign - my favourite way to donate
bcwriters.ca/Match
1. taught me a ton about the craft and business of writing
2. given me a network of writers to connect with and learn from
3. launched a MATCHING campaign - my favourite way to donate
bcwriters.ca/Match
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Funding cuts are eviscerating BC arts organizations. I just donated to FBCW because the Fed has:
1. taught me a ton about the craft and business of writing
2. given me a network of writers to connect with and learn from
3. launched a MATCHING campaign - my favourite way to donate
bcwriters.ca/Match
1. taught me a ton about the craft and business of writing
2. given me a network of writers to connect with and learn from
3. launched a MATCHING campaign - my favourite way to donate
bcwriters.ca/Match
Reposted by Frances Peck
Writers/Podcasters: DM if you’re interested in me talking about our fancy new record in our 45th year as a band!!
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Writers/Podcasters: DM if you’re interested in me talking about our fancy new record in our 45th year as a band!!
Happy to be among the Lower Mainland authors at the Richmond Library's Writers for Readers event today, Oct 7. Come say hi if you're around! Until 7pm. Brighouse branch. 📚
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Happy to be among the Lower Mainland authors at the Richmond Library's Writers for Readers event today, Oct 7. Come say hi if you're around! Until 7pm. Brighouse branch. 📚
Just a couple of seats left in my Saturday workshop at this Salt Spring Island festival. www.eventbrite.ca/e/paper-cove...?
October 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Just a couple of seats left in my Saturday workshop at this Salt Spring Island festival. www.eventbrite.ca/e/paper-cove...?
Reposted by Frances Peck
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
A fine bookstore for a fine poet.
I've finally put physical copies of my chapbooks in a brick-and-mortar store because my website is broken and I haven't had time to deal with it!
So they're now exclusively available at Audreys Books in Edmonton. Which is an absolutely excellent marketing strategy.
So they're now exclusively available at Audreys Books in Edmonton. Which is an absolutely excellent marketing strategy.
September 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A fine bookstore for a fine poet.
Seeking that creative spark? Paper Covers Rock on Salt Spring Island, Oct 3-4, is an affordable, multidisciplinary festival for writers and other creatives. I'll be there to teach my Sentences with Style workshop (Oct 4) and to soak up the inspiration.
Details: www.papercoversrock.ca
Details: www.papercoversrock.ca
September 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Seeking that creative spark? Paper Covers Rock on Salt Spring Island, Oct 3-4, is an affordable, multidisciplinary festival for writers and other creatives. I'll be there to teach my Sentences with Style workshop (Oct 4) and to soak up the inspiration.
Details: www.papercoversrock.ca
Details: www.papercoversrock.ca
Sorry to miss the launch party for The Fiddlehead issue 304, which (I'm still pinching myself) contains an essay I wrote. I'll be downtown at Word Vancouver all day, wishing I could do two things at once. If you're free, the Fiddlehead launch is open to all: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
September 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Sorry to miss the launch party for The Fiddlehead issue 304, which (I'm still pinching myself) contains an essay I wrote. I'll be downtown at Word Vancouver all day, wishing I could do two things at once. If you're free, the Fiddlehead launch is open to all: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Reposted by Frances Peck
Signed and shared. ✍🏽
“In 1991, Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child … This order stands to violate these rights and freedoms if implemented.”
Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans. #ableg #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli chng.it/msmGkKmbD7
“In 1991, Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child … This order stands to violate these rights and freedoms if implemented.”
Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans. #ableg #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli chng.it/msmGkKmbD7
Have you seen this petition yet?
Tell the Alberta Government: No Book Bans
chng.it
September 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Signed and shared. ✍🏽
“In 1991, Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child … This order stands to violate these rights and freedoms if implemented.”
Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans. #ableg #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli chng.it/msmGkKmbD7
“In 1991, Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child … This order stands to violate these rights and freedoms if implemented.”
Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans. #ableg #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli chng.it/msmGkKmbD7
I did a thing. A flying thing. A horror flying thing. Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v4B...
@newestpress.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v4B...
@newestpress.bsky.social
Horror Flying - Episode 3 - Frances Peck
YouTube video by Janine Cross
www.youtube.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I did a thing. A flying thing. A horror flying thing. Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v4B...
@newestpress.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v4B...
@newestpress.bsky.social
Reposted by Frances Peck
support the humanities
August 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
support the humanities
Thanks, Indigo Robson, for including "The Broken Places" in this display of fiction set in Vancouver. Thanks, too, to @lisabrideau.bsky.social (whose "Adrift" is set nearby, in Nanaimo) for spotting and photographing!
August 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thanks, Indigo Robson, for including "The Broken Places" in this display of fiction set in Vancouver. Thanks, too, to @lisabrideau.bsky.social (whose "Adrift" is set nearby, in Nanaimo) for spotting and photographing!