This novel began on a camping trip to where the whales rub themselves on the beach every Sept. Waves pounding all night- energizing. Itching to create, I got up and started this writing. brilliant writers guiding me through this adventure: Cody Caetano (agent!) and Katherena Vermette (publisher!)

My latest piece is fiction~ published in The New Quarterly! An excerpt of the manuscript I've been working on the past two years... get a copy here: tnq.ca/issues/issue...

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Witnessing the medicine of Cedar at risk with Kwakwaka'wakw, Haida and Salish Knowledge Keepers... "Logging, climate crisis killing once great Cedar forests" @aptnnews.bsky.social won 3rd place Best Feature + 2nd place Best Multimedia for Pro. Div. III miigwetch @indigenousja.bsky.social !

Feeling honoured to be a finalist for a CAJ award! "Quality journalism serves as a beacon of hope for a more fair and just world," said Brent Jolly, president of the CAJ. #IndigenousJournalism

Excited for time and space at Literary Journalism: Environmental Writers– 2 week retreat Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity with facilitators Denise Balkissoon and Stephanie Kwetásel’wet Wood of The Narwhal. 💥
Grateful for the gift of good convo, focus, amazing studio spaces– in the mountains!

The important work is coming from Laura Holland, Martha Martin and other mothers!

Medicine at Risk: Cedar
This spring I spent time in the forest with Knowledge Keepers sharing strong voices and hearts.
Thank you film documentarian Zain Burgess, and miigwetch for funding from Sitka Foundation and Science Media Centre of Canada!
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📸Zain Burgess.