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Thanks to Editors BC for this wonderful review of our “Lives Off-Road” panel at the Vancouver Writers Fest in October. I’m always excited to chat about adventures in life and writing!

A new art book about the Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson is now available from Art Canada Institute. This publication is part of the ACI’s Canadian Online Art Book Project, a series of peer-reviewed and richly illustrated books. I edited this book, by teacher and curator Brian Foss, for ACI. Check out Homer Watson here. […]

Woohoo! Great news today for Kate Harris. Her debut memoir, Lands of Lost Borders, won in the Adventure Travel category at the Banff Mountain Book Awards. Kate’s book is now eligible for the Grand Prize, to be announced November 1, 2018. “In thoughtful, melodic prose, Kate Harris embraces the spirit of adventure in this story […]

Railroader by Howard Green debuted at #1 on the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star Canadian non-fiction bestseller list and #3 on the list overall. I edited this biography of Hunter Harrison for Page Two Books. So thrilled for Howard!

The Vancouver Writers Fest kicks off on October 15. I’m excited to be moderating a conversation with Kate Harris, Jan Redford, and Joanna Streetly at the VWF on October 19. We’ll be discussing their travel and adventure books, and what it means to live out of bounds. Tickets are available here.

At the start of June 2018, I started a new writing and exploring project. I’m visiting all 43 Champion trees on the BC Big Tree registry, and writing about them on my blog, Tracking Giants. The Champion trees are those that been nominated and verified as the largest trees among their species, within provincial boundaries. […]

The rains have returned to the West Coast, which can mean only one thing: the literary season is in full swing. Page Two Books has a bumper crop of titles coming out in the coming months, including three books I edited, all on sale September 18: Railroader by business journalist Howard Green, Healthier You by family […]

Great news from Banff today: two books I acquired and edited for Penguin Random House Canada are finalists for the Banff Mountain Book Competition. Lands of Lost Borders by Kate Harris (Knopf Canada) is in the Adventure Travel category, and End of the Rope by Jan Redford (Random House Canada) is in the Mountain Literature […]

“And the cyclist too on his flight claimed the bridge in that blurred movement, alone and illegal. Thunderous applause greeted him at the far end …” Last Sunday, The Reading Line held its sixth Book Ride, this time celebrating the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Bloor Viaduct in Toronto. Participants rode from Bathurst […]

I’m very happy to announce that my Relax into Creativity: Yoga and Writing workshop is now SOLD OUT. I’m presenting this workshop on Thursday as part of the Isle of the Arts festival on Gabriola Island. Thanks to the festival organizers for their support. If you’d like me to lead the workshop in your studio […]