Category: News

  • It’s been a busy new year. I just received my contributor’s copies of Toasts: The Perfect Words to Celebrate Every Occasion (Viva Editions, 2014). It was published back in the fall and features three toasts I wrote: for a new job, Passover, and Chanukah. I created a short promotional video for Daughter’s Day, with interviews…

  • On Saturday, September 6, I was honoured to be one of 12 women awarded a Daughter of the Year Award from the Daughters Day initiative. Daughters Day is in its third year and exists to celebrate the lives and achievements of women while working towards an equitable society. In addition to receiving the award, I…

  • I spent much of today working on a really fun project: a new website for an emerging Edmonton author named Leif Gregersen. Leif is a very talented writer of poetry, memoir, and short stories, with several books to his credit. I met Leif through my work at Boyle McCauley News, and I am so glad…

  • Much to my surprise, the owner of I Heart Edmonton contacted me last week to inform me that he changed his mind, and as the site approaches its fifth anniversary, he wants to keep it going! So, I am back doing reviews of Edmonton-related books.

  • The owner of the blog “I Heart Edmonton” has decided to focus his attention on other projects, so I will no longer be writing reviews of Edmonton books at the site. However, I will continue to stay active in the local literary scene, writing book reviews and author interviews for other sources. From the Ground…

  • From the Ground Up is now showing on Shaw Cable 10 at at 7:30 a.m. weekdays, 9:30 a.m. on weekends, and 7 p.m. Saturday evening. However, this changes based on other special programming going on, so the best way to keep track of when the show is airing is to check the weekly schedule (towards…

  • It’s been really busy around here at camp Words, Pictures, Music. My first major update is that is you enjoy watching From the Ground Up on Shaw Television, it is now showing on weekday mornings at 7:30 a.m., weekend mornings at 9:30 a.m., and a Saturday evening show at 7 p.m. Next, my work was…

  • My new community access television program From the Ground Up: Activists and Activism in Edmonton is now airing on Shaw TV. To view episodes online, visit this YouTube playlist.

  • As a freelance communications professional I find that every once in a while I have to reinvent myself, develop new skill sets, or, at the very least, hone my existing ones. Working on the McCauley Moments documentary project opened some doors for me in television. Shaw TV picked up the film and has been showing…

  • I am now writing reviews of books by Edmonton authors at the popular blog I Heart Edmonton. My first one is of Marty Chan’s new novel. I’ll link up a section for my reviews from the Writing/Editing section of this website.