Selected Publications
Local Literary History
“Four Famous Poets Who Visited Early Alberta” (Read Alberta, April 2024)
“The Institute of Applied Art: The Forgotten Story of Alberta’s First Book Publisher” (Read Alberta, December 2023)
“A Day at the Calgary Stampede with Alberta Writers” (Read Alberta, July 2023)
“Winnifred Eaton Reeve (1875-1954): A Chinese-Albertan Writer in the Era of Exclusion” (Read Alberta, May 2023)
“1936: The Year Poetry Caused a Stir in Alberta” (Read Alberta, April 2023)
“Behind the Façades: The Literary History of an Endangered Calgary Block (Read Alberta, January 2022)
“Who Has Seen the Wind Comes Home to Alberta” (Read Alberta, November 2022)
“Poets Lived Here: A Story of Early Poetry in Alberta” (Read Alberta, April 2022)
“The Canadian Authors Meet: A Glimpse into the Week Calgary Became the Literary Centre of Canada”(Read Alberta, July 2021)
“Celebrating the Centennial of Alberta’s Historic Literary Spring” (Read Alberta, May 2021)
Calgary through the Eyes of Writers (Rocky Mountain Books, 2018)
"Reading Calgary: How 12 Authors Have Captured Our City's Character" (CBC Calgary at a Crossroads, 2016)
Personal Essays
“Kim Clayton: Lives Lived” (The Globe and Mail, 2018)
"A Magpie Season" (Carte Blanche, 2014)
"Skin Deep" (FreeFall, 2012) – finalist for the Alberta Literary Awards James H. Gray Short NonFiction prize in 2013 [audio clip]
"J. Walter Keith: Lives Lived" (The Globe and Mail, 2014)
"Walking Meditation" (Freshwater Pearls, Recliner Books, 2011) – nominated for the Creative NonFiction Collective Readers' Choice award in 2013
"Close Encounter with a Cowboy" (Geist, March 2007) – 3rd Annual Postcard Story Contest honourable mention
"Shoes On, Shoes Off: What's Your Call?" (The Globe and Mail, 2006)
Poetry
"Tea Ceremony" (Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery, New Harbinger, 2011)
