Happy New Year!

Now’s a great time for new creative beginnings and sustaining artistic goals. I have several course offerings during the winter season. The City of Windsor Recreation & Education department is currently enrolling for Creative Writing classes at Forest Glade Community Centre and Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre…

Artist and fellow poet Adriane Clipperton recently shared her sketches of yours truly drawn at TOAST Open Mic Poetry’s monthly readings held at Phog Lounge over the 2024 year…

Phylum Press out of London, Ontario gave me a social media shout-out on Instagram in November for their debut issue, published in the fall of 2024. My poem, “Lessons from Bryophyta,” was part of the Nano Moss collection.…

In October, I had the pleasure of being part of a publishing panel hosted by writer Vanessa Shields at Balanced Life Wellness Centre in Essex…

I’m preparing for my second ever writer’s retreat, this time with the good folks over at The Chestnut Review. A group of us are heading over to Mexico…

On Sunday, October 27 I’ll be part of a panel discussion with local authors about our various publishing experiences as well as sharing our tips for getting your work seen by audiences. This event is presented by Gertrude’s Writing Room & Balanced Life Wellness Centre in Essex. Space is limited to twenty participants and tickets are $40, which includes refreshments, and a post-panel author mingle...

I’m always grateful to share that several new pieces of mine have been accepted for publication in literary journals and an anthology by UK press Saraband. My poem “Circlet” now appears in the inaugural issue of Pictura Journal, as does an interview about my creative process. A prose-y poem called “Hurricane” recently made the seventeenth edition of The Petigru Review...

Just a reminder that the City of Windsor Rec and Ed department is currently enrolling for Creative Writing classes taking place this fall at Forest Glade Community Centre and Mackenzie Hall. I offer two different courses at both locations, one for tweens (ages 12 to 15), and another for adults (ages 16 and up)...

This Friday, I’ll be giving a fifteen-minute poetry reading at the Tecumseh location of Indigo. Joining me are several local poets sharing work, including Emily Roe, Vanessa Shields, and many more. This free evening of spoken word will begin at 5:30 p.m. and wrap up by 7 p.m. Please come out and support this community of writers! My chapbook, Mayflies, will also be available for sale.

I have several new pieces that have been published in journals and an anthology…

At the end of 2023, I had the distinct pleasure of editing a writer whose work I’ve admired for some time. Aletheia Luna has been managing the spiritually-oriented website LonerWolf, alongside her partner Mateo Sol, for the past twelve years…

In late February, Short Reads published a prose poem of mine called “Deluge” as part of their weekly feature of established and emerging writers working in flash…

The City of Windsor released an online zine/collection for the Windsor Voices Initiative to celebrate National Poetry Month, the results of which were posted today…

Issue four of Windsor Public Library’s literary journal, Pagination, is set to be released on Wednesday, May 1st, with a launch party at Chapter Two Brewing Company…

It’s been forever and a day since I last posted news here and I’m excited to share that this fall I’ll be leading some creative writing courses with the City of Windsor at Forest Glade Community Centre.

The city is offering two different class segments: One from September 11 to October 23 and another from October 20 to December 11…

Thanks to those who took the time to enjoy some grooves with us last night; we enjoyed spinning for you!

Here’s the playlist from our second event:

Prior to emigrating from Canada in 2010, my love of music brought me to the world of radio broadcasting and I cut my teeth on the Windsor-Detroit airwaves as the Program Director and Volunteer Coordinator of my campus station (CJAM 99.1 FM), as a local music columnist for CBC (CBE AM 1550), and as a commercial jock on 89X (CIMX 88.7 FM). I was a DJ for nearly two decades…