Select journalism, reviews, columns
Note: This list does not include articles and radio pieces prepared as a full-time reporter, show producer and production assistant for The Dartmouth Patriot (Nova Scotia), Interlake Spectator (Manitoba), Winnipeg Free Press (internship), CKDU-FM (Halifax) or CBC-Moncton. It doesn’t include ten children’s book reviews for Island Parent Magazine (2017-18), or publications under pseudonyms, including five short features for a local parenting magazine (2016), two creative non-fiction pieces in Geist Magazine (2020, 2021), one poem in The Temz Review (2020), and two poems in CV2 (2020).

Today's Parent Magazine
  • Chez Mommy: Le Menu. Humour Piece. January 2007.
  • It’s a Jungle Out There. Humour Feature. May 2004.
  • Diaper Diary (A History of the Diaper). Feature. February 2004.
  • Curb Appeal: Welcome to Clare Street, Where a Group of Neighbours is Determined to Put Cars in Their Place—and Kids on Their Street. Feature. April 2003.
  • Remembrance Daze: What's the First Thing Your Child Will Remember? Feature. April 2003.
  • Wham Bam Thank You Pram: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, And So Has Your Stroller. September 2002
  • Darling Sweetheart Bubbacakes: The Loopy Logic Behind Our Terms of Endearment. Feature. April 2002.
  • From Poland to Indonesia, Parents Celebrate Milestones with Elaborate Traditions: Believe It Baby! Feature. December 2001.

Times-Colonist (Victoria, B.C.)
  • Teaching Girls the Wrong Lessons at the Checkout. Comment. May 1, 2008.
  • Family Writes: Mother-Daughter Co-Authors Talk About Missteps on the Road of Right Living. Feature. November 25, 2001.
  • ​Mere Launches a Raft of Ideas. Book Review. November 25, 2001.

Herizons Magazine
  • Captive Bodies – American Women Writers Redefine Pregnancy and Childbirth. Book Review. Summer 2010.
  • Bar None: Julia Sudbury on Why Prisons Do Not Cut Crime. Feature. June 2007.
  • Healthy Profits Rule, Says Mahoney. Feature. September 2003.
  • Open (by Lisa Moore). Book Review. June 2003.
  • Promised the Moon (by Stephanie Nolen). Book Review. Summer 2003.
  • Flying High: An Interview With Ann-Marie MacDonald. Feature. Winter 2004. Read here
  • Women Working the NAFTA Food Chain: Women, Food, and Globalization. Book Review. Summer 2000.
  • Victoria Now Canada’s C-Section Capital. Feature. June 2000.
  • Fantasies of Femininity: Re-Defining the Boundaries of Sex. Book Review. March 2000.
  • Who’s Afraid of Feminism: Bitch. Book Review. Winter 1999.
  • “Eye wuz here: stories by women writers under 30”.  Review. Herizons Magazine. Summer, 1997.

The Malahat Review
  • Review of The Panic Room by Rebecca Păpucaru. Spring 2018. Read here
  • On Vigilance and Lyric Adequacy: Sara Cassidy in Conversation with Kim Trainor. March 2016. Read here.
  • I do not think that I could love a human being by Johanna Skibsrud; Catchment Area by Jena Schmitt. Review. Spring 2011. Read here
  • Visible Living: Poems Selected and New by Marya Fiamengo. Review. Summer 2007.
  • Ending with Music by Maurice Mierau. Book Review. June 2003.
  • Slip by Sina Queyras. Book Review. June 22, 2002.
  • Carla Funk: Head Full of Sun. Review. Fall 2002.

BC Bookworld
  • Theatre of the Unheard: Playwright Joan McLeod. Q and A. Spring 2010.
  • Is the University Unfolding as It Should? Q and A. Summer 2006.
  • Across the River and Over the Ditch: Sylvia Olsen Confronts Motherhood Issues. Q and A. Spring 2006.
  • In the Year 2039: Interview With Writer Peter Such. Interview. Autumn 2005.
  • Feminine Turbulence: Author Rita Moir. Interview. Summer 2005.

Focus Magazine
2008
  • Inner Harbour Racket. Talk of the Town. October 2008.
  • Victoria Underfoot: Heritage Advocates Create a Lush Guide to Victoria’s Archaeological Record. Feature Article. October 2008.
  • David Leach: Fatal Tide. David Leach’s new book investigates the story of the first North American adventure racing fatality. Feature Q and A. September 2008.
  • Craig Boyko: Blackouts. A young award-winning writer reflects on the writing life and media attention.  Feature Q and A. August 2008.
  • Curves of Time: Biographer Cathy Converse Sheds Light on The Curve of Time. Feature Q and A. July 2008.
  • Refreshing Rain on the Parade. Talk of the Town. June 2008.
  • Exploring the Sacred Through Place: Star Weiss’s Havens in a Hectic World. Feature Q and A. June 2008.
  • Julie Paul: Two of Julie Paul’s stories, from her just-published The Jealousy Bone, have been nominated for the prestigious Journey Prize. Feature Q and A. May 2008.
  • Librarian Lockout. Talk of the Town. April 2008.

2007
  • The Gift of Locally-Grown Books: City of Victoria Butler Prize Finalists. Feature. December 2007.
  • The Thing That Happened on Elford Street;  The Laurel House debacle is just one symptom of a mental health system in desperate need of help.  Feature. November 2007.
  • Remembering Robin: The Malahat Review Celebrates 40 Years. Feature. October 2007.
  • Surprisingly True: Poet Lorna Crozier. The award-winning writer discusses her new book, her love of animals, and how good poems demand dream-time. Feature Q and A. August 2007.
  • Tankers on the Coast: A Little Vodka, A Little Reef.... Our rocky shores may spell peril for oil tankers, wildlife, and politicians. Feature. July 2007.
  • Shift: The State of Storytelling. Two writers address the challenge of finding an audience in the era of 9-11 and reality TV.  Feature. June 2007.
  • Mary-Wynne Ashford: Time to Grow Up. The physician and peace activist discusses her new book, Enough Blood Shed, and the roots of war. Feature Q and A. May 2007.
  • Holistic Landscapers Go Deep. Feature. May 2007.
  • Poet Laureate Carla Funk. The Art of Asking Questions. Feature Q and A. April 2007.
  • Hemp Champion Bill Finley: On the Trials and Rewards of an Eco-Friendly Fashion Business. Feature. April 2007.
  • Shopping for Dinosaurs (On the Marketing of SUVs). Comment. March 2007.
  • Can Capitalism Cope With Climate Change? Thomas Homer-Dixon, Governor-General Award-winning writer and scholar predicts civilization is due for a major shake-up. Feature Interview. March 2007.
  • Tapping Into the Sun’s Energy: Solarcrest Innovations saves homeowners 20 percent on energy bills and reduces household emissions by over 1 ton. Feature. March 2007.
  • Humanizing Trade: Level Ground Trading Company. Feature. February 2007.
  • Life Lessons: Carol Windley on Her Giller-nominated Home Schooling. Feature Q and A. January 2007.

2006
  • Nobody’s Mother: Lynne Van Luven’s Collection of Essays by Childless Women. Feature Q and A. December 2006.
  • Obstacles to Sustainable Buildings: Regulatory authorities don’t make it easy to create sustainability. Feature. December 2006.
  • Open to Mystery: Robert Wiersema’s New Novel. Feature Q and A. November 2006.
  • Disciplined Passion: Activist, Consultant, and Writer Stephen Legault. Feature Q and A. October 2006.
  • The Croc Comes to Town: Walmart SuperCenter Development Plans. Feature. October 2006.
  • Shopping in a Design Concept: New Mall Like "Night of the Living Dead". Feature. October 2006.
  • Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University. Feature. September 2006.
  • Conscience and Hope: Playwright Joan McLeod. Feature Q & A. August 2006.
  • Silken Laumann: The Power of Play. Feature Q & A. July 2006.
  • Fragments Become Stories: Patricia Young. Feature Q and A. May 2006.
  • Cooperating for Community: Roots and Roofs Cooperative’s “Third Way” to Affordable Housing. Feature. May 2006.
  • James Bay: Hot Spot.  James Bay is BC’s second most densely-populated neighbourhood. But some residents are concerned that the inflation of property values and redevelopment will inevitably lead to less diversity. Feature. April 2006.
  • The Trouble With History: Dr. Florin Diacu on the Difficulty of Dating Historical Events. Feature Q and A. March 2006.
  • Throwing Cans of Beans into a Bottomless Pit: Canada’s food banks were originally intended as short-term, emergency assistance.  But now, with over 600 in Canada, they’ve become a seemingly permanent band-aid, letting government off the hook. Comment.  March 2006.
  • Sympathetic Exchanges: An Interview with Dede Crane. Feature Q and A. February 2006.
  • Rachel Wyatt: Stories that dazzle with wit and character. Feature Q & A. January, 2006.

2005
  • Exhuming the Truth: James MacKinnon’s Dead Man in Paradise. Feature Q & A. December, 2005,
  • Raincoast Chronicles Fourth Five/Islands in the Salish Sea: A Community Atlas/Young Wins Butler Prize. Reviews and dispatch. December, 2005.
  • 100-Mile Potluck: How often do we over-reach for the things we need? Comment. December, 2005.
  • The Story of Unless: The play. Essay. October, 2005.
  • Pickled Eggs Before Email: Anny Scoones on the meaning of home, her writing, and hate mail.  Feature Q and A. October, 2005.
  • PharmaBuster: Alan Cassels’s new book, Selling Sickness. Feature Q and A. September 2005.
  • The Storyteller’s Burden: Poet Patrick Lane.  Feature Q and A. August, 2005.
  • Nancy Turner: Resilient Refugium of Cultural Sustainability. Feature Q and A. July, 2005.
  • Kid Literate: Nikki Tate talks about writing, her advocacy for children’s literacy and the danger of the Disneyfication of children’s books.  Feature Q and A.  June, 2005.
  • Third Person Intimate: Writer Bill Gaston. Feature Q and A. April, 2005.
  • Consummate Storyteller:  M.A.C. Farrant. Feature Q and A. March, 2005.
  • The Practice of Looking: Essayist and Poet Tim Lilburn. Feature Q and A. February, 2005.
  • Truth in the Past Tense: Pauline Holdstock on her Giller-nominated novel, Beyond Measure. Feature Q and A. Focus Magazine. January, 2005.

2004
  • Jack Hodgins has the Storytelling Gene. Feature Q and A. December, 2004.
  • Distress and the Balm of Work: Writer Kevin Patterson. Feature Q and A. November, 2004.
  • The Pearl Queen: Catherine Greenwood’s Poems are Layered and Polished as Pearls. Feature Q and A. October, 2004.
  • Stacey Chappell: Activist. First Person Passions. Feature Q and A. October, 2004.
  • The First Novel of Esi Edugyan. Feature Q and A. September, 2004.
  • Kevin Paul: Toward the Beautiful Way. Feature Q and A. July, 2004.
  • John Gould: In Good Working Order. Feature Q and A. May, 2004.

Focus on Women Magazine
2003
  • Chocolate, Sex, Something Nice for All.  Conscious Consumer column. November, 2003.
  • Building the Conservation Psychology Bus. Conscious Consumer column. October, 2003.
  • The Sacred Realm of Housekeeping. Conscious Consumer column. December, 2003.
  • Chocolate, Sex, Something Nice for All.  Conscious Consumer column. November, 2003.
  • Building the Conservation Psychology Bus. Conscious Consumer column. October, 2003.
  • Meeting on the Green: The Rise of the Friendly Conference. Conscious Consumer column. August, 2003.
  • Beware the Baby Biz Hype. Conscious Consumer column. June, 2003.​
  • Consuming War: Like any consumer item, the war on Iraq was packaged, advertised and sold. Conscious Consumer column. May, 2003. 
  • Sack the Unfashionable Plastic Bag. Conscious Consumer column. February, 2003.
  • Carla Procloth’s anti-packaging mission wants you! Conscious Consumer column.  April, 2003.
2002
  • The Frog and the Princess: biologist Purnima Govindarajulu on the art and science of life. Feature. December, 2002.
  • The Gift of Good Karma. Conscious Consumer column. December, 2002.
  • The Desire to Discover: Women in science break down the lab doors. Feature. November, 2002.
  • The Women`s Movement’s Memory Lane: Preserving the Past for the Future. Feature article about the Victoria Women`s Movement Archives.  October, 2002.
  • Reality Fitness and Modern Muscles. Conscious Consumer column. October, 2002.
  • Staying Strong Under Pressure: Women and the Health Care Crisis. Feature.  September, 2002.
  • The Power of Peer Pressure: Social Marketing. Conscious Consumer column. September, 2002. 
  • Save Money! Save the Ozone! Invite Jeff Over. (Green Home Visits). Conscious Consumer Column. July, 2002.
  • When Mommy is a Teen. Feature. July, 2002.
  • The Royal Flush. Conscious Consumer Column. May 2002.
  • Dishing Up the World: International Women’s Catering Co-op. Feature. April 2002.
  • Aging: Seeking Coherence (UVic’s Centre on Aging). Feature. March 2002.
  • Voluntary Dishevelment. Conscious Consumer Column. March 2002.
  • Storytelling: Between the Lines of History. Feature. January 2002.
​​2001
  • Poor Mom! Determining the Value of Motherhood. Feature. November 2001.
  • Have Hoe Will Travel: Linking Land and Future Farmers. Feature. September 2001.
  • When it’s Mother’s Day in Prison. Feature. May 2001.
  • Volunteering – Beyond the Bake Sale. Feature. April 2001.
2000
  • Chambermaid, PhD: Immigrant Professional Women, Our Lost Resources. Feature. November 2000.
  • Reclaiming the Street. Feature Article on New Urbanism. July 2000.
  • Caesarians: The Ultimate Intervention. Feature. May 2000.
1999
  • The Fibrous World: Three Papermakers Translate Plants into Art. Feature. August 1999.
  • Women and Words: Breaking Through the Silence. Feature on Literacy. June 1999.
  • Helene Cyr: Giving Light to a Hidden Culture. Feature Profile. April 1999.
  • Dealing with Our Garbage: Women Who Practice and Preach the 3Rs. Feature. March 1999.

Other
  • Dead Poems. Short Essay. Ottawa Poetry Newsletter. March 2018.
  • Intertwingularity and O Little Hat. Two Essays on Language. Buttered Parsnips, BC Government Blog. February 2016.
  • Framed. Essay. Geist Magazine. Winter 2015.
  • PK Page's Children's Books, Feature and review - Pacific Rim Review of Books
  • The Story of the Single Parent. Guest Blog. Write All the Words Blog. Spring 2014. Link.
  • As for Me and Your House. Blog post. Groundwood Books.
  • “Enraptured Mothers, Lost Brides” and “Wheelings”. Review of Poetry by Jan Horner and Doris Hillis. Prairie Fire Magazine. Summer 1997.
  • Artists Xchange Digs for “Hodge Podge”. Feature. Esquimalt News. April 1, 1998.
  • The Buzz of Genius Fills the Room. Feature. Globe and Mail. November 7, 1992.
  • Diving for Controversy. Feature. Halifax Chronicle Herald. August 7, 1992.
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Fiction, poetry, essays
Geist Magazine
  • The Lowest Tide – Personal Essay. Geist Magazine, June 2023. Read here
  • Flying the Coop – Personal Essay. Geist Magazine, Winter 2021. Read here
  • Shallow in the A Section – Short Story. Geist Magazine, Spring 2015. Read here
  • Gravitas(s) – Poem. Geist Magazine, Summer 2013. Read here
  • Doing the math, eh? – Findings. Winter 2013.
  • Verticals – Short Story. Geist Magazine, Spring 2011. Find here
  • Beautiful Days – Short Story. Geist Magazine, Fall 2007. Read here
  • ​Sharpening - Short short fiction. Fall 2000

Ottawater (Ottawa Poetry Newsletter)
  • Dead Poems - On Writing #148 – Blog Post. Ottawater, March 2018. Read here
  • Albany, Silhouette, Wasp, Hazel (16) Eats Blackberry Pie – Four Poems. Ottawater 14, January 2018.
  • Cat, Oiled Burlap, Synapses, Under the Plum Tree, Fair, The Pros Arrive – Six Poems. Ottawater 12, 2016.
  • The Good Razor, Surgery on a Spring Morning, Silverfish, Undercover – Four Poems. Ottawater 10, January 2014.
  • Cave Paintings, The American Everyday Dictionary (1935), Span of the Tay Bridge, Sparrows, Third Day of Summer, Engines of Beauty – Six Poems. Ottawater 6, 2010.
 
Prairie Fire Magazine
  • Lengths and Laps, Long Game - Two Poems. Spring 2020.
  • Breathing Room – Short Story. Winter 2011.
  • Carving the Air – Short Story. Winter 2009/2010.
  • While the Children Are Sleeping – Short Story.  Winter 2003.

The Malahat Review
  • The Children, Sleeping.; Night. – Two Poems. The Malahat Review, Summer 2009.
  • When you walk in your sleep. Evandale – Two Poems. The Malahat Review, Fall 2000.

Grain Magazine
  • Blackberries – Poem. Grain Magazine, Winter 2005.
  • Before the answering machine, Sidewalk portrait artists - Two Poems. Spring 2001.
  • Boxer, On a stone – Two Poems. Grain Magazine, Spring 1999.

Contemporary Verse 2
  • Rainforest; Barillas, Guatemala - Two poems. Fall 1998.
  • Gardening Lessons - Paper collage.  Spring 1997.

Chapbooks
  • Sardines: Stories – Chapbook of Short Fiction. Greenboathouse Books, 2001 (Second printing 2002).
  • Ultrasound of My Heart – Chapbook of Poems. Hawthorne Society, Victoria, 1998.

Anthologies
  • Qwerty Crystal: The Best of Qwerty Magazine 1996-2010. Qwerty, 2025 
  • "Wasp" – Poem. Best Canadian Poetry 2019 (Biblioasis)
  • If Light Was Suddenly New – Poem. Listening with the Ear of the Heart, St. Peter’s Press, 2003.
  • In the Kitchen of Forgetting – Poem. Mocambo Nights (Anthology), Ekstasis Editions, 2001.
  • Calling My Mother, After the Tsunami, December 2004, My Mother Arriving at Dawn – Three Poems. Carol Shields: Evocation and Echo, Groningen, 2009.

Other
  • Hazel, 16, Eats Blackberry Pie – Poem. Barren Magazine, 2019. Read here
  • Segue – Short Story. Focus Magazine, January 2011. 
  • Autumn – Poem. Leaf Press, "Monday’s Poem", September 13, 2010. Read here
  • Carving the Air – Short Story. Words to Go Podcast, Episode 12, April 2010
  • From the Sequence: "New People in the Old House" – Poem. Antigonish Review, Summer 2004.
  • Maria Lactans – Short Story. Times Colonist, December 24, 2003.
  • Slope, Sheet Metal Thunder – Two Poems. The Fiddlehead, Spring 2003.
  • Seeing You on the Six O’Clock News, Hangover – Two Poems. Qwerty, Fall 1998.
  • Your money surely in - Poem. Zygote, Spring 1997.
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Children’s books