Stories Less Spoken podcast, Episode 7: “We Can’t Stay Here”
(Scroll to the bottom of the homepage & choose Episode 7.)
Cole Kelly and Mandie Bumble chose my short story, “And Here We Go,” to be read by Joy Emerson as part of Episode 7. I wrote this after Brock and my 61-day cross-Canada road trip in 2016. That trip was our last act of defiance against Brock’s terminal cancer diagnosis. When we returned, he entered palliative care.
Live March 15, 2021.
2019 Top five shortlist, Unhanged Arthur Ellis Award for best unpublished first crime novel, Crime Writers of Canada.
- “A criminal mind in the Columbia Valley’s midst,” The Columbia Valley Pioneer.
- CBC Books article, in which I am mentioned (okay, listed) alongside Louise Penny (!!)
- Quill & Quire article
Obstacle Course Podcast, “Grief is an Ocean“
John Close and Andrew Langford interviewed me for 1.5 hours on my life with Brock, our decision to leave our city life and start a farm (Makaria Farm), Brock’s terminal cancer diagnosis in 2014, our final three years together, his death, and my grief.
Recorded March 28, 2019.
Live April 17, 2019.
Hospice Society Fundraiser, “Some Dance to Remember“
Dauna Ditson interviewed me about Brock and my experience with hospice for this article on a Columbia Valley Hospice Society fundraiser. Hospice societies are incredible and I do everything I can to promote them, in memory of Brock.
September 14, 2018.
Shaw Cable, “Food Security at Makaria Farm“
Meg Cuthbert interviewed me and Brock McLeod about our CSA program , delivering vegetables by bicycle with Cowichan Recyclists and our Island Grains project. I also spoke about the book I co-wrote with Sarah Simpson, called Uprisings: A Hands-On Guide to the Community Grain Revolution.
March 14, 2014.
DV Cuisine, “Food Security: It’s In Your Hands“
Nick VerSteeg interviewed me and Brock McLeod about our farm (Makaria Farm).
2012.