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EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2017-Present       pagefiftyone, New Westminster, BC, Editor & Publisher
2014-2018          Arc Poetry Magazine, Ottawa, ON, Contributing Editor
2015-2016          The Rusty Toque, Toronto, ON, Social Media Editor
2015-2016          The Runner, Surrey, BC, Photo Editor
2012-2015          Pulp Magazine, Surrey, BC, Web Editor & Editorial Board


EDUCATION & RESIDENCIES
2021     Simon Fraser University - Master of Arts - English
2016     Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Bachelor of Arts - Creative Writing

2020     The Banff Centre Self-Directed Residency - Literary Criticism
2014     The Banff Centre Wired Writing Studio - Poetry



PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 
Since 2018     League of Canadian Poets - Full Member

CHAPBOOKS
2017     In my ear continuously like a stream - above/ground press 
2017     O - Swimmer's Group 
2016     We Have to Watch - The Quilliad Press 
2015     Alchemy Machine - Self Published


ANTHOLOGIES 
2020     Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds - ed. Yvonne Blomer - Caitlin Press
2018     A Poetry of Place: journeys across New Westminster - ed. Alan Hill - Silver Bow Publishing
2017     Emblem of Minutes - ed. Kevin Spenst - Narcoleptic Mimeographer/JAZ


POETRY PUBLICATIONS
2020    "Waters Will Address in the Collective," Qwerty, Fredericton, NB, No.41
2019    "What Time Left," Watch Your Head, Toronto, ON, Online
2019    "2 visual poems," Guest, Ottawa, ON, No.5

2019    "How a Poet Gives," National Poetry Month - Chaudiere Books, Ottawa, ON, Online
2018    "Dear Gregory," Train, Ottawa, ON, No.1
2018    "This could be a sequel," Dusie, Ottawa, ON, Online
2017    "No Longer Here in Front of Us," PRISM international, Vancouver, BC, No.56:1

2017    "Now to proceed with disassembly," The Capilano Review, Vancouver, BC, ti-TCR No.17, Online
2017    "Emergency Room #6," pagefiftyone, New Westminster, BC, Broadside
2017    "Core Matter," Piffle, New Westminster, BC, No.197
2016    "2 poems from Canon Suite," PRISM international, Vancouver, BC, No.54.4
2016    "We're In This Together," EVENT, New Westminster, BC, No.44.3
2015    "6am on Isaac Lake," & "52 20 48 (Mackenzie Rock)," Qwerty, Fredericton, NB, No.33
2015    "Anatomy of a Shiver," "Seams," & "A Poem Sampled..." Dreamland, Prince George, BC, No.8
2015    "I wonder if Jesus ever touched himself," Poetry is Dead, Vancouver, BC, No.11
2015    "All Tomorrow's Parties," Soliloquies, Montreal, QC, No.19.2
2015    "Emergency Room," Glasgow Review of Books, Glasgow, UK, Online
2015    "Burning Down The House," Lemon Hound, Montreal, QC, Online
2014    "Fractals," PRISM international, Vancouver, BC, No.52:3
2014    "Thanks to Soren" & "Paraphrases from a public whiteboard," rip/torn, Winnipeg, MA, No.2
2013    "Torchlight," "Manoeuvres" & "Waterproof Matches," Misfit Lit, Delta, BC, No.1.3
2012    "Old Wolf" & "Knots," Pulp, Surrey, BC, No.3 Online
2012    "Scuba Vs Aqua-Lung," "Rattles," & "Fires in the Canyon," The Rusty Toque, London, ON, Online 
2002    "Apparatus," Copious, Vancouver, BC, No.3
2001    "What Breaks Me" Words: Green Issue, Surrey, BC, No.2
2001    "Jack-knifed," subTerrain, Vancouver, BC No.31


NON FICTION PUBLICATIONS
2021    "Mess is Poetry's Mass: Fred Wah's Music at the Heart of Thinking," Arc Poetry Magazine, Ottawa, ON, Online
2021    "It was always what was under the poetry that mattered: Reading the Paratext in Once in Blockadia by Stephen Collis," Canadian Literature, Vancouver, BC, No.242
2020    "Praise is not a shallow thing," 
periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics, Ottawa, ON, Online
2020    "Magnetic Equator by Kaie Kellough," filling Station, Calgary, AB, No. 73
2020    "Sonnet's Shakespeare by Sonnet L'Abbe," Hamilton Review of Books, Hamilton, ON, Online

2019    "on Lynn Crosbie," Many Gendered Mothers, Toronto, ON, Online
2019    "Laid Back. Fast Forward: On Cyclocross," Coast Mountain Culture, Nelson, BC, No.17
2019    "
Poems Find Their Way Out or They Don’t: An Interview with Geoffrey Nilson," Invisible Publishing, Picton, ON, Online

2018    "Is There Wicked in Your Weed?" Coast Mountain Culture, Nelson, BC, No. 14
2018    "An interview with Geoffrey Nilson," Train, Ottawa, ON, Online
2018    "Trump's Monumental Offensive," Coast Mountain Culture, Nelson, BC, No. 13
2018    "Waiting Room by Jennifer Zilm." CV2, Winnipeg, MA, Vol. 40 No. 3, Online

2016    "Riffs by Dennis Lee." PRISM international, Vancouver, BC, Online
2015    "The Rusty Toque Best of 2015: I, Dr. Greenblatt, Orthodontist, 251-1457 by Gary Barwin." Rusty blog. Toronto, ON, Online. 
2015     "Dear Leader by Damian Rogers,"
PRISM international, Vancouver, BC, Online
2015     "How a Poem Reads: Je
sus is the Other Orpheus by Jeremy Stewart," Line Break: the subTerrain blog, Vancouver, BC, Online
2015     "The sea with no one in it by Niki Koulouris," Pulp, Surrey, BC, Online 
2015     "Lake of Two Mountains by Arleen Pare," PRISM international, Vancouver, BC, Online
2014     "Placeholder by Charmaine Cadeau," PRISM international, Vancouver, BC,
Online


FICTION PUBLICATIONS
2013     "Little Utopia," Pulp, Surrey, BC, No.6
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PERFORMANCES
2020      Sweet Water Book Launch, Word Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Online
2018      Poets & Artists, Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery-Jewish Community Centre, Vancouver, BC
2018      Word Vancouver, Vancouver Public Library-Main Branch, Vancouver, BC
2018      Dead Poets Reading Series, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC
2017      Lunch Poems @ SFU, Teck Gallery, Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC
2017      Pandora's Collective Twisted Poets Literary Salon, Cottage Bistro, Vancouver, BC
​2017      Wax Poetic: CFRO 100.5FM COOP Radio, Vancouver, BC
2017      Workshop Facilitator: New City Archive, Lit Fest New West, Anvil Centre, New Westminster, BC
2016      Word Vancouver, Vancouver Public Library-Main Branch, Vancouver, BC
2016      Tonic Reading Series, The Lido, Vancouver, BC
2016      Perseids & Poetry, Anvil Centre Theatre, New Westminster, BC
2016      Poetry in the Park, Queens Park Bandshell, New Westminster, BC
2016      Leaf Press presents, People's Co-op Bookstore, Vancouver, BC
2016      3rd Annual Vancouver Poetry Crawl, Untitled Art Space, Vancouver, BC
2016      Rain City Chronicles Record Club: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead, Here There Studio, Vancouver, BC
2015      Poetry is Dead Five Year Anniversary/Youth Issue Launch, Collaboration w/Kayla Czaga, The Cultch, Vancouver, BC
2015      Kevin Spenst's Jabbering with BC Vancouver Poetry Crawl, Hot Art Wet City, Vancouver, BC 
2015      Speaker: "Cadance and the Poetic Act" - Poetry in Voice Contest - St George's School, Vancouver, BC


AWARDS
2019     Disquiet Literary Prize, Notable Entry, Fiction
2015     Writer's Federation of New Brunswick Alfred G Bailey Poetry Prize, Honourable Mention
2015     Kwantlen Polytechnic University David & Terry Atkinson Creative Writing Endowed Award, Winner
2014     Kwantlen Polytechnic University Creative Writing Award, Shortlisted
2013     Kwantlen Polytechnic University Bess Coyne Writing Award, Winner
2013     Kwantlen Polytechnic University Creative Writing Award, Shortlisted
2012     The Malahat Review Far Horizons Award for Poetry, Finalist

2001     subTerrain 10th Annual Last Poems Contest, Winner 


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016     So Glad You Could Make It, Old Crow Coffee Company, New Westminster, BC
2015     Visible Verse Festival, The Cinematheque, Vancouver, BC

2015     kuh-myoo-ni-tee, New West Cultural Crawl, Sixth Street Popup & Gallery, New Westminster, BC

​MUSIC
2013     Fathoms: This Must Be The Place (Engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Bass, Vocals) Ghost Signal Records
2012     Vigestol: I Would Meet You Now (Engineer, Synthesizer), The Chain Volume 1 BFW Recordings
2012     Fathoms - As High As Low Goes  (Engineer, Mixing, Synthesizer, Vocals)  Ghost Signal Records
2011     Fathoms - Daggers  (Engineer, Mixing, Synthesizer, Guitar, Vocals)  Independent
2010     Fathoms - 1  (Engineer, Mixing, Synthesizer, Vocals)  Independent
2009     Way To Go Einstein - Pseudonym  (Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals)  Submerged Records
2006     The Shine On - Box Hymns  (Guitar, Vocals, Additional Engineering)  Broken Oak Records
2004     The Shine On - Young Flyers EP  (Guitar, Vocals)  Broken Oak Records



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