Past events:
Poets & Pints, The Pilot House, Charlottetown, PE, April 27, 7 pm AT, in person.
Winter’s Tales Reading Series, Beaconsfield Carriage House, Charlottetown, PE, April 13, 8 pm AT, in person.
Planet Joy with The Electronic Garret, April 11, 5 pm PT/ 9 pm AT online.
Cascadia Field Guide Launch: The Canadian Edition, March 30, 7 pm PT/ 11 pm AT online.
VerseFest 2023, Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, ON, on March 18, 2023.
Gaspereau Press Wayzgoose Reading at St. James Anglican Church Hall, Kentville, NS, on October 22, 2022.
Poetry Weekend at Memorial Hall, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, on October 1, 2022.
Gaspereau Press Day at Maple Murple’s Book Shoppe & Dreamery in River John, NS, on July 18, 2021.
Book launch with Bren Simmers and Laurie Brinklow on May 15th, 2021 at 3 pm and 7 pm at the Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown. With musical guests Adam Hill, Sean Kemp, Chris Corrigan, and Mike Mooney.
Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival presents The Electronic Garret on May 5, 2021, at 7 PM (CDT) with Arleen Pare, Micheline Maylor-Kovitz, Tanja Bartel, and host Ariel Gordon.
Attic Owl Reading Series presents National Poetry Month Extravaganza on April 29, 2021, at 7 pm (ADT) with Lisa Richter, Jessica Moore, Claire Kelly, Kelsey Klip, Carolyne Van Der Meer, Keagan Hawthorne, and Martha Vowles.
Celebrating Poetry Month with Laurie Brinklow and Bren Simmers in conversation with Richard Lemm on April 27, 2021, at 7 pm (ADT).
The Electronic Garret and Type Books present Resilience: A Poetry Month Reading on April 22, 2021, at 7 pm (EDT) with Yvonne Blomer, Barbara Tran, Bren Simmers, Tanja Bartel, Kerry Ryan, and host Kateri Lanthier.
Pivot Point Launch at Massy Books in Vancouver, BC, on February 26, 2020.
Planet Earth Poetry in Victoria, BC, on February 28, 2020.
Pivot Point Launch at Cafe Lara in Halifax, NS, on November 23, 2019.
Pivot Point Launch at the Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown, PE, on November 15, 2019. Joint CD release with Adam Hill.
Odd Sundays at The Tipsy Muse Cafe in Fredericton, NB, on November 3, 2019.
The Gaspereau Press Wayzgoose in Kentville, NS, on October 26, 2019.
Frank Ledwell Festival in St. Peter’s Bay, PE, on August 17, 2019.
Poets and Pints at The Pilot House in Charlottetown, PE, on April 9, 2019.
Narratives of the Lost Chapbook Launch at Copper Owl in Victoria, BC, on July 15, 2018.
Odd Sundays at Corked Wine Bar in Fredericton, NB, on April 15, 2018.
PLAYA Presents at PLAYA in Summer Lake, OR, on December 9, 2017.
Open Studio at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Otis, Oregon, on October 4, 2017.
Literary Cafe at the Harrison Festival in Harrison Hot Springs on July 10, 2017.
Narratives of the Lost: a collaborative art show with visual artist Laurel Terlesky and musician Adam Hill at Ranger Station Art Gallery from June 3 – July 2, 2017.
Writing A Sense of Place Workshop at the Ranger Station Art Gallery in Harrison Hot Springs on June 24, 2017.
Poetry As Play: A Workshop at Ranger Station Art Gallery on April 22, 2017.
On Edge Reading Series with Hasan Namir at Emily Carr University on March 9, 2017.
World of Words Revision Workshop and Reading, Fraser Valley Regional Library on March 4, 2017.
Planet Earth Poetry in Victoria, BC, with my dad, d.n. simmers on February 17th, 2017.
UFV Bookstore with Jordan Abel and Kevin Spenst in Abbotsford, BC, on November 29, 2016.
Listen to the Wax Poetic Interview on Vancouver Co-op Radio with hosts Pamela Bentley and Kevin Spenst on July 13, 2016.
Author for Indies at Book Warehouse on Broadway in Vancouver, BC, on April 30, 2016.
Third Annual Poetry Crawl with Kevin Spenst and others in Vancouver, BC, on April 16, 2016.
Wordstorm in Nanaimo, BC, on January 26, 2016.
Poetic Justice in New Westminster, BC, with d.n. simmers (my dad) on January 24, 2016.
Lunch Poems at SFU in Vancouver, BC, with Christopher Levenson on January 20, 2016.
Spoken Ink in Burnaby, BC, with Raoul Fernandes on December 10, 2015.
Audreys Books in Edmonton, AB, with Emilia Nielsen at 2 pm on November 15, 2015.
Flywheel Reading Series in Calgary, AB, on November 12, 2015.
Whistler Writers Festival at 11:30 am on October 17, 2015.
VPL Carnegie Branch, Vancouver BC, on September 23, 2015.
Old Crow Cafe on Gabriola Island, BC, on September 17, 2015.
Vertigo Reading Series in Regina, SK, on September 14, 2015.
Twisted Poets Literary Salon in Vancouver, BC, on July 23, 2015.
Art Bar Poetry Series in Toronto, ON, on May 19, 2015.
Poetluck at Lynne McIlvride’s studio in Uxica, ON, on May 17, 2015.
Planet Earth Poetry Series in Victoria, BC, on May 8, 2015.
Nightwood Editions Spring Launch Party in Vancouver, BC, on April 26, 2015.
The Paper Hound with Kevin Spenst in Vancouver, BC, on April 25, 2015.