What a great afternoon. I’ve waited a long time for people to read my story, and I’m over the moon thinking it’s finally happening.
Book (Soft) Launch Event
Join me for a early launch of my debut novel, Look Over Your Shoulder. If you are in the neighbourhood, I would love to say hi.
Date: Thurs. Oct. 9, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Coboconk Branch. – Kawartha Lakes Library, 9 Grandy Road, Coboconk, ON
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First Place in Rotary Club Short Story Contest, Stratford Writers Festival 2018
CBC Ontario Morning Radio
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2018 WCDR Panel discussion on Women’s Fiction
Attending a workshop at 2012 Ontario Writers’ Conference
Off The Pages opening reception at Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario where every published poem from Surfacing Magazine is displayed. I’m standing in front of my poem, Stolen Kiss in the Checkout Line which appears in the Fall 2012 edition.
Reading at Word of the Season, December 2011.
2010 Random House Student Awards U of T Continuing Studies. Lee Gowan, Karen Plater, Sharon Overend, Kate Braithwaite, Nina Ber-Donkor
Sharon Overend 
Sharon, that sounds great. I’d love to attend an open mic event, and being somewhat new to T.O., I don’t know where they are. I’ll watch this space, and practice my heckling. By the way, please change my email address to stevet@inbox.com, as the old address won’t work after Jan. 31.
By the way No. 2, I’m Steve, from the Novel Master class. Cheers!
Hi Steve, great to hear from you. Absolutely, I too am looking for open mic opportunities in Toronto and will let you know when I hear of one. I’ve been to a few (outside of Toronto proper) since December and they are a great opportunity to test drive your work, and of course, to help get over your nerves. If you are willing to drive out to Whitby in March, there is a WCDR (Writers Community of Durham Region) event scheduled. Let me know if that would work for you and I’ll get you the information.