2014

Sept. 3rd 2014: Sue Reynolds and I interviewed on Whistle radio (FM 102.7) by host Catherine Sword about upcoming Workshops on Self-Publishing and Blogging.
Whistle Radio Shelf Life
 
June 17th 2014: Interviewed on Whistle radio (FM 102.7) by host Charlene Jones about poetry and the Artist’s lifestyle.
Whistle Radio Off the Top
 
May 25th 2014: Assisted in the WCDR Five Year strategic plan session day in Whitby Ontario.
 
Feb. 9th 2014: Guest speaker at the Writers’ Community of York Region Luncheon. I presented a discussion about poetry and winning poetry contests, partly in my role as the judge of the WCYR’s annual Poetry and Roses contest.
WCYR’s Annual Poetry and Roses contest
 

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2013

Read my poetry on Oct. 29th at Words of the Season, a quarterly reading series at The Bear and Firkin bar in Pickering, Ontario.
 
September 17th 2013: Interviewed by Nik Beat on the HOWL radio show about the Rhymes at the ROM workshop Sue Reynolds and I put together for September 21st.
 
August 7th 2013: Interviewed on Whistle radio (FM 102.7) by host Catherine Sword about the new Inkslinger workshops.
Whistle Radio Shelf Life
 

Co-Hosted (with radio personality Brenda Amelard)and performed a set of my poetry at the Scripts and Scores Fundraiser.
The event raised funds for the Whistle Radio Station and Stouffville Public Library.
Poets and musicians performed the entire afternoon on May 12th.
 
Profiled in The Word Weaver Newsletter May/June edition.
Interviewed by by Barb Hunt, Past President of the Writers’ Community of Durham Region (WCDR) and Founder/President of The Ontario Writers’ Conference.
 
April 24th 2013: Interviewed on Whistle radio (FM 102.7) by host Catherine Sword about the upcoming poetry reading series coming up at 19 on the Park in Stouffville.
Whistle Radio Shelf Life
 
April 23rd 2013: Featured reader at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington. With Helen Bajorek-MacDonald, Stephanie Curry and Ingrid Ruthig. Part of Poetry Month Celebrations.
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington
 
March 28th 2013: Featured poet at the Rochdale Rhymes and Reasons RDRR 5th anniversary show.
 
March 26th 2013: Read at Words of the Season at The Tap and Tankard in Whitby
 
Feb. 7th 2013: Featured poet at the Livewords 5th Anniversary Show
Livewords
 

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2012

Interviewed on Stouffville radio in April about life as a poet.
 
My poem Flashback featured on The Toronto Quarterly website during April, National Poetry Month.
 
Presented a workshop on Poetry at the The Writers’ Community of Simcoe County (WCSC), on April 15th.
April is National Poetry Month. So what is poetry? What makes it so unique and why does it scare so many people? Join James Dewar in a fun, interactive presentation on “that other kind of writing”. It’s harder than it looks and easier than you think.
 
Read three poems at the Canadian Authors Association (CAA) Annual Conference in May in Orillia, Ontario.
I also hosted three readings and the announcement of the contest finalists in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
 
Participated in the The Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP) first conference at Humber College from May 10th – 13th.
 

Chaired the Session 6 PANEL. Creative Writing Community and the Public Good
Presented my paper on The Role of the Community Based Writing Organization

Other participants: Miranda Hill Reading Here: Building our National Literature with Project Bookmark Canada;
Thom Vernon Selling It: Creative Writing & the Pubic Good.
 

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2011

Featured reader at the Livewords 3rd Anniversary Reading “A Night of Hosts” on Feb. 11th.
 
Featured poet at The Beautiful and the Damned in September.
 
Featured poet at Plasticine Poetry Series on Oct. 15th.
 

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2010

Featured poet at the Artbar Poetry Series on Feb. 28th
 
Participated in the Getting Published in the New Millenium panel on March 30th.
A Live broadcast videotaped by Avtel Media Communications. Hosted by CBC host Ted Barris.
Panel: Ruth Walker, Dawn James, Erin Moore and myself.
 
Poetry performance and recording on Ryerson Radio hosted by Brian Cauley on April 18th.
 

Live reading on CBC Radio Cross Country Checkup with Rita Celli on August 14th.
I Read my poem, What I Lost and discussed the topic Geography and Home.

 
Poetry in the schools presentation on Oct. 1st at the Markham, Ontario High School.
Partially sponsored by League of Canadian Poets.
 
Performed my poetry at Wordfest from Oct. 12th to 17th, a writing conference hosted by the University of Calgary and The Banff Centre.
It culminated in the creation of The Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP).
 
Poetry in the schools presentation on Nov. 29th at Henry St. High School, Whitby, Ontario.
Partially sponsored by League of Canadian Poets.
 

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2009

Featured article about me and Hot-Sauced Words in the Riverdale-East York Town Crier in January.
 
Participated as a successful freelancer/mentor, on the Self-Employed Business panel, on Feb. 26th.
The panel for the Group 28 Marketing & Sales Plan Presentations helped start-up entrepreneurs receive advice from previous participants.
I successfully completed the SEB program in 2002.
 
Featured Poet at WordJam in Toronto on June 14th.
 
Featured poet at Livewords on Sept 24th with John. B. Lee and Elana Woolf.
 
Featured Poet at The Bookstore Reading Series in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Sponsored by League of Canadian Poets.
 
Featured poet at Cryptic Chatter, April 3rd.
 
Appeared on Rogers TV Midday program May 28th.
Interviewed (/Sue Reynolds) about the Writers’ Community of Durham Region (WCDR).
 
Appeared on Rogers TV Midday program June 3rd.
Interviewed with Stella Ducker, organizer of the Stellar Literary Festival, about my role as the event host.
 

 
Participated in Random Acts of Poetry, Oct. 5th to 11th.
w/Sandra Kasturi, Domenico Capilongo and others.
 

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2008

Featured reader on January 22nd at the Plasticine Poetry Series, Toronto.
 
Finalist (with Sue Reynolds and Cameron Horack) in the annual Writing Fairy Humour Radio-Writing Contest.
Announced in March.
 
Featured reader at the Harm Reduction Conference in March in Ottawa, Ontario.
 
Featured poet (in July, my 3rd appearance) at the Art Bar Poetry Reading Series in Toronto, Ontario.
 

Won the stage vs page Toronto Small Press Bookfair Read-Off competition on November 1st. Three page poets vs, three slam poets. Hosted by Cathy Petch and Myna Wallin. I won for the page poet team.

 
Featured reader at Rochdale Rhymes and Reasons Reading Series on December 7th.
 
Featured reader at the Art Bar Dead Poet’s night on Dec. 16th.
I performed as Ted Hughes;
Sue Reynolds also appeared reading the poetry of Antonio Machado.
 
Author Profile in the winter issue of Surfacing magazine.
Poems published Guys in Garages and Yuletide.
 

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2007

Featured poet (February, my 2nd feature) at the Art Bar Poetry Reading Series in Toronto, Ontario.
 
Featured poet at Coffee and Company (April) in Kingston, Ontario.
 
Appearance (w/Sue Reynolds) on The Artist’s Lifestyle radio show, in May, on Hamilton FM radio. A discussion erotic poetry generated by the publication of Interlucious.
Hosted by Laura Hollick.
 
Invited to join The League of Canadian Poets in June.
 
Featured reader at the First Annual Purdy Country Literary Festival on Aug. 5th. in Marmora and Brighton, Ontario.
Festival celebrates People’s Poetry “Dog Days of August” Lit Fest Reading.
Featured Readers: Allan Briesmaster, John B. Lee, Deborah Panko, Susan Lynn Reynolds and myself.
The Brighton Antiques Cafe, Brighton, Ontario
 
One of 27 Canadian poets Invited to join Random Acts of Poetry, Oct. 1 – 7th, an annual international celebration of poetry
w/Kate Marshall Flaherty and others.
 

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2005 and 2006

SEVEN appearances on Nik Beat’s “HOWL” radio show on CIUT 89.5 FM, between 2005 and September 23rd, 2008.
 
First round judge of the WCDR Dan Sullivan Memorial Poetry Contest in 2005 and 2006.
 
Member of The Renaissance Conspiracy of Poets since 2004.
This enclave of poets met monthly at the Renaissance Cafe in Toronto, Ontario. We discussed poetry, practiced reading, shared feedback and the Artist’s lifestyle. One of the most important influences on my development as a writer. A special thanks to Allan Briesmaster for encouraging me to put a poetry manuscript together.
 
Featured poet (1st appearance in May, 2005) at the Art Bar Poetry Reading Series in Toronto, Ontario.
 

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