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BOOKS PUBLISHED:

• Saravati Scapes, poetry with Penn Kemp, Pendas Productions, 2001
• no visual scars, poetry, Polestar Press, spring, 1993
• walking inside circles, poetic narrative text, Ragweed Press/gynergy books, spring, 1989

BOOKS EDITED:

• The Colours of Heroines, Lydia Kwa, Women's Press, 1994
• Healing Medicare, Michael Decter, McGilligan Books, 1994
• Re-belle et Infidelle, Susanne de Lotbiniere Harwood, Women's Press, 1991

BOOKS CURRENTLY EDITING:

• Medicine Buddha Invited to the West: Healing Practises According to Tibetan Buddhism, Zasep Tulku Rinpoche

BOOKS COPY-EDITED:

• The Bat Had Blue Eyes, Betsy Warland, Women's Press, 1993
• Pattern Makers, Sandy (Frances) Duncan, Women's Press, 1990
• Labour Relations in the '90s, Norm Collins, McGillian Books, 1996

MAGAZINES EDITED:

• The Capilano Review, Series 2:6/7, fall 1991
• (f.)Lip Magazine, 1987-1990 with Betsy Warland and Sandy (Frances) Duncan
• Island Magazine, 1985-1987
• JAG Magazine, 1985-1987 with Jeff George and Gary Whitehead
• Writing Magazine, 1983/84, editorial collective
• Images, 1983/84, editorial collective

POETRY PUBLICATIONS:

• Twelfth Key, Issue #13, June, Toronto, 2000 Pitaka, Vol.4, No.1, May, Vancouver, 2000
• The Big Valley, spring, Vancouver Island, 1998
• Pitaka, Vol.2, No.1, spring, Vancouver, 1997
• Fireweed, issue #56, spring, Toronto, 1997, pp. 61
• Fireweed, issue #54, fall, Toronto, 1996, pp.6-7
• Antithesis, spring, Melbourne, Australia, 1995
• Estuaire, fall, Montreal, 1994
• Fireweed, spring, Toronto, 1993
• CV2, winter, Winnipeg, 1993 pp.23-24
• Prairie Fire, fall, Winnipeg, 1992, pp. 62-67
• Transition, November, Vancouver, 1991, p.7
• Fireweed, issue #31, fall, Toronto, 1990, pp. 99-101
• Trois, Vol.5, Nos. 1-2, fall, Montreal, 1989, pp.223
• CV2, Vol. 12, No. 2, summer, Wpg., 1989, pp. 54
• Fireweed, issue #29, summer, Toronto, 1989, pp. 8
• (f.)Lip, vol.1, #3, winter, Vancouver 1987, pp. 22
• JAG, #15, spring, Vancouver, 1987, p. 3
• dandelion, vol.13, #2, fall, Calgary, 1986, p. 9
• CV2, vol.10, #1, spring, Winnipeg 1986, p. 16
• Herizons, vol.4,#1, winter, Winnipeg, 1986, p. 35
• JAG, #11, fall, Vancouver, 1986 p. 5
• JAG, #8, summer, Vancouver, 1986, p. 7
• JAG, #4, winter, Vancouver, 1986, p. 6
• Island, #15/16, fall, Nanaimo, 1985, pp. 49-50
• JAG, #1, fall, Vancouver, 1985, p. 1
• Swift Current, fall, Toronto, 1984
• The Uniter, Vol.XXXVIII, no.10, Winnipeg, 1984
• Between You Me and the Stars, anthology, First Folio, Vancouver 1984, pp. 80-83
• Images, March/April, Nelson, 1984, pp. 10
• Zest, no.17, February, Nelson, 1984 pp. 16-17
• The Exit, December, Nelson, 1983, p. 7
• Zest, no.16, November, Nelson, 1983, p. 18
• Chatauqua Review, no.1, fall, Winnipeg, 1983, p. 3
• Zest, #13, May, Nelson, 1983, p. 11
• Simcoe Review, spring, St.Catherine's, 1982, p. 15
• Simcoe Review, winter, St.Catherine's, 1981, p. 25

BOOK REVIEWS/ESSAYS/ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

• "Artists Unite for Tibet," Shared Vision, Issue 119, Vancouver, July 1998
• "Divine Intervention in Dharamsala," Pitaka, Vol.3, No.1, Vancouver, 1998
• "We Know Him as Rinpoche," Pitaka, Vol.2, No.3, fall, Vancouver, 1997
• "The Dalai Lama Visits Los Angeles," Pitaka, Volume 2, No.2, summer, 1997
• "Gulf Island Reading," review, The Guardian, summer, 1996
• "A Return Ticket from Nirvana to Hades," Pitaka, Volume 1, No.4, springl, 1996
• "The Last House of Ulster and Jerusalem Beloved," review of Charles Foran non-fiction and Di Brandt, poetry, The Vancouver Sun, January 12, 1996
• "A Patchwork of Yuppie Angst," review, The Vancouver Sun, November, 1995
• "To Sur With Love," review, The Big Valley, November, 1995
• "The Celestine Prophecy," review, The Big Valley, October 1995
• "An Open Letter to Debbie Brill," Canadian Woman Studies, special Women and Sports Issue, Fall, 1995
• "Kill All the Lawyers," review, Paragraph Magazine, Summer, 1995
• "The Time of the Kingfishers," review, Paragraph Magazine, Summer, 1995
• "Stones and Switches," review, Paragraph Magazine, Summer, 1995
  "Daughters, Mothers and a Triumph Over Despair," review, The Vancouver Sun, Feb.18, 1995
• "To Be There With You," review, Paragraph Magazine No.15 Spring 1995
• "Losing Answers in Favor of More Questions," By, For and About, Women's Press, Fall, 1994 pp.133-141
• "Inner Fire," Witness to Wilderness Clayoquot Anthology, Pulp Press, 1994 p.149
• "Porno" Poet," Vancouver Review, No.15, Fall, 1994
• "Writing Thru Race and the Mainstream Backlash," Toronto South Asian Review, Fall,1994
• "A Nice Gazebo," Paragraph Magazine, Fall, 1993
• "Graven Images," Paragraph Magazine, Fall, 1993
• "It Began with Pain, Moved to Fear, Swirled into Anger then Spiralled into Freedom," Open Letter, Fall, 1992
• "Torn from North to South," Prairie Fire, Fall, 1992
• "Foremothers," CV2, Volume 12, no.2, Winnipeg,1989
• "Yarmarok: At the Fair," Zajets, fall, Vancouver, 1988
• "Under Tongue," (f.)Lip, Vancouver, 1987, p.5
• "Each Morning," text for poster, Vancouver 1986
• "Second Skin," Brick, no.27, spring, Toronto, 1986, p.43
• "Famine Street," Kinesis, December, Vancouver, 1985, p.3
• "Community Services Forum," Nelson Daily News, Feb.24, 1984
• "Community Services Forum," Nelson Daily News, Feb.10, 1984
• "Community Services Forum," Nelson Daily News, Feb.4, 1984
• "DTUC Student Publishes Fable," Nelson Daily News, Dec.14,
• "Revitalization of Heritage City Nelson," InPrint, Dec.8, 1983
• "Bartering Fair Success," Nelson Daily News, Oct.13 1983, p.7
• Biographies, InPrint, Oct.13, vol.3, no 1, Nelson, 1983
  

PAPERS DELIVERED & WORKSHOPS TAUGHT:

• "The Nature of Suffering according to The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism," panel presentation, Learning Love Conference, UBC, May, 2000
• "Nuts and Bolts of Writing and Publishing," day-long workshop, March, 1998
• "The Immutable Sarasvati," day-long creativity/spirituality workshop, February, 1998
• "Not Just Another Writers Workshop," day-long workshop, January, 1998
• "The Immutable Sarasvati," half-day creativity/spirituality workshop, October, 1997
• -writer-in-residence Gulf Island Secondary School, Salt Spring Island, daily writing workshops with students, May 1996
• - writer-in-residence Onward Ranch Gallery, Williams Lake, B.C., August 1994
  "Writing from Our Roots," one-day workshop, Onward Ranch Gallery, Williams Lake, B.C., August, 1994
• "Arts Mini-lunch Cafe," with writer Joanne Arnott, read and discussed Canadian literature, Canberra Centre for Writing, University of Canberra, Australia, August, 1994
• "Writing and Healing," half-day workshop, Canberra Centre for Writing, University of Canberra, Australia, August, 1994
• "Writing the Mother Inside and Out," half-day workshop, Canberra Centre for Writing, University of Canberra, Australia, August, 1994
• "Does the writer choose or is she chosen?" paper delivered, panel discussion, Women Writers' Weekend, Sydney, Australia, August, 1994
• "Recovery or Resistance: Writing about Abuse," paper delivered, 6th International Feminist Bookfair, Melbourne, Australia, July, 1994
• - taught grade eight bi-weekly creative writing class, Kitsilano High School, June, 1994
  "Writing or Resistance?" paper delivered, Me(a)sure Poetry Conference, Winnipeg, 1993
• "Writers Bridging Cultures" day-long workshop, Federation of B.C. Writers, Nelson, B.C., fall 1990
• "Women in Publishing Panel," Women's Studies Dept., Simon Fraser University, fall 1990
• "Creative Process Workshop" with musician Stephen Fearing, Smithers Adult Education Centre, Smithers, B.C. , March, 1985
• - Grade eight poetry class at River Heights Junior High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, fall, 1984
• - poetry workshop at Oakalla Women's Prison, fall, 1983

CITIES READ IN:

Vancouver, Victoria, Smithers, Prince George, Duncan, Nelson, Salt Spring Island, Williams Lake, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, Montreal, Halifax, St.John's, Nfld., BRITAIN, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, AUSTRALIA

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS:

• Writers' Union of Canada
• Federation of B.C. Writers

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP:

• Amnesty International
• Interspiritual Center of Vancouver
• Zuru Ling Buddhist Society

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