Now available!
While Supplies Last
(Anita’s new poetry collection)
&
Available May 15!
Fire Monster
(Anita’s new graphic novel-in-verse with artist Pauline Conley)
From the writer’s desk
'A quiet miracle'
From the 2021 Ottawa Book Award jury, which selected The Last Goldfish as a finalist: “Exquisitely written and never mawkish, this memoir relies on vivid imagery, precise language and unflinching reflection. The story is a quiet miracle — both deeply personal, and also universal in its treatment of themes to which any reader can relate.”
Best Canadian Poetry Series
Anita is the Series Editor of the annual Best Canadian Poetry anthology from Bibloasis.
Teaching and writing
I write on poetry, ecology, culture, and issues of broad concern to society. I also run poetry and prose workshops in public libraries. I also love to design courses for participants to engage with their community through writing in response to an art exhibition, an element of local history, or an urban nature environment. I teach full-length courses and also take on selective manuscripts for feedback and evaluation. Visit the tabs under Writing & More for more details.
One fine passage a day
‘Henrietta was a literary woman, and the great advantage of being a literary woman was that you could go everywhere and do everything’
Smell the Cabbage
I’ll give you the scene. A young woman in her Toronto apartment. Some workers arrive to fix the plumbing downstairs, and one comes up to turn on the water.