Hello Friends,

I am writing this from my brand new MacBook Pro which is absolutely going to make my writing flow off the desktop!! No excuses now, I can even write in the dark using the illuminated keyboard! Cool!

In the world of poetry, citizens of Hamilton can see me read this Sunday evening as part of the very lively LitLive. Here's my performance schedule for the next little while:

Sunday, May 2 – 7:30 pm Lit Live, Hamilton

Sunday, May 16 – 6:00 pm Plasticine Reading Series, The Central, 603 Markham St. Toronto
Saturday, May 29 – As Cobourg's Poet Laureate, I'm reading with Eric Winter, Poet Laureate Emeritus and Patrick Gray (This Grace of Light) at Victoria Hall as part of the 150th anniversary of the opening of that Cobourg landmark.
Friday, June 11 – Dark Star Requiem, Luminato Festival, Toronto
Saturday, June 12 – Dark Star Requiem, Luminato Festival, Toronto
Thursday, June 17 – I'm the emcee for The 3rd Thursday Reading in Cobourg. Barry Dempster is the featured poet with Deborah Panko and Linda Hutsell-Manning.
July 14 - 17 Poet Laureate gathering at the Atlantic Jazz Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia.