WINNER of
the Raven Chapbooks Award
SHORTLISTED for
the ReLit Awards
FINALIST for
The Victoria Butler Book Prize
photo credit: John Threlfall
MY LATEST NEWS!
THIS WED OCT 23rd
PRAIRE FIRE PRESS
(all the way from Winnipeg)
at Cafe Fantastico on Quadra St!
Over 1000 women submitted entries to this literary project--
I'm so honoured to be included!
MORE INFO HERE
Wonderful News!
Winner of Eavesdrop Magazine's
Queer Joy Poetry Contest
My poem "Gathering Wild Petals on the Saanich Peninsula" will be published in the forthcoming issue, and featured as a recording on Eavesdrop Magazine's website.
Writing the Coast:
BC Yukon Book Prize Podcast
In this episode I speak with Megan Cole, Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, about Planet Earth Poetry, and about my journey from the open mic in 2007 to becoming the artistic director in 2024. I also talk about the events and the programs that we offer at this beloved 28-year-old poetry reading series.
Victoria Butler Book Prize Finalist
Relit Award Shortlist
CBC Spring Poetry Selection 2021
All Lit Up: National Poetry Month Selection 2021
Work from Cult Life:
Selected for Best Canadian Poetry in English
Second Place in The Fiddlehead's Poetry Contest
Second Place in Prism International's Poetry Prize
Longlisted for CBC Poetry Awards
Longlisted for The Montreal Prize
From Sylvia Legris: "​I read Kyeren Regehr's Cult Life in one "speed-firing" swoop and after had that woozy-spinning-exhilarating disorientation you feel when you stumble out of a roller coaster. These poems, a pushme-pullyou chronicle of life inside an ashram...”
Winner of the Raven Chapbooks Award
“[This] work is ASTONISHING. I’ve never read anyone who could capture the reality of what it is to be a dancer in such a guttingly raw, visceral way—no glorification or pastel sugary fluff that typically accompanies attempts to reveal the daily workings of the ballet world. This can only come from an insider’s view, and someone who is not afraid to make the grotesque and deeply dark parts familiar. Disassembling A Dancer is delicious yet challenging reading. I hope this book reaches a wide audience. It’s WONDERFUL.”
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From Jennifer Nichols (lead choreographer for the Netflix series,Tiny Pretty Things).