Publications

BOOKS

  1. UP FRONT (flash fiction, Mosaic Press, 2024).
  2. CANALWATCH (flash fiction, Mosaic Press, 2022).
  3. MOTHERWILD (novel, Thistledown Press, 2014). Longlisted for Canada’s 2015 ReLit Award.  
  4. MISSIONARY POSITIONS (fiction, Black Moss Press, 2008). 
  5. THE TROUBLE WITH UNCLE KEVIN (children’s literature, Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse, 2007, revised/re-issued 2024).
  6. WHISKEY EYES (fiction, Black Moss Press, 2004). Finalist for the 2005, Writers Guild of Alberta Short Fiction Award.
  7. BOTTLE TALK (fiction, Black Moss Press, 2002). Finalist for the 2003, Writers Guild of Alberta Short Fiction Award.         
  8. SKIN TESTS (fiction, Black Moss Press, 2000). Finalist for both the 2001, Writers Guild of Alberta Short Fiction Award and the 2001 City of Calgary, W.O. Mitchell Book Prize.
  9. MOM, THE SCHOOL FLOODED (children’s literature, Annick Press, 1996; revised/re-issued in 2007; Korean rights sold to Gibburi in 2009).
  10. IF SHE COULD TAKE ALL THESE MEN (postcard fiction-mostly, Beach Holme Publishing, 1995). Finalist for the, 1996, Writers Guild of Alberta Short Fiction Award.
  11. FRANKIE’S DESIRES (poetry, Quarry Press, 1987).
  12. KISS ME DOWN TO SIZE (poetry, Thistledown Press,1983).                              

CHAPBOOKS (small collections)

  1. WORKING STIFFS (flash fiction, Greensleeve Publishing, 1990).
  2. LOSING HIS THIRST (poetry, Pierian Press, 1985)
  3. RUDE SONGSTER (with Phil Marcellin), (poetry and short fiction), Sunflower Books, Dufferin Press, 1975).

ANTHOLOGIES

  1. GOING TOP SHELF- An Anthology of Canadian Hockey Poetry (Heritage House Publishing, 2005, 2010).
  2. WRITING THE TERRAIN ANTHOLOGY (University of Calgary Press, 2005).
  3. IN THE CLEAR (Thistledown Press, 1998).
  4. OUR FATHERS ANTHOLOGY (Rowan Books, 1995).
  5. PAPERWORK (Harbour Publishing, 1991).
  6. POETS IN THE CLASSROOM (Instructional Text), The League of Canadian Poets, Pembroke Publishers, 1995).
  7. DANCING VISIONS (Thistledown Press, 1985).
  8. GLASS CANYONS (Newest Press, 1985).
  9. OPEN WINDOWS (Quarry Press, 1985)
  10. GOING FOR COFFEE (Harbour Publishing, 1981).
  11. ALBERTA DIAMOND JUBILEE ANTHOLOGY (Hurtig Publishers, 1979).
  12. LYRICAL VOICES, AN INTERNATIONAL POETRY ANTHOLOGY (Young Publications, 1979).

MAGAZINES/JOURNALS/MEDIA

ACCESS RADIO (Alberta), AGAIN, ALBERTA POETRY YEARBOOK, ARC, ALIVE MAGIZINE, ANTIGONISH REVIEW, ARIEL, BLACK APPLE, BLUE BUFFALO, BORDER CROSSINGS, CANADIAN FORUM, CANADIAN LITERATURE, CAPILANO REVIEW, CBC RADIO (Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto), CONTEMPORARY VERSE 2, CROSS-CANADA WRITERS’ QUARTERLY, DANDELION, DALHOUSIE REVIEW, DIDSBURY BOOSTER, EVENT,  FIDDLEHEAD, GRAIN, GERMINATION, MALAHAT REVIEW, MATRIX, NEBULA, NEW QUARTERLY, ORIGINS, OTHER VOICES, POEMS N’ THINGS, POETRY CANADA REVIEW, POETRY TORONTO, POET’S TOUCH, PRAIRIE FIRE, PRAIRIE JOURNAL, PRIME CUTS, PRISM INTERNATIONAL, QUARRY, QUEEN’S QUARTERLY, SANS CRIT, SECRETS FROM THE ORANGE COUCH, SKYLINES, SMALL PRESS LYNX (1991), TRANSITION (Canadian Mental Health Association), VORTEX, WASCANA REVIEW, WAVES, WEE GIANT, WHETSTONE, WHITE WALL REVIEW and ZYMERGY.