Reading and Teaching

Following are examples of writing-related services and presentations Heather has offered. If you have a specific request, please get in touch using the contact form at the bottom of this page.

✦Readings from Adam's Peak or novels in progress, followed by Q&A

• Canada Council sponsored events at Emily Carr University and Langara College (Vancouver, BC) 
• Thompson Rivers University (Kamloops, BC)
• Public libraries and cafés in southern BC (part of the BC Book Prizes Kootenay book tour)
• Denman Island Writers Festival (Denman Island, BC)
• San Miguel Writers Festival (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico)

✦Keynote addresses on writing-related topics

"Beyond the Royalty Cheque: Redefining Literary Success" 

• Project Bloom, a women's career conference in Delta, BC
• San Miguel Writers Festival in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 

✦Writing workshops for groups

"Memory to Fiction: Turning Life Experiences into Effective Narratives"

• Thompson Rivers University (Kamloops, BC)

"He Said, She Said: Writing Effective Dialogue"

• San Miguel Writers Festival (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico)

✦Manuscript evaluation and workshopping for apprentice writers

• Langara College 2nd year university-transfer fiction writing courses 
• Denman Island Writers Festival manuscript consultation sessions