I feel like talking about books. [Try not to fall over in a dead faint….] I’m putting together a list of the books I’d like to find under the tree for Christmas, and it occurs to me I’m probably missing a bunch that I’d really like. I’ve started off with Zadie Smith, Ivan Coyote, Ami Mckay, Mary Roach and Joe Hill books on my list, but this is only the beginning. So — if you had to recommend your favourite read of this past year, which would you choose? If you can tell me why

It’s been pretty quiet around here lately, as I have been working on the next book — and it’s a doozy. I’m about 80,000 words into the second draft, and I can safely say it is pretty wildly different than anything I’ve ever written. But everyone knows that a good writer has to be a good reader first, so I thought I’d pop in and tell you about a few of the books that have been feeding my imagination lately. I met Gigi at #SiWC15 last year, and I could hear her voice throughout

For the month of December, my goal is to post a piece of festive flash fiction here to the blog every day. Twenty-five stories, each 250 words or fewer — a little fictional festivity to brighten the darkest month of the year. For readers, I offer these stories as a moment of peace within a hectic month of busy. And writers? If you’d like to join me, I’ll feature any flash fiction you’d like to share! Reindeer clipped from a creative-commons photo by Oskar Karlin Today’s insta

Local poet Fauzia Rafique has put out a call for all interested members of the arts to support Indian writers who are standing up against intolerence and violence in the Indian Arts Community. She has the support of more than 60 writers, artists, academics and activists from Surrey and around the Lower Mainland. Find out more about how you can add your voice to support our Indian colleagues by reading Fauzia’s post at the Surrey Muse HERE. More soon… ~kc #SurreyMuse #writers