Write Your Birth Story
This 90-minute workshop helps you gather the memories, reflections and sensory details of your birth experience and transform them into creative expression.
Join writers Jaclyn Desforges and Miranda Hill for a 90-minute workshop to gather the memories, reflections and sensory details of your birth experience and transform them into creative expression.
Experiment with visualization, imaginative prompts and free-writing. You’ll have the opportunity (if you choose) to share your writing aloud. Whether you’re hoping to explore your personal experience more deeply, leave your child a written record, or communicate your journey to a wider audience, Write Your Birth Story is a fertile place to begin.
All genders and birth experiences are welcome. No prior writing experience is necessary and all writing will be done within the workshop. Just bring yourself and your favourite pen.
Gold Star Virtual Book Launch
Please join us for the virtual launch event of Emma McKenna's new poetry collection GOLD STAR
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 8PM EST
https://bit.ly/3N30eI9 to register
Featuring readings by Emma McKenna, Adèle Barclay, Tea Gerbeza, and Amanda Merpaw, and hosted by Jaclyn Desforges.
The event will be recorded, and auto-closed captions are available. Links to PDFs of readings will be provided in the chat for the duration of the event and will be deleted afterward. Guests will be requested to turn off mics and cameras during the readings to preserve bandwidth.
Stick around for a Q & A, conversation, and a draw! All guests will be entered to win incredible prizes, including poetry books by the evening’s writers.
GOLD STAR is available for purchase online at Book*hug Press, through your local bookseller, or you can request a copy at your local library.
PREORDER GOLD STAR NOW
Use code PREORDER10 for 10% off before April 14, 2026
Weird Babies Launch Party
Join me in celebrating the launch (birth?!) of WEIRD BABIES, my short story collection published by The Porcupine's Quill. Guest readings! Cake! Cocktails AND mocktails! Plus, take a gander at the art of Marlee Jennings, Weird Babies cover designer extraordinaire.
Event Five
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Event Four
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Event Three
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Event Two
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Event One
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.