Published Works

Valerie studied creative writing at the University of Toronto and Humber School for Writers and has a Creative Writing Certificate from George Brown College.

Print

Poetry Publications, Periodicals, Anthologies

• ArtsForum, Summer/Fall 2009
• Coffee House Poetry (Wales), No. 10, 2006
• Elan, A Regina Reese Collection, 2005
• Erato (U.S.), #13, November 2006
• Garden’s End - A Poetry Anthology, 2007
• Jones Av., XI/1, October 2005
• Jones Av., II/4, January 1996
• Legacy (anthology), 2000
• Misunderstandings Magazine, Vol. 3, Winter 2006
• Outreach Connection (featured), No. 203, October 1999; 2002
• Poemata, Volume 25, Number 1, 2010 (silver anniversary issue)
• Poemata, Volume 23, Number 2, 2008
• Prairie Journal, The, No. 4, Fall 2006
• Sentinel, The (U.K.), No. 6, December 2005
• Spire Poetry Poster, Vol. 1. No. 4, February 2004
• Surface & Symbol (Scarborough Arts Council), Vol. 15, No. 5, June 2004

Poetry Chapbooks

• Celaire's Crush, 2009
• Theory of Illumination, 2008
• Brushing Back History, 2004
• The Trunk of a Green Malibu, 2003
• Something to Hide, 2002; Finalist, Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award 2003

Valerie is a member of Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop (NOWW) and the Canadian Poetry Association (CPA), as well as other writers' organizations.

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Online

Creative Non-fiction, Fiction, Poetry

• Blue Skies Poetry "Anchor", July 22, 2010
• Blue Skies Poetry "Immeasurable", July 19, 2010
• Bread 'n Molasses "Trashy, Drugstore Novelist", February 2008
• Bread 'n Molasses "Keanu Reeves: The Best Gift a Girl Can Get", October 2007
• Blue Skies Poetry "Loose Connections", October 20, 2008
• CanadianContent "Bad Language in the Workplace", April 2004.
• Gloom Cupboard "Distant Voices", #119, April 2010
• The Best Girls I Know "Letters To My Girlfriends", 2010

To read more of Valerie's creative work, go to her website A Creative Way Out of Work where she posts selected fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction pieces, and poetry.

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Performances

Live, Television, Film

• Decorating Challenge (Eps. 207), featured participant, 2004
• Art Bar Poetry Series, featured poet at Victory Café, 2003
• 100% Maple Verse (pilot) off-camera interviewer, 2002
• Living Romance, on-camera participant, 2002
• Mann Over Moon (short film), background performer, 2000

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