Speaking & Events

Need a speaker?

Throughout my two decades in medicine and health research, I’ve given a lot of talks! I’m comfortable speaking to audiences of 1 to 1000+ on a variety of topics, including:

How Not to Write a Book: What I wish I’d known when I wrote my first novel

Rituals for Writing: How to develop a practice that works for you

10 Things I learned about empathy from being a doctor and how I use this in my writing

Getting it Write: Accurate depictions of medicine and academia in fiction

But I’m a doctor! I don’t have time to make art … do I?

Mindfulness, meditation, and manifesting: Can they work for you?

7 Things I learned about rejection in my time as an academic researcher

Submitted in a Day: Abstract-writing bootcamp

Screenwriter for a Day: Using the beat structure to write your academic manuscript

Interested in one of these topics?

Got something else in mind?

Drop me a line!

Just want to connect?

Here are some of the upcoming events on my calendar.

Aug 15-18, 2024

When Worlds Collide Conference (Attendee)

Calgary, Alberta, Canada


Feb 10-14, 2025

Darling Axe Rainforest Writing Retreat (Attendee)

Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada


See you there?