Fiona Tinwei Lam has authored three poetry collections and a children's book. She has produced several award-winning poetry videos that have screened at festivals all over the world. Besides editing the anthology, The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poems on Facing Cancer, she has co-edited two nonfiction anthologies. She has been shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award and thrice selected for BC’s Poetry in Transit. Her work appears in over 40 anthologies, including the Best Canadian Poetry series. A former lawyer, she has an MFA in creative writing from UBC. She currently teaches at SFU's Continuing Studies and has been appointed Vancouver’s Poet Laureate for 2022-2024, which serves as a champion for poetry, language, and the arts. You can find more about her at www.fionalam.net
In the episode we talk with Fiona about the death of her father as a child, her mother having dementia, coping with the death of her mother and father, her child’s grief after her mother died, her children's book “The Rainbow Rocket”, Ching Ming Day, and a dream of her deceased father.
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E228 - Dr. Enrique Mundaca - Two Dreams to Say Goodbye and Open the Mind
E227 - 2023 Grief Dream Recaps
E226 - Roberta Kuriloff - Framing a Life
E225 - Nikki Wilson - Guest Update
E224 - Kathy Wagner - Here With You
E223 - Colin Campbell - Finding the Words
E222 - Emily Bevan - The Diary of Losing Dad
E221 - Cathy Sosnowsky - Poems for Alex
E220 - Krishma Arora - From Ash to Ashes
E219 - Dr. Donna Stoneham - Catch Me When I Fall
E217 - Suzanne Falter - Free Spirited - Guest Update
E216 - Dr. Kathy Belicki - A Love of Dreams
E215 - 2022 Grief Dream Recaps
E214 - Rebecca Soffer – Grieving Through the Holidays
E213 - Addison Brasil - Joining the Grief Club
E212 - Parvati Markus - Whisper in the Heart
E211 - Dr. Raymond Moody - Near-Death Experiences
E210 - Update with Joshua and Jade
E209 - 2021 Grief Dream Recaps - Part 2
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