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.
You can find more about Grief Dreams here:
Our website – www.griefdreams.ca
Instagram and Twitter - @Griefdreams
Facebook – Grief Dreams Podcast Page and Grief Dreams Group
Looking for ways to support the podcast?
You can help support the Grief Dreams Podcast in a few ways:
1) Become a Patreon supporter (monthly financial support)
https://www.patreon.com/griefdreamspodcast
2) Buy us a Coffee (one-time financial support)
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/griefdreams
3) Subscribe to the podcast (on the platform you listen) and give a review. This improves our online visibility.
4) Support the topic by sharing the podcast or website. We appreciate any support that contributes to raising awareness on the topic.
Episode 19 - Dr. Malvina Skorska
Episode 18 - Darwyn Dave
Episode 17 - Jenn Trussell
Episode 16 - Update with Jade Black
Episode 15 - Caroline Drolet
Episode 14 - Kimberly Ryan
Episode 13 - Richard Hutton
Episode 12 - Mark Gowland
Episode 11 - Update
Episode 10 - Dr. Kerri Michalica
Episode 9 - Travis Hodges
Episode 8 - Marybeth Haines
Episode 7 - Firoz Alam
Episode 6 - Dr. Joan Olinger/Ruth Edgett
Episode 5 - Christina Walton
Episode 4 - Mojan Naisani
Episode 3 - Jade Black
Episode 2 - Ola Kiermacz/Chloe Rabideau
Episode 1 - Introductions
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
We Can Do Hard Things
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
Date Yourself Instead
Love Life with Matthew Hussey
Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast