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Publications

intertextu[allie]ties Newsletter
July 2024 to Present
Write and publish a monthly personal recommendations newsletter. Each issue includes a round-up of the books, movies, television shows, and music I have been enjoying along with fun extras like excerpts from my ongoing writing projects, snippets from my daily video diary, and the occasional exciting life update. View intertextu[allie]ties website.

Literary Editor for [EDIT] Magazine
February 2017 to March 2021
Researched the literary market and communicated with publishers to obtain Advanced Reading Copies of books. Read 80+ books a year to produce the quarterly ‘Allie’s Essential Reads’ column, which featured four 100-word reviews and one 150-word review.

Contributor to [EDIT]ION Online Magazine
May to November 2020
Contributed 100-word book reviews for bi-weekly online magazine. Read my contributions here (I’m featured in Volumes 1-10).

Lead Blogger for Infinite Jest Online Reading Group
June to September 2016
Acted as one of the four guides for an online reading group centred around David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest wherein I wrote and published a 1,000-word blog post every week for three months about my reading experience. Read my posts here.

Workshops and courses

Jampolis Cottage Writing Residency
Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia | January 2025

The Author’s Publishing Playbook: Insights from a Literary Agent
Carly Watters | Completed June 2024

Preparing Your Pitch Package to Literary Agents: From Polishing Your Manuscript to Formatting Your Query with Carly Watters      
P.S. Literary Agency | May 2023

The Art of Storytelling with Dr. Gerard Collins
Saint John Public Library | February 2023

Go and Write! Writing Retreat with Dr. Gerard Collins
Kingsbrae International Residence for the Arts | May 2022

Go and Write! Writing Retreat with Dr. Gerard Collins
Kingsbrae International Residence for the Arts | September 2021

Awards and achievements

Edge Hill University Creative Writing Competition
November 2017
Winner of the Edge Hill University 'Dead Romantic Interview' Creative Writing Competition for their Writing Romantic Lives Conference in November 2017. Acceptance speech video with excerpt from winning story.

Education

University of Waterloo – Master of Arts in Literary Studies
September 2014 to May 2016 
Read my Master’s thesis: “My Name Is Lizzie Bennet”: Successfully Adapting Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813) for the Twenty-First Century with The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012-2013)

Acadia University – Bachelor of Arts (Honours), English Major
September 2010 to May 2014
Read my Honours thesis: Monstrosity as Vitality: Affirming Mary Shelley’s Visionary Conception of Creation from Frankenstein (1818) to Danny Boyle’s Theatrical Adaptation (2011)