• Back to School!

    Back to School!

    Two important announcements this month: Rory

  • And Now for Something Completely Different…

    And Now for Something Completely Different…

    Excited to announce “WAKING ON THE GROUND,” a debut novella from Eamon Rourke! Purchase for Kobo – click here! Purchase for Kindle – click here! A psychological thriller. Edgar is a homeless veteran who has made a life for himself on the streets despite his damaged, chaotic mind. When he witnesses a brazen abduction, his…

  • New – A Special on Car Washes

    New – A Special on Car Washes

    Link: The Intima – There’s a Special on Car Washes Special thanks to The Intima for publishing a new piece of short fiction from me. “There’s a Special on Car Washes” explores the way life’s big moments happen in the midst of little moments, the way we pivot from the ordinary to the extraordinary and…

  • The Lab

    A quick plug for the University of Toronto’s “Narrative-Based Medicine Lab” http://narrativebasedmedicine.ca I recently had the opportunity to complete their eight-session Foundational Certificate in Narrative-Based Medicine, led by Karen Gold and Damian Tarnopolsky. Enjoyed meeting a great group of budding writers from all facets of healthcare and from all over North America. A nice balance…

  • The Next Chapter

    2023 was many things, but if nothing else it was a banner year for my development as a writer. I was lucky enough to have short stories published in Canadian Family Physician, Pulse magazine, and The COVID Journals anthology from University of Alberta Press. I was also lucky enough to participate in the Humber School for…

  • New – Teachings

    New – Teachings

    A big “thank you” to Pulse for publishing a short story of mine. “Teachings” is an account of one of my first ventures into Northern Ontario and a crash course in Indigenous health and culture. Pulse is a tremendous online magazine publishing first-person experiences from all sides of healthcare and medicine. Special thanks to Diane…

  • The COVID Journals

    The COVID Journals

    It’s here! Very excited to be included in this collection of experiences by healthcare workers in the early days of COVID-19. Shane Neilson, Sarah Fraser, and Arundhati Dhara have done a tremendous job pulling together a really diverse read that captures the roller coaster of emotions we all went through in those first waves. Some…

  • New – Traffic Patterns

    New – Traffic Patterns

    Link: Traffic Patterns Hot off the press! My short story “Traffic Patterns” was published in this month’s issue of Canadian Family Physician! This is a true story – an account of a fly-on-the-wall moment in the back hall of an emergency room on a sleepy Sunday afternoon. A story about small moments, details, that are…

  • A Reading List

    As a general rule, when I’m reading in my free time I refuse to read about work. But I have broken this rule for a handful of books that have struck all the right notes of poignancy, humour, and authenticity. They’ve made medicine and healthcare accessible and, most importantly, they’ve told good stories. Here is…

  • Mimi Divinsky Award

    Mimi Divinsky Award

    It was a true honour on November 11th 2022 to accept the year’s Mimi Divinsky Award for History and Narrative in Family Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. https://www.cfpc.ca/en/home Dr. Mimi Divinkski, who passed away in 2007, was a driving force for narrative medicine in Canada, as well as for a number…