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Whenever I am wandering around a city there is always a movie playing in my head. Who lives here? What does their life look like? What is their story? This is especially true when the place isn't pristine. I love the rawness of this street. . . . . . #styleontheside #carolinetopperman #seetheworldthroughmyeyes #storyinspiration #storytellers #travelphotography📷 #travelphotoblog #tellyourstory #torontowriter #teampixel #torontobloggers #humanstories #stjohn #newbrunswick #googlelocalguides #pixel5 #letsguide #writingprompt #writingmystory #writingcommunityofinstagram #writerlife #writerswrite #canadianbloggers #city_features #canadatravel #canadianwriter #cbclife #creativenonfiction #canada🍁 #canlit (at Saint John, New Brunswick) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch18rZVLb2S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“It’s a credit to Heather’s terrific skills as a writer that she can unsparingly portray the romantic traps and sad situations that Wanda falls prey to and yet embody the pages with such vitality, you can’t stop turning the pages." - M.H. Callway’s review of Filthy Sugar. Read the full review here.

Here it is, the feeling of a second birth. The first one is arbitrary. You don't have a choice. The second one is a whole other story. In my case, it is a novel, a city, a typewriter and a hat. I remember distinctively typing away " My first impression when I saw her was a sensation of height and density...". Thank you to Toronto publisher Mawenzi House, and my favourite translator Elaine Kennedy. You gave a writer, a new readership.

It was a blast!!!

Excerpt of my book! Go read, please!

Another except from one of the poems I will be reading live at today’s Toronto International Festival of Authors (@festofauthors) from work published in the Toronto Writer's Collective (@torontowritersc ) anthologies, "Bent not Broken" and "When the Words Run Pure." ⠀ The link to register is in my bio ❤️ ⠀ Don't forget to check out the video installations at Union Station (@torontounion) running from Oct 22- Nov 2! ⠀ #torontointernationalfestivalofauthors #toronto #torontowriter #poembymanivillie #mypoeticheart #poemsbymanivillie #lovepoem #igpoet #spilledthoughts #igpoetry #poetrysociety #poetsandwriters #poetscorner #poemcommunity #writeyourheartout #poemlover #poetry_addicts #poetryaddict #poetrytoronto #torontopoet #torontopoets #poetsofinstagram #poetrydaily https://www.instagram.com/p/CGpb734hCyP/?igshid=17i8vymishrgv

Toronto. The city I'm constantly driving to but never get to see. It's a little weird. 120 km each way, lately with a trunk full of groceries and whatever else is needed. We drop off, do whatever needs doing then turn around and drive back. That might sound a little cryptic but what isn't is that I need a change!! . . . . . . . . . . . #styleontheside #streetviews #tellyourstory #torontowriter #torontolifestyle #torontobloggers #toronto_insta #seetheworldthroughmyeyes #storytellers #storyoftheday #storiesoftheeveryday #writingprompts #writerswrite #writinginspiration #writingcommunity #writinglife #writingsociety #googlelocalguides #letsguide #livelifeonpurpose #liveforthestory #creativewriting #canadianbloggers #canadianwriter #cityoftoronto #canadianauthor #canlit #canada🍁 #natgeoca #natgeocanada (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFre6ogpzGi/?igshid=1hk0p77mit7yw