Author: Denise Da Costa

• Pivotal Moments Part III: Bistro 990

  

  Journal Entry: 05032010  At this time, I hadn’t yet had a preference of wine but red was NOT it. What do I care, I’m dignified! The Author carries my glass from the bar to the table at the front of house and takes the open seat by the window (to be seen?).   “We don’t sit…

• Pivotal Moments

  

  Journal Entry: 05032010  Part I: Gala Apples & Brie  1 Min Read  I stood at the wrought iron fence, wrangling with my thoughts. What should I say? How should I greet him? Did he remember our appointment? Where the hell is the lock for this gate? (The pedestrian lock was found in plain sight where all…

• Pivotal Moments II

  

  Martini The house is a museum. Amongst its treasure, countless artifacts of great value and familiarity: Toni Morrison’s Love, Frank McCourts’ Tis, and Angela’s Ashes, Rohinton Mistry’s Family Matters and Anne-Marie McDonald’s Fall on Your Knees. A Giller award. I’m shown a prized collection of beautiful artworks created by his daughters, and unbeknownst to my…

• Cover Reveal!

  

  Description Back in the low-income neighbourhood where she was raised, a young woman rediscovers the importance of community, home, and finding one’s voice. Just before the demolition of her childhood home in east Toronto, Delia Ellis returns to retrieve her beloved diary. Using it as a compass, she rediscovers life as a precocious teen growing…

• Doubts.

  

  The journals on my bookshelf contain diary entries that can be summarized as two types of narratives: the quest, and the absurd.

• An Author’s Tale

  

  “The best way to start or to keep going, is to write.”

• Welcome!

  

  Welcome to the digital time capsule of my publishing journey! I’m a Toronto native, mother and foodie whose work explores themes of love, identity and mental health. I’ve published poetry and non-fiction in essay collections and online journals. A novice painter, you can also catch me at the annual Eden Mills Arts Festival peddling my…

• New York Pitch Conference

  

  Manhattan, New York March, 2013 I’m not sure where I first heard about it but in the winter of 2013, I submitted an application to attend a pitch workshop in Manhattan, New York. I was thrilled to discover I’d been accepted and as usual, my partner in crime was on board for this impromptu adventure.…