Helen Sears, our wonderful host for the Blenz Reading Series in downtown Vancouver has asked to take a break for next month. To help keep the Blenz Readings going, I volunteered to host in Helen's stead for the next reading on December 15th. I've really enjoyed the Blenz readings this year (I believe I've read at four of them already), and I think they have tremendous value for new writers to get experience reading their work in public. Hopefully I can do the job justice. Helen is always terrific and gracious and very, very welcoming.