Poetry
- Cold Against the Heart. (Black Moss Press, 2003).
- Tossed Like Weeds from the Garden. Windsor, Ontario (Black Moss Press, 1999).
- The Digging of Deep Wells. Windsor, Ontario (Black Moss Press, 1997).
- Looking for Mother. Windsor, Ontario (Black Moss Press, 1995).
Selected Anthologies
- Barbed Lyres Anthology. (Key Porter Books, 1990).
- The New Poets of Prince Edward Island. (Ragweed Press, 1991).
- That Sign of Perfection. (Black Moss Press, 1995).
- Doors of the Morning. (Unmon America, 1997).
As Editor
- Letting Go: An Anthology of Loss and Survival. (editor) (Black Moss Press, 2005).
- A Bountiful Harvest: 15 Years of the Island Literary Awards. (Co-edited with Alice Reese) (The Acorn Press/PEI Writers' Guild, 2002).
- Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land. (Co-edited with Brent MacLaine) Charlottetown, P.E.I. (The Acorn Press, 2001).
Fiction
- Murder at Mussel Cove. (Loon in Balloon Press, 2005).
- Chung Lee Loves Lobsters. Toronto (Annick Press, 1992).
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