Working in her hometown of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, she joined the PEI Writer’s Guild as the Executive Director in 2018. During this time, she founded a writing & publishing conference — the Wild Threads Literary Festival designed to both showcase Canadian literary talent, and also to educate and inspire her community, and was the Artistic Director from 2019 – 2023. During this time, Mo continued to freelance edit, and started book coaching, with a mandate to help others workshop their manuscripts and to put their books together.
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Meet Mo
Rooted in Story
Since 2003, Mo has worked as writer, teacher and editor. In her early career Mo taught Business Communications and English as an Additional Language. Her years spent working with international students, travelling and exploring the world inspired her to write, and in 2015 she received her Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her own memoir, Unpacked: from PEI to Palawan (Pottersfield Press) tackles a family journey under extraordinary circumstances, and was published in 2017.
Living the power of transformative writing, Mo decided to give a voice to others by launching her own digital nonfiction platform Cargo Literary, a literary magazine in which she served as Editor and shared the stories of hundreds of writers over a period of five years, from 2014-2019. This period of grace also saw the arrivals of her son, Ari & daughter, Veda, siblings for big sister Leila.
Voice for a Community
Pownal Street Press
IN 2022, Pownal Street Press was founded with co-founder Genevieve Loughlin. PSP brings together editorial expertise, publishing know-how, and coaching insights to help authors find their footing in the industry. As a traditional and hybrid publisher of nonfiction and picture books, Pownal Street Press champions stories of heart and cultural depth—narratives that deserve to be told and retold. Pownal Street Press is a social purpose company: we exist to give rise to brave stories, and to be a light for community and connection.
Mo in the News
Matt Rainnie Mainstreet PEI
Matt Rainnie: A is for Anne
A Conversation with Mo Duffy Cobb
by Kim Ruff. Literary Mama, 2019
Transformational Travel: My Journey with Cargo Literary
Hamilton Review of Books.
Mo Duffy Cobb Unpacks Her Journey
VCFA Alumni Magazine, 2018
September 7th, 2017
(Essay). Published by Past Ten
The Small Face of Equity
The Rumpus. December 29th, 2015
Three O’clock Wedding
Damselfly Press, Issue 30 Nonfiction. Feb 2015
Stars Did
Understorey Magazine, Issue Five, February, 2015
Stillbirth: The Psychic Toll
RECONCEIVING LOSS, December, 2013
The heart’s voice: Writing the Book i need
(PDF) Red Magazine Volume 2011
So Long, Spring Park
(PDF) Red: The Island Story Book Volume 3, Fall/Winter 2011/2012
“Crescent Moon Friends” with co-author Wadia Samadi
CBC Mainstreet
Chemistry of Innovation Shortlisted for PEI Book Awards
Prince Edward Island Book Awards 2022