2012

Past Appearances

• Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Scarborough Probus Club, Scarborough, Ontario.
• Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Women’s Probus Club of Newmarket, Ontario.
• Friday, January 27, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: Participating in the Toronto Celebrates Canada Reads 2012 event with four of the five shortlisted authors, Toronto Public Library, Main Branch, Toronto.
• Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 7:30 p.m.: A talk and reading at a book club in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
• Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: Participating in an e-book signing with Wilfrid Laurier University Bookstore and Idolvine .
• Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Heliconian Literary Lecture Series, Toronto.
• Thursday, February 9, 2012, 12:00 noon: A luncheon talk to the Ontario Bar Association, Toronto.
• Thursday, February 9, 2012, 6:00 p.m.: Fulfilling authorial duties at The Book Lover’s Ball, Royal
  York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.
• Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 8:30 a.m.: A keynote address to the annual leadership conference of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto.
• Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk and reading at the Scarborough Centre Probus Club in Scarborough, Ontario.
• Monday, February 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk and reading at a private book club in Toronto.
• Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 11:00 a.m.: A talk and reading to the Barrie Probus Club, Barrie, Ontario.
• Monday, March 5, 2012, 4:00 p.m.: A talk to a CanLit class at Lakehead University that is studying The Best Laid Plans, Orillia, Ontario.
• Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk and reading at a private book club in Toronto.
• Thursday, March 15, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk and reading at the Twin Lakes Probus Club in Orillia, Ontario.
• Thursday, March 15, 2012, 2:30 p.m.: A talk and reading at the Cedarbrae Library, Scarborough, Ontario.
• Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the L. P. Fisher Public Library, in Woodstock, New Brunswick.
• Friday, March 23 – Saturday, March 24, 2012: Talks, readings, and signings at the Words on the Water Writers’ Festival, Campbell River, Vancouver Island, B.C.
• Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk and reading at the Brantford Public Library, Brantford, Ontario.
• Saturday, April 7, 2012, Time: TBD: A talk and reading at Theatre 311, Listowel, Ontario.
• Thursday, April 12, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Taylor Branch of the Toronto Public Library.
• Sunday, April 15, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: A reading and signing for the Writers & Friends, a fundraiser for Horizons of Friendship, Memorial Hall, Kingston City Hall, Kingston, Ontario.
• Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 11:00 a.m.: A talk and reading at the Gateway Probus Club in Collingwood, Ontario.
• Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 6:30 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at a National Volunteer Appreciation Week event for the Toronto Public Library, North York Central Library, Toronto.
• Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk and reading at the Tweed Public Library, Tweed, Ontario.
• Friday, April 20, 2012, 1:30 p.m.: A talk and reading at a private book club in Bobcaygeon, Ontario.
• Friday, April 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at Dunsford United Church in Dunsford, Ontario.
• Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 7:30 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Township of Russell Public Library, Russell, Ontario.
• Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 6:00 p.m.: Fulfilling authorial duties at the annual Writers’ Trust Politics and the Pen Gala, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Thursday, April 26, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: Talks to students at College Avenue Secondary School, as part of Woodstock Reads in Woodstock, Ontario.
• Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing for Woodstock Reads at the Woodstock Public Library, Woodstock, Ontario.
• Friday, April 27 – Sunday April 29, 2012, Time TBC: Talks, readings, and signings at schools and other venues as part of the Frye Festival, Moncton, New Brunswick.
• Thursday, May 3, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing in Dundas for the Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale Federal Liberal Association.
• Saturday, May 5, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Annual General Meeting and Policy Conference of the Green Party of Ontario, Niagara College, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
• Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Probus Club of South Muskoka, Bracebridge, Ontario.
• Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:30 p.m.: Captaining a stellar team at Pongapalooza, a ping pong fundraising event for First Book Canada, at Spin Toronto .
• Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk and reading at a private book club in Toronto.
• Thursday, May 24, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Brock Township Public Library, Sunderland, Ontario.
• Monday, May 28, 2012, 9:00 p.m.: A Skype call with the Muse and Views Book Club in Ottawa
• Sunday, June 3, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: Serving as Emcee for the Canadian Booksellers Association Annual Libris Awards Dinner, Toronto Congress Centre.
• Monday, June 4, 2012, 10:30 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the New Appleby Burlington Probus Club, Burlington Golf and Country Club, Burlington, Ontario.
• Monday June 4, 2012, 6:00 p.m.: A talk and reading at a private book club in Toronto.
• Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: A talk to a group of Parkinson’s disease caregivers. St. George’s Golf Club, Toronto, Ontario.
• Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Innisfil Public Library, Cookstown, Ontario.
• Thursday, June 7, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Literary Evening of the annual conference of the College Association of Language and Literacy hosted by Seneca College, Toronto.
• Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 2:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at a Women’s Probus Club in Collingwood, Ontario.
• Thursday, June 14, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Probus Club of Wasaga Beach, Wasaga Beach, Ontario.
• Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7:30 p.m.: A talk and reading at a private book club in Oakville, Ontario.
• Monday, June 18, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at McNally Robinson Grant Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• Tuesday, June 19, 2012, Time TBD: A talk and signing at the Canadian Engineering Education Association annual conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 12:00 noon: A talk and reading at a book club at St. Christopher’s Church, Burlington, Ontario.
• Thursday, June 21, 2012, 4:30 p.m.: A talk and reading at a private bookclub at the University of Toronto, Toronto.
• Monday, June 25, 2012, 6:30 p.m.: A talk and reading at a private book club inToronto.
• Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 11:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Probus Club of Orillia, Orillia, Ontario.
• Thursday, July 5, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Midland-Huronia Probus Club, Midland, Ontario.
• Thursday, July 19, 2012, 1:00-4:00 p.m.: Leading a workshop on how writers can build an audience for their writing, Saskatchewan Festival of Words, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
• Friday, July 20, 2012, 10:10 a.m.: A reading at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
• Saturday, July 21, 2012, 9:00 a.m.: A reading at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
• Saturday, July 21, 2012, 1:30 p.m.: A reading at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
• Sunday, July 22, 2012, 11:20 a.m.: A talk and reading at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
• Sunday July 22, 2012, : Talks, readings, and signings at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
• Thursday, July 26, 2012, 12:00 noon: A talk and reading at a private book club in Scarborough, Ontario.
• Friday, July 27, 2012, 12:00 noon: A talk, reading and signing at the Toronto Rotary Club, Royal York Hotel, Toronto.
• Friday, July 27, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: Hosting and reading at the Leacock Summer Festival, Orillia, Ontario.
• Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 2:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing at Leaside Public Library, Toronto.
• Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: Keynote at the annual conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Ottawa Convention Centre, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 11:00 a.m.: A talk and reading at the Ajax Probus Club, Ajax, Ontario.
• Thursday, September 6, 2012, 5:00-8:00 p.m.: Participating on a panel about best practices in teaching for the university of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, Toronto.
• Sunday, September 9, 2012, 12:oo noon: A talk to the Writers’ Community of York Region, Newmarket Community Centre and Lions Hall, Aurora, Ontario.
• Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 5:30 p.m.: Official Toronto launch of Up and Down, Dora Keogh Pub, Toronto.
• Thursday, September 13, 2012, 2:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Women’s Canadian Club of London, London, Ontario.
• Saturday, September 15, 2012, 10:30 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Station on the Green, Creemore, Ontario.
• Saturday, September 15, 2012, 11;30 a.m.: Meet and greet and signing at the Creemore Farmers Market, Creemore, Ontario.
• Saturday, September 15, 2012, 2:00 p.m.: A meet and greet and signing at Curiosity House Book Store, Creemore, Ontario.
• Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 2:30 p.m.: A talk and reading at the Probus by the Bay-Collingwood Women’s Club, Collingwood, Ontario.
• Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing as part of the One Book, One Halton Hills program, Halton Hills Public Library, Georgetown, Ontario.
• Thursday, September 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing as part of the Hamilton Author Series, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Friday, September 21, 2012, 11:00 a.m.: A talk, reading and signing at the Rotary District Conference, Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Sunday, September 23, 2012, 3:00 p.m.: A reading at the Word on the Street festival in Toronto.
• Sunday, September 23, 2012, 5:00 p.m.: Participating in TypeFace, a fundraiser for the Toronto Public Library’s Leading to Reading program, at the Word on the Street festival, Toronto.
• Monday, September 24, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Grimsby Authors Series, Grimsby, Ontario.
• Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: A talk and discussion at a private book club in Toronto.
• Thursday, September 27, 2012, 12:00 noon: An Orillia book launch including a talk, reading and signing, at Manticore Books, Orillia, Ontario.
• Thursday, September 27, 2012, 6:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the 2012 Legacy Dinner as part of the Carnegie Days Festival of Arts and Literature, McLaren Arts Centre, Barrie, Ontario.
• Saturday, September 29, 2012, 11:00 a.m.: Moderating a discussion and readings by writers Carmen Aguirre and Marina Nemat, NorthWords, the Muskoka Literary Festival, Huntsville Town Hall, Huntsville, Ontario.
• Saturday, September 29, 2012, 7:00 p.m., : A talk, reading, and signing at NorthWords, the Muskoka Literary Festival, Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville, Ontario.
• Monday, October 1, 2012, 6:00 p.m.: A talk at Read for the Cure, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing at Algonquin College as part of Algonquin Reads, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Tuesday, October 2, 2012: 7:00 p.m.: A talk to a group of book clubs in Ottawa, Ontario.
• Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: A talk and reading at the Hillcrest Public Library Book Discussion Group, Toronto.
• Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 9:00 a.m.: Opening keynote talk to the annual conference of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, Toronto.
• Thursday, October 11, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at Bolen’s Books, Victoria, British Columbia.
• Saturday, October 13, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at a Calgary WordFest event in Turner Valley, Alberta.
• Sunday, October 14-Tuesday, October 16, 2012: Attending the Summit Salon at the Banff Centre, Banff Alberta.
• Thursday, October 18, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A signing at Chapters Southpoint, Edmonton, Alberta.
• Saturday, October 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A reading, on-stage interview, and signing at STARFest, the St. Albert Reading Festival, St. Albert, Alberta.
• Monday, October 22, 2012, 9:30 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Burlington Women’s Probus Club, Burlington, Ontario.
• Thursday, October 25, 2012, 6:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at a Village Bookshop author dinner in Bayfield, Ontario.
• Monday, October 26, 2012, 7:00 p.m.:A talk, reading, and signing at the Grey Highlands Public Library, Flesherton, Ontario.
• Monday, October 29, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Lorne Park Library, Mississauga, Ontario.
• Friday, November 2, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: An onstage interview, reading, and signing at an event sponsored by Wordsworth Books, Balsillie School/CIGI, Waterloo, Ontario.
• Saturday, November 3, 2012, Time TBD: A talk, workshop, reading, and signing at the Wild Writers Literary Festival, Waterloo, Ontario.
• Sunday, November 4, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Friends of the Haliburton County Public Library, Pinestone Resort, Haliburton, Ontario.
• Tuesday, November 6, 2012: 9:30 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the LaSalle Pavilion, organized by A Different Drummer Books, Burlington, Ontario.
• Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Eh List Author Series, Barbara Frum Library, Toronto, Ontario.
• Thursday, November 8, 2012, 6:30 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Waterloo Public Library, John Harper Branch, Waterloo, Ontario.
• Sunday, November 11, 2012, 2:00 p.m.: A talk at the Toronto Writers’ Co-operative, Toronto.
• Monday, November 12, 2012, 11:30 a.m.: A talk to a couple of Public Affairs classes at Humber College, Toronto.
• Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk and discussion at a private book club in Toronto.
• Thursday, November 15, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk and reading at the Probus Club of Cooksville, Mississauga, Ontario.
• Thursday, November 15, 2012, 6:00 p.m.: Authorial duties at the Writers’ Trust Gala, Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto.
• Friday, November 16, 2012, 8:00 p.m.: A reading at the annual Music at the Hall concert to raise funds for the Eden Mills Community Hall, Eden Mills, Ontario.
• Sunday, November 18, 2012, 11:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at a Books and Brunch event for Blue Heron Books at Wooden Sticks Golf Club in Uxbridge, Ontario.
• Monday, November 19, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Canadian Perspectives Lecture Series, University of Toronto Senior Alumni Association, Toronto.
• Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 2:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing at the Bendale Library, Toronto.
• Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 10:00 a.m.: A talk and reading at the Probus Club of Newmarket, Newmarket, Ontario.
• Thursday, November 29, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library, Stouffville, Ontario.
• Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 6:30 p.m.: A talks, reading, and signing at the Puslinch Branch of the Wellington County Public Library, Puslinch, Ontario.
• Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 11:00 a.m.: A live interview on the radio show, Career Buzz, on CIUT Radio 89.5 FM, Toronto.
• Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 11:30 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Canadian Public Relations Society (Toronto) at The Albany
  Club, Toronto.
• Wednesday, February 13, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Bishops University JUMP Mentor Program, Toronto, Ontario.
• Wednesday, July 23, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: A talk and discussion with the Canadian Authors Association, Muskoka Branch, Bracebridge, Ontario.

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