2016

Past Appearances

• Monday, January 11, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A reading at the Grimsby Author Series, Grimsby, Ontario.
• Thursday, January 14, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk to a private book club in Toronto.
• Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 9:00 a.m.: Emceeing the Ontario Media Development Corporation‘s annual Digital Dialogue Conference, Toronto.
• Thursday, January 21, 2016, 11:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Cooksville Probus Club, Mississauga, Ontario.
• Saturday, January 23, 1:00 p.m.: Leading a workshop at the Northern Lights Writers’ Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon.
• Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m.: One-one-one blue-pencil sessions with writers at the Northern Lights Writers’ Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon.
• Sunday, January 24, 1:00 p.m.: An on-stage interview, reading, and signing at the Northern Lights Writers’ Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon.
• Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 10:30 a.m.: A talk, reading and signing for the Kingsway/Islington Probus Club, Toronto.
• Thursday, January 28, 2016, 2:00 p.m.: Greeting Ontario Library Association Superconference delegates in the Penguin Random House Canada booth, Toronto.
• Tuesday, February 2, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at Words and Wine, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
• Sunday, February 21, 1:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing at the Galiano Literary Festival, Galiano Island, B.C.
• Monday, February 22, 2016, 1:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at Talisman Books & Gallery, Pender Island, B.C.
• Monday, February 29, 2016, 1:00 p.m.: A talk to the Rendezvous Club of retired teachers, Toronto.
• Friday, March 11, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at STARFest, St. Albert, Alberta.
• Monday, March 21, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A panel discussion for the Toronto Chapter of the  Professional Organizers in Canada, Toronto.
• Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A panel discussion on how writers benefit from the use of special library collections at the Toronto Reference Library, Toronto.
• Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at a Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmother to Grandmother fundraiser in Aurora, Ontario.
• Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 2:00 p.m.: A Skype call in to a Hamilton book club.
• Saturday, April 9, 2016, 8:30 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing at GritLit Readers & Writers Festival, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Sunday, April 10, 2016, 10:00 a.m.: Leading a workshop on Outlining Your Novel at the GritLit Readers & Writers Festival, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Monday, April 11, 2016, noon: A talk to a book club in Gravenhurst, Ontario.
• Monday, April 11, 2016, 6:00 p.m.: A talk at the Toronto Public Library Volunteer Appreciation Night, North York Central Library, Toronto.
• Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for a private book club in Toronto.
• Thursday, April 14, 2016, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Sandhills Probus Club, Kitchener, Ontario.
• Monday, April 25, 2016, 6:30: A discussion with a writing group in Toronto.
• Wednesday, April 27, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Milton Public Library, Milton, Ontario.
• Thursday, April 28, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing as part of the Canadian Authors Series, Port Colborne, Ontario.
• Friday, April 29-Sunday May 1, 2016, Time TBD: Appearing at the Gananoque Literary Festival, Gananoque, Ontario.
• Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 9:30 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Twin City’s Women’s Probus Club, Waterloo, Ontario.
• Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at a fundraiser for the Pelee Island Bird Observatory, Windsor, Ontario.
• Thursday, May 5, 2016, noon: A luncheon talk to District 15 of the Retired Teachers of Ontario, Oakville, Ontario.
• Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 6:30 p.m.: Serving as captain and inspirational leader for a team in Pongapalooza, a ping-pong fundraiser for First Book Canada, Toronto.
• Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Canadian Federation of University Women, Owen Sound, Ontario.
• Friday, May 13, 2016, 11:00 a.m.: A talk for the Ontario Legislative Internship Program, Queen’s Park, Toronto.
• Monday, May 16, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Canadian Federation of University Women, Scarborough Branch, Scarborough, Ontario.
• Wednesday, May 18, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Beach United Church Speakers Series, Toronto.
• Wednesday, May 25th, 2016, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Probus Club of Ancaster, Ancaster, Ontario.
• Sunday, May 29, 2016, Time TBD: A talk, reading, and signing at the Elora Writers’ Festival, Elora, Ontario.
• Monday, May 30, 2016, 2:00 p.m.: An Amnesty International Book Club online video discussion with Joe Kertes about his novel The Afterlife of Stars, Toronto, Ontario.
• Wednesday, June 1, 2016, noon: A talk to the Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Association of Former Parliamentarians, Queen’s Park, Toronto.
• Wednesday, June 1, 7:00 p.m.: A visit to a private book club in Toronto.
• Thursday, June 2, 2016, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading and signing for the Scarborough Probus Club, Scarborough, Ontario.
• Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 1:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing for the Retired Teachers of Ontario, District 22, Toronto.
• Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 4:00 p.m.: Taping a radio interview for Hunters Bay Radio 88.7 FM, Huntsville, Ontario.
• Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Huntsville Public Library, Huntsville, Ontario.
• Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 1:00 p.m.: Participating on a panel, Perspectives on Feminism from the Outside, for Status of Women Canada as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A visit to a private book club in Toronto.
• Thursday, June 16, 2016, 11:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Maple Leaf Probus Club in Newmarket, Ontario.
• Friday, June 17, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk on the experience of adapting The Best Laid Plans for television and the stage, for the Niagara Integrated Film Festival, St. Catharines, Ontario.
• Saturday, June 25, 2016, 2:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing as part of The Bookshelf, a community event for local writers in Newmarket, Ontario.
• Monday June 27, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk to a private book club in Toronto.
• Friday, July 22, 2016, Tie TBD: Hosting and reading at the Paul Quarrington Humour Showcase at the Leacock Summer Festival in Orillia, Ontario.
• Sunday, July 24, 2016, 2:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing in Hanover, Ontario.
• Saturday, August 13, 2016, 1:00 p.m.: A reading and signing at the Huronia Arts Festival, Orillia, Ontario.
• Wednesday, September 7, 2016, 11:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Ajax Probus Club, Ajax, Ontario.
• Thursday, September 8, 2016, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Combined Probus Club North Oakville. Oakville, Ontario.
• Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 12:30 p.m.: A visit to a private book club in Toronto.
• Saturday, September 24, 2016, 9:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the North Words Literary Festival, Huntsville, Ontario.
• Friday, September 30 – Sunday October 2, 2016, Time TBD: Appearing at the Cabot Trail Writers Festival, St. Ann’s Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
• Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 7:30 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at Greenwood’s StoryFest, Hudson, Quebec.
• Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 1:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Canadian Federation of University Women, Kanata, Ontario.
• Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: Leading an outlining workshop at the Kitchener Public Library in the run up to National Novel Writing Month, Kitchener, Ontario.
• Thursday, October 20, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at Wines and Lines, Oakville, Ontario.
• Saturday, October 22, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing at the House of Friendship Dinner, Kitchener, Ontario.
• Monday, October 24, 2016, 12:00 noon: A talk to the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy, Toronto.
• Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Prince Edward County Public Library, Wellington Branch, Wellington, Ontario.
• Saturday, October 29, 2016, 2:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Mississauga Public Library (Central branch).
• Tuesday, November 1-Saturday, November 5, 2016: Various appearances at the Sharjah International Book Fair, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
• Thursday, November 10, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Collingwood Public Library, Collingwood, Ontario.
• Thursday, November 17, 2016, 11:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Probus Club of Oakville, Oakville, Ontario.
• Thursday, November 17, 2016, 4:45 p.m.: A talk and signing for the University of Waterloo Writing Centre, Waterloo, Ontario.
• Friday, November 18, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk at the annual induction ceremony for the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame, Toronto.
• Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 6:30 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Danforth/Coxwell branch of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto.
• Thursday, December 8, 2016, 7:00 p.m.: A talk to a private group in Aurora, Ontario.
• Thursday, December 29, 7:30 a.m.: Appearing live on CBC Radio’s The Current for the End of the Year show discussing the major issues of 2016.

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