2021

Past Appearances

The COVID 19 virus has changed everything. Many literary festivals, book clubs, library readings, and other gatherings where I’d been booked to speak and read have, for very good reason, been cancelled. So the list of appearances is thinner in the last three years than in the pre-pandemic days. But we’ll all be back when we’ve slayed the Corona Virus. Stay safe.

• Thursday, January 7, 2021, 11:00 a.m.: A Zoom presentation (An Unorthodox Journey to the Published Land) to the Probus Club of Collingwood.
• Friday, January 8, 2021, 8:30 a.m.: A Zoom visit to a bookclub near Truro, Nova Scotia to discuss Albatross.
• Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for the Oshawa Probus Club, Oshawa, Ontario.
• Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 2:00 p.m.: A Zoom visit to a bookclub in Gananoque, Ontario, to discuss Albatross.
• Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A Zoom talk for the Waterloo Public Library.
• Thursday, January 28, 2021, 10;30 a.m.: A Zoom talk about Albatross to the Northumberland Probus Club in Cobourg, Ontario.
• Friday, February 5, 2021, 6:30 p.m.: A Zoom talk call to discuss Albatross with the Mariposa Book Club in Orillia, Ontario.
• Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A talk and discussion at a Toronto book club.
• Thursday, February 18, 10:00 a.m.: A Zoom talk about Albatross to the Blue Mountain Probus Club.
• Thursday, March 11, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Brantford Public Library, Brantford, Ontario.
• Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A virtual interview and reading for Humber College and the City of Toronto.
• Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 7:15 p.m.: A Zoom discussion with a Toronto book club about Poles Apart.
• Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A Zoom interview as part of Literacy Unlimited’s Under the Cover series, in Québec.
• Sunday, April 18, 2021, noon: A Zoom keynote talk for the Na’amat Celebrity Author Luncheon in Hamilton, Ontario.
• Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 9:00 a.m.: A Zoom talk about Albatross for the Probus Club of Kitchener Waterloo.
• Friday, April 30, 2021, 11:00 a.m.: Leading a Humour Writing workshop for the Iceland Writers Retreat, virtually.
• Friday, April 30, 2021, 12:45 p.m.: Leading an Outlining workshop for the Iceland Writers Retreat, virtually.
• Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 1:30 p.m.: A Zoom talk on Albatross for the Probus Club of Pretty River, Collingwood, Ontario.
• Saturday, May 15, 2021, 1:00 p.m.: A keynote Zoom talk at the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop annual LitFest, in Thunder Bay.
• Saturday, May 15, 2021, 2:15 p.m.: Leading a Zoom workshop on novel outlining at the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop annual LitFest, in Thunder Bay.
• Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 9:00 p.m.: A Zoom talk to a group of generous donors who “won me” in a fundraising auction in support of the Kaslo & District Public Library, Kaslo, B.C.
• Saturday, July 3, 2021, Time TBD: A Zoom talk to the Mensa Canada virtual conference.
• Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 7:20 a.m.: A live interview on CHCH Morning Live, Hamilton, Ontario about the launch of Operation Angus.
• Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 8:40 a.m.: A live interview on CTV’s Your Morning about the launch of Operation Angus.
• Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 12:30ish p.m.: An interview on CTV News at Noon in Ottawa.
• Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 5:45 p.m.: An interview on CBC Radio-Ottawa’s All in a Day with Alan Neal.
• Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 7:30 p.m.: A Zoom event with the Ottawa International Writers Festival to celebrate the launch of Operation Angus.
• Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 11:00 a.m.: A Zoom talk for the Probus Club of Ajax, Ajax, Ontario.
• Thursday, September 2, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: Virtual launch of Operation Angus.
• Thursday, September 9, 2021, 7:30 p.m.: A talk on Operation Angus  at the Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto.
• Monday, September 13, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A Zoom talk and discussion about Operation Angus as part of the Grimsby Authors Series, Grimsby, Ontario.
• Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 7:30 p.m.: A Zoom talk and discussion about Operation Angus for Beach United Church, Toronto.
• Thursday, September 16, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A virtual (or perhaps in-person) talk on Operation Angus for the Waterloo Public Library and Words Worth Books, Waterloo, Ontario.
• Saturday, September 18, 2021, Time TBD: A Zoom presentation on outlining at the Canadian Authors Association’s CanWrite! conference.
• Saturday, September 18, 2021, Time TBD: A Zoom keynote address at the Canadian Authors Association’s CanWrite! 
• Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A Zoom talk to the Midland Public Library about Operation Angus.
• Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 10:00 a.m.: A Zoom talk about Operation Angus for the Women’s Probus Club of Lindsay, Lindsay, Ontario.
• Thursday, September 30, 2021, 6:30 p.m.: A virtual talk about Operation Angus at the Brock Public Library, Beaverton, Ontario.
• Wednesday, October 6, 2021, 6:30 p.m.: A talk about Operation Angus at Let’s Talk Books in Cobourg, Ontario.
• Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 6:00 p.m.: A Zoom talk about Operation Angus for the Hart House U of T Alumni-Student Virtual Dinner Series, Toronto.
• Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 10:30 a.m.: A virtual (or perhaps in-person) talk about Operation Angus for the Port Perry Probus Club, Port Perry, Ontario.
• Friday, October 22, 2021, 7:30 p.m.: Opening remarks via Zoom for the York Writers Conference.
• Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A talk about Operation Angus at the Badminton and Racquet Club, Toronto.
• Friday, November 5, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A virtual talk about Operation Angus for Words, London’s Literary and Creative Arts Festival, London, Ontario.
• Sunday, November 7, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A virtual talk about Operation Angus for Furby House Books, Port Hope, Ontario
• Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A virtual Operation Angus appearance for The Book Drunkard Festival, Uxbridge, Ontario.
• Thursday, November 18, 2021, 9:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. Mountain Time): A virtual talk for Word on the Street in Lethbridge, Alberta.
• Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 9:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. Mountain Time): A virtual appearance at Calgary’s Wordfest for a conversation with journalist and novelist Linden MacIntyre about our respective new novels.
• Thursday, November 25, 2021, 7:00 p.m.: A virtual talk about Operation Angus for the Milton Public Library, Milton, Ontario.
• Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 9:30 a.m.: A virtual talk about Operation Angus as part of the Book and Author Series put on by A Different Drummer Books in Burlington, Ontario.
• Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 6:00 p.m.: A talk about Operation Angus at a fundraiser for the Orillia Scottish Festival, Orillia, Ontario.
• Thursday, December 2, 2021, 2:00 p.m.: A talk to a book club at the Victoria Village Branch of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto.
• Monday, December 6, 2021, 5:00 p.m.: Zooming into a book club to discuss Operation Angus, Huntsville, Ontario.
• Tuesday, December 7, 2021, noon: A talk to the Arts and Letters Club about Operation Angus, Toronto.

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