2024

Past Appearances

• Monday, January 8, 2024, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading and signing at the Women’s Probus Club of Burlington, Burlington, Ontario.
• Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 10:00 a.m.: A talk, reading and signing for the Pickering Lakeside Probus Club, Pickering, Ontario.
• Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A visit to a book club to discuss One Brother Shy, Toronto.
• Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A visit to a book club to discuss A New Season, Toronto.
• Monday, January 29, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: A Zoom visit to an Ottawa-area book club to discuss The Best Laid Plans.
• Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A talk to the Whiff of Grape dinner club about A New Season, in Toronto.
• Friday, February 2, 2024, 10:00 a.m.: A talk to a Probus Club, Alliston, Ontario.
• Thursday, February 8, 2024, 4:00 p.m.: A Zoom visit to a book club in Alberta to discuss A New Season.
• Thursday, February 15, 2024, 6:00 p.m.: A talk to the Canadian Club of Halton, Oakville, Ontario.
• Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: Introducing famed Canadian writer, Wayne Johnston, at the Badminton and Racquet Club, Toronto.
• Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 9:15 p.m.: A virtual talk to the Beyond a Ballot Book Club about The Best Laid Plans.
• Thursday, February 29, 2024, 6:30 p.m.: A visit to a book club to discuss Up and Down, Toronto.
• Monday, March 4, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A return visit to Beach United Church to talk about A New Season, Toronto.
• Monday, March 11, 2024, 12:30 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing for the East Gwillimbury 55′ n Up Club, East Gwillimbury, Ontario.
• Monday, March 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Severn Library in Coldwater, Ontario.
• Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m.: A meeting with a book club in Hamilton, Ontario.
• Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing in support of the Humber Bay Library, Toronto.
• Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: Skyping in to a Hamilton book club to discuss A New Season.
• Wednesday, April  3, 2024, 10:30 a.m.: A talk, reading, and signing for Learning Unlimited in Woodstock, Ontario.
• Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: Leading an online humour writing webinar for The Writers Union of Canada.
• Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:30 p.m.: A visit to a book club to discuss A New Season, Toronto.
• Friday, April 19, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: Appearing at the 2023 County Reads Authors Festival, Picton, Ontario.
• Saturday, April 20, 2024, 1:00 p.m.: Leading a Humour Writing workshop with fellow writer, Rod Carley, in Almonte, Ontario.
• Sunday, April 21, 2024, 1:00 p.m.: An on-stage interview about A New Season, in Almonte, Ontario. 
• Monday, April 22, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: Meeting with book club in Toronto to discuss A New Season.
• Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A talk on A New Season for the Land O’Lakes Speakers’ Forum, Northbrook, Ontario.
• Thursday, April 25, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing at the Huron County Library (Clinton Branch), Clinton, Ontario. 
• Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 11:00 a.m.: Zooming into a book club in Wiarton, Ontario, to discuss A New Season.
• Monday, May 6, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: Interviewing my former editor, Douglas Gibson, for the London Writers Society, London, Ontario.
• Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and Q&A for the Grey Highlands Probus Club, Kimberley, Ontario.
• Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 6:30 p.m.: Interviewing Natalie Jenner as part of the launch of her new novel, Every Time We Say Goodbye, TYPE Books, Toronto.
• Thursday, May 16, 2024, 10:00 a.m.: A talk on A New Season for Probus Collingwood, Collingwood, Ontario.
• Friday, May 17, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A talk on A New Season for the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Muskoka, Gravenhurst, Ontario.
• Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 8:00 p.m.: Leading an online humour writing workshop for the Alexandra Writers Centre Society, Calgary, Alberta.
• Thursday, May 23, 2024, 7:30 p.m.: “Zooming” into a book club to discuss A New Season.
• Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 3:30 p.m.: A visit to Forster’s Book Garden to sign books and meet readers, Bolton, Ontario. 
• Wednesday, May 29, 2025, 5:50 p.m.: A talk about A New Season at an event in support The Exchange food bank, Caledon, Ontario.
• Thursday, May 30, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A talk, reading, and signing in support of A New Season at the Chartwell Oxford Gardens Retirement Residence, Woodstock, Ontario.
• Thursday, June 6, 2024, 1:00 p.m.: Zooming in to a book club to discuss The Best Laid Plans.
• Monday, June 10, 2024, 10:00  p.m.: A talk about A New Season for the Burlington Lakeshore Probus Club, Burlington, Ontario.
• Friday, June 21 – Sunday, June 23, 2024: Performing various hosting duties at the 2024 Leacock Medal for Humour Gala weekend in Orillia, Ontario.
• Thursday, July 4, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: A talk, reading and signing supporting A New Season, at Victoria Village Library, Toronto.
• Monday, July 8, 2024, 6:30 p.m.: A talk for the Bonnechere Authors Festival, Eganville, Ontario.
• Saturday, September 7, 2024, 6:30 p.m.:  Interviewing the writer Rod Carley at the Picton launch of his latest and greatest novel, Ruff, Picton, Ontario.
• Sunday, September 8, 2024, Time TBD:  Interviewing the writer Rod Carley at the Lyndhurst launch of his latest and greatest novel, Ruff, Lyndhurst, Ontario.
• Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 1:00 p.m.: A talk about A New Season at Deer Park Library, Toronto.
• Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 10:00 a.m.: A talk about A New Season for the Village Club of Swan Lake, Markham, Ontario. 
• Wednesday September 11, 2024, 6:30 p.m.: Interviewing the writer Rod Carley at the launch of his latest and greatest novel, Ruff, at Flying Books in Toronto.
• Saturday, September 14, 2024, 10:30 a.m.: Speaking to the Writers Community of Durham Region, Whitby, Ontario.
• Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 10:00 a.m.: A talk about A New Season for Brampton Probus Club, Brampton, Ontario.
• Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: Interviewing Ted Barris on stage for the release of his new book, Battle of Britain, at the Book Drunkard Festival in Uxbridge, Ontario.
• Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 10:30 a.m.: A talk to a group at Leaside United Church, Toronto.
• Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 6:30 p.m.: A visit to a book club to discuss A New Season, in Burlington, Ontario.
• Thursday, September 26, 2024, 1:00 p.m.: A book talk on A New Season at the S. Walter Stewart branch of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto.
• Thursday, September 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: Leading a virtual humour writing workshop for the Canadian Authors Association.
• Friday, September 27, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: A book talk on A New Season at the Toronto Public Library’s Northern District Branch, Toronto.
• Saturday, October 5, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: Interviewing Marc Garneau onstage on the launch of his new book and the 40th anniversary of his first spaceflight, Port Nelson United Church, Burlington, Ontario.
• Thursday, October 10, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: Recording a radio interview about A New Season for the program Writers for Readers, on CHOP-FM, in Newmarket, Ontario.
• Monday, October 21, 2024, 2:00 p.m.: Meeting with a book club to discuss A New Season, Toronto.
• Wednesday, November 28, 2024, 7:00 p.m.: A book talk on A New Season for the Niagara on the Lake Public LIbrary’s Wine and Words Author Series, Caroline Cellars, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario.
• Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 6:30 p.m.: A talk at the Clarence-Rockland Public Library, Rockland, Ontario, near Ottawa.
• Monday, December 9, 2024, 10:00 a.m.: Meeting with a book club to discuss Up and Down, Guelph, Ontario.