Leacock Medal Shortlist: Thrilled all over again Yesterday, in an annual ritual freighted with wonderful memories for me, the five finalists for the 2011 Stephen Leacock Memorial […] April 2, 2011
One reason I write… I’ve never written to an author whose book I enjoyed reading. I probably will in the future. After The Best […] March 25, 2011
My weekly literary podcast regimen… In a circuitous and convoluted way, I owe at least some of my writing career to podcasting. How? Well, in […] March 20, 2011
M&S creates a cool poster for book stores I’m one lucky author. Check out this poster that will soon be hanging (I hope) in bookstores across the country. […] March 18, 2011
My guest post about ebooks for the KOBO blog The folks at KOBO asked me for a brief thought or two about ebooks. If you’ve been reading my blog […] March 10, 2011
Quick Hits… I just thought I’d do a round up of quick hits today… Sharing space with Mordecai Richler A Nova Scotian […] March 7, 2011
Another great Grimsby event… Back in April 2009, I made my first visit to the very popular Grimsby Author Series in the company of […] March 4, 2011
Canada Reads two weeks later… I promise to write about something other than Canada Reads at some point in the not-too-distant future, but until then, […] February 26, 2011
Canada Reads… Where to start? I’m still recovering from the Canada Reads 2011 finale on Wednesday. I stayed at home that morning, sequestered alone in […] February 12, 2011
Canada Reads event at Toronto Reference Library Last night, over 350 people crammed into the atrium of the Toronto Reference Library for a Canada Reads event. Fellow […] February 5, 2011