Just one more surreal TBLP moment… A few weeks ago at the Writers’ Trust Gala, I chatted for a few minutes with Margaret Atwood. Yes, Margaret […] December 26, 2011
Woodstock Reads chooses The High Road I was thrilled to learn recently that The High Road has been chosen as the Woodstock Reads 2012 selection. I’m […] December 2, 2011
CBC TV mini-series based on TBLP I’ve been sitting on this news for a few months now, but it’s finally official. The Best Laid Plans […] November 25, 2011
My piece in the engineering magazine, The Voice Not every one of my friends and acquaintances knows that I actually have an engineering degree, and at one point […] November 11, 2011
Steve Jobs helped make me a writer… In the two days since Steve Jobs passed away, there has been no end of worthy trubutes to an extraordinary […] October 7, 2011
Lovely Eden Mills… I spent a good part of the weekend in the picturesque village of Eden Mills less than an hour’s drive […] September 20, 2011
There’s still space open in my course at U of T… Starting next Wednesday evening, September 14th, I’ll be teaching a course at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies […] September 7, 2011
I’m back from vacation and back to the blog… My apologies to the dedicated readers of this humble blog, a small but mighty community, for the rather lengthy interregnum […] September 1, 2011
The Sunshine Coast Festival was amazing… I’ve just returned from a few days in Brisith Columbia where I presented at the 29th annual Sunshine Coast Festival […] August 9, 2011