My recent reading in Keswick A week or so ago, I made the easy drive north to the shores of Lake Simcoe for a reading […] April 22, 2011
Speaking gigs a plenty… I’ve been very busy in the evenings and weekends with readings and speaking gigs and am really enjoying them. I […] April 14, 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
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
The Canada Reads Effect… There has been much discussion lately of the so-called “Canada Reads Effect.” In past years, the Canada Reads winner has […] February 13, 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
TBLP on CBC Radio 2’s Shift I had a great time a week or so ago with my old friend Tom Allen, the celebrated host of […] February 4, 2011
Yet another spasm of self-indulgence… It’s nice to have both my novels ahead of the much-talked about “O” (A Presidential Novel) by that well known […] January 30, 2011
Canada Reads 2011 – The home stretch Well, we’re less than two weeks away from the great Canada Reads 2011 debates (February 7, 8, 9). This year […] January 29, 2011
