Canada Also Reads TBLP essay by Andy Maize The essays in defence of the Canada Also Reads shortlisted books started yesterday. Two essays each day are posted on […] March 2, 2010
Quill & Quire quotes authors’ rules for writing Quill & Quire has assembled on its blog some quotations from several authors capturing a selection of writing rules. Not […] February 28, 2010
Fiction writing rules in the National Post online Taking a cue from the Guardian’s Rules for Writers series in the U.K., Brad Frenette, at the National Post and […] February 26, 2010
Wow! TBLP a “Canada Also Reads” Finalist You may recall a blog post I wrote at the end of December about being long-listed for the National Post’s […] February 9, 2010
Paul Quarrington 1953-2010 Like so many other Canlit lovers, I’m torn up today. There will no new Paul Quarrington novel to anticipate. Not […] January 21, 2010
Evadne Macedo posts a Q&A with me Last year, I did a reading at a public library in Toronto’s Beach community. When it was over, a young […] January 20, 2010
TBLP makes another “Decade’s Best” list This is quite unexpected. Okay, I’m shocked and thrilled at one and the same time. The Mark is a respected […] January 7, 2010
My article runs in Writers’ Union of Canada mag Early in the fall, I was asked to write a piece for the fall/winter edition of WRITE, the official magazine […] January 5, 2010
TBLP on “Biased Best Books” of the decade list Wow, what an honour! In an article in today’s Orillia Packet & Times, TBLP was noted as the “funniest Leacock […] January 5, 2010
TBLP makes the “Canada Also Reads” longlist This morning, the National Post‘s Canada Also Reads longlist was released. There was some criticism of the annual CBC Canada […] December 29, 2009