Reading at the Elora Writers’ Festival I’m already looking forward to this great event in early June. I’ve been invited to read at the Elora Writers’ […] March 20, 2010
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
