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
My Canada Reads Gift Guide CBC asked all of the Canada Reads finalists to answer a kind of holiday gift guide questionnaire. Today was my […] December 24, 2010
My CBC Book Club Podcast episode A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from one of the literary producers at CBC Radio about coming […] October 1, 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
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
Thinking of Paul Quarrington today… As I wrote recently in one of my little “Writers I revere” posts, I’ve been a fan of Paul Quarrington […] June 1, 2009
Writers I revere: Paul Quarrington I first read King Leary, Paul Quarrington‘s 1987 Leacock winning novel, shortly after it was published, and then proceeded to […] May 23, 2009
TBLP on CBC Radio Book Club Over at the CBC Book Club webpage, Canadians have been invited to submit favourite funny books. Towards the end of […] April 20, 2009
Grimsby Authors Series – a great night This past Wednesday, late in the day, my wonderful publicist, Frances Bedford, picked me up at my office for a […] April 4, 2009
It’s going to be a busy few months… I’ve just updated the Appearances page with a raft of new speaking/reading/signing gigs that have been coming in recently. Many […] February 20, 2009