I’m back from the east coast Well, after another day of driving, the family and I arrived back in Toronto tonight after two weeks in Nova […] July 11, 2009
Heading to Nova Scotia for two weeks Tomorrow afternoon, we’re starting our family driving trip out to beautiful Nova Scotia to visit my wife’s family. We make […] June 25, 2009
Booked for the 2010 Ontario Writers’ Conference This should be an interesting event. I’ve just been booked to run a session on self-promotion at the 2010 OWC […] June 17, 2009
CFUW Author Night a blast in Bracebridge Last Friday night I was in beautiful Bracebridge, Ontario in the heart of Muskoka for the Canadian Federation of University […] June 14, 2009
The eh List Author Series on May 27th I’m thrilled to be appearing as part of the very Canadian eh List Author Series at the North York Central […] May 21, 2009
My first writers’ workshop I’ve never been to a writers’ workshop, so it goes without saying that I’ve certainly never led a writers’ workshop. […] May 7, 2009
TBLP back on the iTunes charts Who’d have thunk it! Nearly two years after the final episode of The Best Laid Plans podcast was posted, it’s […] May 3, 2009
2009 Leacock Award Announced I travelled to Orillia this past Thursday to complete my year as the 2008 Leacock Medal winner in the very […] May 3, 2009
TBLP cracks CBC Book Club’s top 10 funny books Wow! What an honour. There are some wonderful books on this list. Barney’s Version is among my favourites. I know […] April 30, 2009
TBLP essay in Globe Books online As part of celebrating the 2009 Leacock Medal presentation later this week, I wrote a piece for the Globe and […] April 29, 2009