Trying my hand at teaching next fall… There’s an old adage that “those who can’t do, teach.” Thankfully, I’ve never really subscribed to that notion. In fact, […] January 14, 2010
Late year spike in TBLP podcast downloads I have no idea what the heck happened in November and December to trigger such a big spike in podcast […] January 13, 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
Books & Brunch with Blue Heron Books I’m looking forward to this event, although it’s not until April. Blue Heron Books, another wonderful independent bookstore, is located […] January 6, 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
Writing Update: Final manuscript submitted My editor, Doug Gibson, dropped by yesterday morning with the final version of the manuscript for The High Road. He’d […] January 3, 2010
It’s amazing what you can find on the Internet… A friend just pointed me to this image on the Internet. I’d never seen it before. Believe it or not, […] January 1, 2010
Stellar entry list for 2010 Leacock Medal Now that entries have closed for the 2010 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, I decided to check out the […] January 1, 2010
It’s a sad day for Toronto book lovers… It was a shock to learn yesterday that the wonderful McNally Robinson bookstore, open less than a year ago, has […] December 30, 2009
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
