Writing Update: No Relation (4th Novel) On January 5th, 2013, I recorded on this blog that I had officially started writing the manuscript for my fourth […] June 26, 2013
Up and Down hits the U.S. market tomorrow… Tomorrow, June 25th, the American edition of Up and Down hits bookstores south of the border. The new cover is […] June 24, 2013
Wow… still reeling… This past Monday evening, I was emceeing the 2013 Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Awards at the Toronto Congress Centre. It […] June 8, 2013
Say what? A CBA Author of the Year Finalist? I’m not quite sure how to process this, but it seems I’m a finalist for the Canadian Booksellers Association […] May 16, 2013
Congrats to Cassie Stocks on her Leacock win I know how Cassie Stocks feels. Late last month, Cassie won the 2013 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for […] May 14, 2013
Be a Project Bookmark Page Turner and win… …and CanLit wins, too! If I were to utter the words “Canadian Literature†in your presence, what would spring to […] April 4, 2013
Wow… Up and Down a Leacock Medal Finalist I’m still catching my breath from the news today that Up and Down has been named a finalist for the […] April 1, 2013
CBC “green lights” TBLP TV miniseries Last week we received some very good news from the powers that be at CBC Television. After reviewing the six […] March 10, 2013
Mr. August reporting for duty… Amanda Leduc and Allegra Young posing in solidarity. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I tend to remember when […] March 2, 2013
A wonderful story from my Orangeville gig This past Sunday, I joined two other Leacock winners, Trevor Cole and Dan Needles, friends both, at Theatre Orangeville for […] February 12, 2013