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
Up and Down shortlisted for Evergreen Award I was thrilled to learn earlier this week that Up and Down has been shortlisted for the 2013 Ontario Library […] February 7, 2013
Writing Update Just thought I’d bring you up to date on my progress in writing my fourth novel, tentatively called No Relation. […] January 30, 2013
BookManager releases bestsellers list for 2012 This is a thrill and a half. The fine folks at BookManager, the organization that tracks sales from independent booksellers […] January 9, 2013