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
Writers I revere: John Irving After reading almost exclusively nonfiction until I was nearly 30, I switched to fiction around 1988 and haven’t looked back. […] July 23, 2009
Heading up to Thunder Bay for Sleeping Giant I’ll be on a plane tomorrow afternoon (Friday) for beautiful Thunder Bay for the Sleeping Giant Writers Festival. I’ll be […] August 26, 2010
Reader Reviews As more reader reviews accumulate at amazon.ca, amazon.com, chapters.indigo.ca, and the various book review sites out there from Shelfari to […] March 14, 2008
CBC Book Club contest asks a question… I’ve been a die-hard CBC Radio listener since childhood when my mother would tune in from dawn to dusk in […] April 25, 2009