Gatineau/Ottawa friends (and out-of-towners who enjoy a Sunday drive), please come out to the Aylmer (Lucy Faris) Public Library on Sunday, March 30, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., to celebrate the release of my latest middle-grade novel, 28 Tricks for a Fearless Grade 6. There will be lots of refreshments, crafts for the kids, live music from… Continue reading Book Launch
Category: What’s New
Storyfest for Kids
I'll be in Hudson, Quebec, this weekend, for an awesome new event, Storyfest for Kids. Storyfest is Hudson's annual celebration of writers, readers and storytellers, which has been taking place every fall for the past ten years. But that's not the one I'm at. I'm at a brand new spring celebration, Storyfest for Kids, which is a… Continue reading Storyfest for Kids
Balls in the air
Did you notice the new blog name? I got an email from a total stranger asking if I was still alive and I figured it was time to get back to blogging and Facebook and all that putting-myself-out-there stuff. So here I came. And imagine my surprise when I saw that I'd given myself a deadline to… Continue reading Balls in the air
What’s in a Name?
I have to name this blog. That was on my to-do list two years ago and it's still there. Which doesn't bother me much -- it's not like it's the sole task carried over year after year. I've lived in Quebec for two decades and haven't made it past intermediate conversational French. An unnamed blog isn't much of… Continue reading What’s in a Name?
What’s New Wednesday: CLA Awards Reception
Alas, I've missed a few too many Wednesdays on this blog. But I simply had to pop in to put on record the great evening I had on May 31st at the Awards Reception of the Canadian Library Association. I was one of three happy children's book creators honoured at the ceremony. (My teen novel, All Good Children, won the… Continue reading What’s New Wednesday: CLA Awards Reception
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