#IReadCanadian – Feb 17, 2021

#IReadCanadian – Feb 17, 2021

To celebrate the upcoming I Real Canadian Day on February 17, here’s a list of some Canadian books recently ordered from beloved Canadian bookstores (and a bunch already owned and read) plus some amazing Canadian organizations that support Canadian writers I...
TD Book Week Tour of Northwest Territories (May 7-11, 2018)

TD Book Week Tour of Northwest Territories (May 7-11, 2018)

Northwest Territories, with an area of 1.3 million square km, is 35,000 times as big as my town of Newmarket, Ontario. Despite this, my small town has almost double the population of the entire Northwest Territories – 84k people vs. 45k people. One of the things I was...
The Wonderful Students of Surrey, BC

The Wonderful Students of Surrey, BC

Click image above or here to enlarge I felt very lucky to be flown across the country to present at several schools and libraries in Surrey, BC last week. Surrey libraries invited me to present at three of their branches, and I rounded out the week’s visit with some...
Feeling Inspired at Inspire!

Feeling Inspired at Inspire!

Inspire, Toronto’s first International Book Fair, was held at the Toronto Convention Centre today and I got to spend time with three other Pajama Press authors who DO inspire me! With Margriet Ruurs at Inspire Tweezle into Everything at Inspire Margriet Ruurs, Marsha...
With Hoogie and Helaine at Bookfest – Vaughan Public Library

With Hoogie and Helaine at Bookfest – Vaughan Public Library

Hoogie and I hung out the wonderful Helaine Becker (author of 60 books for children including Ode to Underwear, Gottika, A Porcupine in a Pine Tree, and Zoobots) at the Vaughan Public Library Bookfest on Sunday, Sept 28 between 1-4. (Yes, that is a full-sized …...
Letters from Labrador – Lab City

Letters from Labrador – Lab City

I received not one, but TWO fat envelopes full of wonderful illustrations from the students at A. P. Low in Labrador City. This school was such a joy to visit as Librarian Teena Spurrell was incredibly well organized and prepared for my visit. The school walls were...