My friends Tara Hollister and Sarah Atchison accompanied me to the book launch of Peggy Blair’s The Poisoned Pawn at the Orange Art Gallery in Ottawa. It was a very fun evening with a Cuba theme and not only did we get to chat with Peggy again, Tara was able to cozy up to [...]
PUBLISHING When it comes to novels, it’s a man’s world but a woman’s universe
JOHN BARBER From Saturday’s Globe and Mail Published Friday, Mar. 09, 2012
When Mary Anne Evans wanted to be taken seriously as a novelist, she gave herself a man’s name and wrote an essay, Silly Novels by Lady Novelists, [...]
In honour of this special occasion, I want to share this funny article with you
“How to Date a Writer” By Heather O’Neill
http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/2012/02/how-to-date-a-writer-heather-oneill.html
The following apply to moi –
Be eccentric. Writers are impressed by silly things. Remember their original loves were characters in novels. Act like [...]
For those that have been following, our “Bookworms” Book Club has now read several novels – The Glass Castle, Spin, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter and The Birth House. Check out the links to see my quickie reviews and recommendations!
It’s now my turn to pick our next book and [...]
“The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.” — E.B. White
KATE TAYLOR Globe and Mail
Last updated Monday, Jul. 11, 2011
The Next Day is a graphic novel about people who have attempted suicide. Once it is posted online in September, you’ll be able to click your way through it according to your own preferences about how it should unfold. [...]
The book every fantasy fan has been waiting for Published Friday, Jul. 01, 2011
A Dance with Dragons
By George R.R. Martin
Bantam, 1,016 pages, $38
It’s the book everyone has been waiting for. At least it’s the book every fantasy fan has been waiting for. In fact, they’ve been [...]
TRALEE PEARCE From Monday’s Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 12:00AM EDT
Adam Mansbach can thank bleary-eyed parents for making him a bestselling author. Based on mere tidbits about his searing new adult lullaby of a book, Go the … to Sleep, a viral phenomenon was born.
The book began its life [...]
Children’s books Getting back to the garden Susan Perren Globe and Mail – Published Friday, May. 20, 2011
Growing food in the city is, as author Deborah Hodge and photographer Brian Harris make clear in this picture book, about more than providing food for hungry people. It is also a burgeoning social movement [...]
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