Oh, how I love this time of year. We tend to have beautiful fall weather – the calm before the storms, so to speak – here in Vancouver. AND we have the Vancouver International Writers’ Fest. I have had a blast the past few days, meaning I’ve managed to get no work done whatsoever. On […]
Three More Celebrity Encounters + One Muffin Top
So I just got home from Word on the Street Halifax. I was flown from one coast to the other, thanks to the wonderful fact that “The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen” has been nominated for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award (thank you Canadian Children’s Book Centre). They have some sort of partnership […]
Author Visits Gone Wrong
So I’m still waiting for editorial comments on my new manuscript, and unlike some highly talented writer friends I know (and envy), I find it really hard to just bounce right on to a new story. For one thing, it takes me forever to locate the next idea. But to tell myself I’m still writing […]
The Governor General’s Literary Awards – Rideau Hall!!!
Okay, this is my last installment about the GG’s – but this is the “funnest” one yet, about the actual ceremony at Rideau Hall. Quite honestly I have never experienced anything like it. Those of you in the TV industry will know that our awards ceremonies often tend to be laden with cynicism. Not so […]
The Governor General’s Literary Awards, Part 2
Picking up where I left off: On Tuesday night, the 27th of November, after a public book signing at the Chapters/Indigo Rideau Centre, it was off to my dinner with some serious literary heavyweights. Linda Spalding was there with her husband Michael Ondaatje; Ross King brought his date Charlotte Gray, and her husband George. Ellen […]