Okay, this is the last post about my trip, which did not end in New York. On Tuesday late afternoon we flew to Toronto and spent a little time with the family, 36 hours to be precise. The main purpose of the visit was to take not one but two tours of U of T, […]
One Of My Favourite Kid-Letters
I get some fan mail. Not scads, but some. Plus some nice e mails through my website, and some nice tweets. Usually, when people take the time to write, even a 140 character tweet, they have positive things to say. If someone doesn’t like your book/s, they usually don’t go to the trouble of writing […]
My GG “Trophy”
Late last week my Governor General’s Award “trophy” arrived. The beauty with this “trophy” is that it isn’t a trophy at all – it is a hand-bound copy of my book. Each winner received a unique, individualized, hand-bound copy of their work. Mine, however, had a small spelling mistake – not my name, as you […]
While I Was in the Parliamentary Library …
Okay, so I lied; I have one last post about the GG’s. While we were being toured through the parliamentary library my eyes landed on this book. It summed up exactly how I felt, and feel, about the entire experience, and about my writing career so far: Thanks, Canada.
And Now You Must Bow Down and Call Me … Laureate!!
Okay, so no one I know would EVER bow down in front of me, or call me Laureate, for that matter. A better suggested name has been “smartypants.” So, they announced the winners for the Governor General’s Literary Award on Tuesday November 13, and “The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen” won in the Children’s […]
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