I’ve been lucky. “The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen” got a lot of lovely reviews by professionals in various newspapers. But this review, by a Grade 8 student named Vak, is far and away my favourite. He wrote it hoping to win a copy of the book in a contest put on by The […]
Michigan Library Association’s Thumbs Up! Award
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 […]
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 […]
Why Our Books Matter
I don’t know about other authors out there, particularly YA and children’s authors, but I know that for me – still reasonably new at the game – my writing is done in a total vacuum. Me, my computer, and at least one of my two cats trying to walk on the keyboard or sleep on […]
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