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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Now That The New Book is On the Shelves …
It’s interesting – with my first two novels, the actual pub date was … shall we say … anti-climactic. Just another day. The buzz about the books built slowly. Three must be a magic number, however, because yesterday (official day) there were four – count ’em, four – new reviews published by some of my […]