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What a wonderful weekend in Pictou, Nova Scotia! If you weren’t able to make it out for all the conversations, meditations, and meanderings, check out these books and be sure to leave your 5-star reviews in all the usual places to support these great authors. Feel free to leave on on my titles while you’reContinue reading “Happy 25th Anniversary Read by the Sea!”

Freddie the Flyer may not have won the English nonfiction category, but what a fabulous experience having it shortlisted for the Hackmatack Awards, meeting other authors, visiting schools in Nova Scotia, and being part of yesterday’s amazing live ceremony with hundreds of kids. The energy was up and the enthusiasm for reading was huge!! AContinue reading “Freddie the Flyer @ the Hackmatack Awards!”

Halifax-area people with young would-be artists and authors in their circles, this is for you! Saturday, June 7th from 930-11am, come to the Prospect Road Community Centre (2141 Prospect Road, Hatchet Lake, NS, B3T-1S1) for a FREE book making event with me. Yay! We’ll supply the inspiration and materials, and you bring your imaginations forContinue reading “Free book making event for kids in Prospect, NS!”

What perfect timing! The First Nations Communities Reads award certificate arrived at Fred’s house his 90th birthday week. Congrats again, Fred and Audrea Wulf and the Tundra team! And thank you to the Periodical Marketers of Canada for sponsoring this award and putting copies of Freddie the Flyer in every First Nations library in Ontario.Continue reading “Happy 90th birthday, Fred!”

So excited to head up to Pictou, Nova Scotia this June to interview these four fantastic authors on the Read by the Sea – Main Stage! Featured authors for 2025 are Toronto, Ontario poet Myna Wallin; a Canadian nomad now in Halifax Charlene Carr; Liverpool resident Vernon Oickle; and member of Norway House Cree Nation who lives inContinue reading “Join Me for Read by the Sea this summer!”

So grateful to the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia for running this residency program for writers, artists and other creators! And thanks to the Jampolis family for donating this property, and the Thomas Raddall family for helping to fund retrofits and ongoing accessibility improvements. My writing pals Allison Lawlor and Allie Fournier (and pup Rosie)Continue reading “A Wonderful Week at Jampolis Cottage”

It’s been another crazy year. That’s one of the reasons I love books so much. Even if you’re sick, sad, or just dog-tired, there is a book for that. Or ten. Some call it bibliotherapy; I call it book medicine. Here are the reads that entertained me, moved me, surprised me, and delighted me theContinue reading “My 2024 Reads”

I’m sure to read some more in the next couple of weeks, but I wanted to share this in case you’re scrambling for some last-minute gift ideas! Not all of these books were released this year, but they are all wonderful in different ways. There are books for young dancers, artists, gardeners, and picklers. ThereContinue reading “My Top 2024 Picture Books”