Read the National Post conversation I had with Vancouver writers Annabel Lyon, Zsuzsi Gartner, Timothy Taylor, Billie Livingston, Lee Henderson, Steven Galloway, Ian Weir, John Vaillant and Kevin Chong about the challenges and benefits of writing in Vancouver.
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Alberta Library Conference 2011
I’m pleased to be heading to Jasper to deliver an author talk at the 2011 Alberta Library Conference, April 29th. I’ll be presenting an overview of my writing career to date, interspersed with short readings from some of my nine books for adults and children. Get more information here.
The Sky Is Falling in Calgary
I’ll be reading from The Sky Is Falling at the Memorial Park Library in Calgary on Thursday 28 April at 7 pm. Click here for more information.
2011 North Shore Writers Festival
Please join me on Friday, April 15th at 7:00pm at the North Vancouver City Library, 3rd Floor Singh Room, for a reading and talk about The Sky Is Falling. Click here for information about all the readers at the North Shore Festival.
Pleased to Meet You Goes to Camera
Screenwriter Michael MacLennan (Being Erica, JPod, Queer as Folk) is going to camera with a film version of my short story “Hauska Tutustua” from Pleased to Meet You. Read more about the production.
The Anthology of Short Stories by Canadian Women Writers
It’s always a thrill to be translated. The Women’s Publishing House in Hanoi has just published this anthology of short fiction by Canadian women writers, in Vietnamese. My story “And the Children Shall Rise” from Bad Imaginings is included among work by Margaret Atwood, Annabel Lyon, Sandra Birdsell, Lisa Moore, and others. This is the …
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Reading at the University of Northern British Columbia
Please join me for a talk sponsored by the Department of English at UNBC in Prince George. March 10th, 11:00 am -1:30 pm, Room 7-212.
2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Shortlist
The Sky Is Falling is nominated for The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Canada and the Caribbean. Read about all the shortlisted books.
Interview with Publication Coach
Writer Daphne Gray-Grant interviewed me for her popular newsletter Publication Coach. Read it here.
The Page 69 Test
Is page 69 representative of the rest of the novel? I put The Sky Is Falling to the test. Read the test.