So happy that A Way to Be Happy has been chosen as a Best Book of 2024 by CBC Books. Read the whole list here!

Delighted that A Way to Be Happy was chosen as one of the top 100 best books of 2024 by the Globe and Mail. Read the entire list here.

I so enjoyed this conversation with Antonio Michael Downing on CBC’s The Next Chapter. Read my interview and listen in here.

I’m delighted to be taking part in three events at the Afterwords festival in Halifax. On Thursday November 7th, I’ll be onstage with Alexander MacLeod talking about short stories. Friday 8th October, I’ll be part of a conversation on reading Alice Munro. Saturday 9th October, I’ll be giving a workshop on Creating Believable Characters. Click here for tickets and the full festival schedule.

I’m thrilled to be part of this panel on the short story at the Vancouver Writers Fest, Wednesday October 23 at 5:30pm at Performance Works. Find more information here.

I’m thrilled to be a guest at the 2024 Whistler Writers Fest! I’ll be sharing the stage with Jowita Bydlowska on Saturday 19 October, and moderating the Sunday Booktalk and Breakfast with Conor Kerr, Bob McDonald and Leanne Toshiko Simpson on Sunday 20 October. Click here for the full festival schedule!

I’m very happy to be on tour with A Way to Be Happy! Catch me in the following cities:

Windsor@Biblioasis Bookshop, 2 October, 7 pm

Toronto@Ben McNally Books, 3 October, 5 pm

Ottawa@Plan 99 Reading Series in the Manx Pub, 5 October, 5 pm

Montréal@Argo Books, 8 October, 7pm

Montréal@Librairie Paragraphe, 10 October, 5pm

Delighted to be appearing at Word Vancouver 2024 with the delightful Shashi Bhat! There are wonderful events on all day. Here’s a description of ours.

I’m delighted to be returning to Winnipeg’s Thin Air Festival on 25 September. Catch me at 1:30 for an afternoon book chat with Shashi Bhat, and later at 7:00 pm for a Main Stage reading. Click here for venue and ticketing information.

Thank you to the wonderful Margaret Gallagher for this recent interview about A Way to Be Happy. You can listen here.