Coyahoga Retreat
So I just finished a writing retreat in Cuyahoga Valley National Park with six amazing kid lit authors: Cinda Chima, Tricia Springstubb,...
New words
Writing this new MG is faster and more fun than anything else I've written before. I've written 17,000 words since starting it on...
PLAIN KATE is heading back to the shelf!
My gray tomcat here is excited* to announce that Scholastic Canada is reprinting PLAIN KATE. It's never been out of print -- that shiney...
Secret Book Eight
So I've got a new book idea. I've had it for a while --it's the reason I've been asking everyone to tell me their funniest/weirdest...
A bit of science writing
I don't often cross the streams and show my book-reading folks the science writing I also do -- but this is the best thing I've done all...
Look what came!
(This is a video! Hit it to make it play!) So! HMH sent me a couple of ARCs, or advance readers' copies, of my new middle grade novel...
A poem in lights
Coming up next week here in Kitchener-Waterloo is the Lumen Festival, combining light, art, and technology. It looks rocking, and if...
Upcoming festivals!
September: In the evening of September 29th , I'll be at the Lumen Festival, an open air festival of lights, arts, and technology in...
Announcing STAND ON THE SKY
I've been promising news for a while, and I am finally free to tell you -- I have a new book coming out! It's called Stand on the Sky,...
It's not often that Atwood and I are on the same list
...so I can't resist a chance to share. Here is the CBC's "Ultimate Canadian Poetry Collection" list, where they recommend 68 different...