

Fall Festival wrapup
This fall I went to Telling Tales, to Lethbridge's Word on the Street -- the best little fest in the West -- and into the schools as part...
Fall Festivals!
So far, I'm lined up for Telling Tales in Rockton, Ontario (a big outdoor family reading festival near Hamilton -- also in easy reach of...


Margaret (Atwood) and me.
Margaret Atwood was very nice. I sent her a book a while back and she brought it along so I could sign it. The stage was very big Poets...
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...

Let's get ready to Reading Rumble
Local friends! Join me on September 8th at our local library for a loquacious and lettered literary trivia smackdown, the Reading Rumble!...


Let's get ready to (Reading) RUMBLE.
My local library, the Kitchener Public Library, and several of our local literacy organizations are throwing the doors open on a new fun...


Meet up for kids' book creators, Guelph
Children's book writers and illustrators living in Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Stratford, London, Hamilton: HEADS UP! CANSCAIP is a...


TD Book Week, a Retrospective
This is part of a report I just submitted to the TD Book Week organizers, wrapping up the tour. I thought it was enough fun to share. TD...


Hello Calgary!
It's fall and I've got a book out, so I am on the road! I'm honoured to be part of this amazing lineup of writers At Calgary Wordfest. ...


Home to Omaha
Halfway through my last book tour I went -- very oddly -- home. Home to Omaha, the city where I grew up. And having gone back to Omaha...