Shown above: My French team from Plon and France Loisirs. On April 9, it was fun to finally make it to the London Book Fair I’ve heard about for years, and be so warmly welcomed by my agents and publishers. The LBF started in 1971 as a very small event, but is now called a […] readmore...
The Gift of Silence… I love London, with its thrumming streets and endless activity, but I’m too easily over-stimulated. My attempts to gather my thoughts about my next book were dampened, perhaps flattened, as I was drawn into living with London’s lovely noise and high energy every day. When I had the opportunity to go […] readmore...
Friendly Hauntings… In my last post I talked about searching for the resting place of Enid Blyton’s ashes. This isn’t a strange thing for me to do. Confession: like a surprising number of people, I love cemeteries. I find something immensely soothing in slowly wandering through old graveyards, reading the headstones. I discovered this love […] readmore...
The Island of Adventure… I’m often asked if a teacher or mentor encouraged or inspired me to write, but it was books that were my inspiration. That first whisper of the muse came to me at age nine, while reading the eight novels in Enid Blyton’s Adventure series, written between 1944 and 1955. The four […] readmore...
Behind the Blue Door… I came to London at the end of January to spend a few months on British soil, finishing my editing on the next book and experiencing London life as much as possible. England is rife with the ghosts of writers past, and I’m hoping to follow the paths some of them […] readmore...
Goldmann Verlag, an imprint of Random House in Germany, has issued their edition of The Lost Souls of Angelkov. Their title is Das Lied der Hoffnung, which translates to The Song of Hope. International publishers can’t always use the same title, as the English words may not translate appropriately – or pleasantly! As well, the […] readmore...
I’ve let this year slip by without adding any posts – I’ve spent all of 2013 working diligently on my next novel – more about that a little later – and I’m blaming this new book on why I’ve been a bit underground. My 2014 Resolution will be to keep my website updated! At the […] readmore...
It was a busy fall with a reading and panel discussion at Random House’s Remarkable Reads Tent at Word on the Street, as well as International Festival of Authors readings at Harbourfront and at the Orillia Public Library. I also had a great afternoon reading and speaking at the Turner Park Public Library in Hamilton. […] readmore...
The Lost Souls of Angelkov was launched at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 2012. July continued to be busy with promotions for The Lost Souls of Angelkov. Candace Fertile reviewed the novel in The Globe and Mail, and during my publicity tour in Winnipeg, Carolin Vesely wrote an article for the Winnipeg Free Press. […] readmore...
July 2012 The Lost Souls of Anglkov hit Canadian shelves on July 3, and the August edition of Chatelaine Magazine highlighted it in their Book Club section. Winnipeg, my former home, is having me back to launch the book at McNally Robinson Booksellers at 8 pm on July 24. As well, a great review from […] readmore...
