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April 16, 2018

Join me at Yorkdale Indigo, April 29, 1-4

Come and talk to me about The Blues or baseball or Christie Pits or writing or … whatever you want! I’ll be signing copies of Sliding Home, along with fellow author Nancy Miller, who is debuting her first YA novel … Continue reading →


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Published on April 16, 2018 08:01

April 2, 2018

Sliding Home is on sale now!

Happy “book birthday” to Sliding Home! It’s on sale now, at your local independent book seller or at Chapters/Indigo and Amazon.ca and Amazon.com online. Get it now and find out what The Blues have been up to! For information about Sliding … Continue reading →


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Published on April 02, 2018 10:54

March 23, 2018

Wonderful kid-made Gabby Wonder Girl video

The kids in Mme Kaczmarski’s Grade 1 class at Sts. Peter and Paul School created an awesome video of Gabby: Wonder Girl. Amazing! They made the video to enter a Telling Tales contest. Click this link to see the video: https://spark.adobe.com/video/GFHJn1p...


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Published on March 23, 2018 13:53

March 18, 2018

Continuing your writing education

I am doing an MA, Creative and Critical Writing at the University of Gloucestershire. The program is in conjunction with a program by the Humber School for Writers. They asked me about my MA journey, and posted this Q&A. If … Continue reading →


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Published on March 18, 2018 16:28

February 18, 2018

Reading for the Love of It Feb. 22/23: “Teaching About Fake News”

I’ll be at the awesome Reading for the Love of It conference in Toronto, talking to educators about “How to teach kids about fake news–and how to avoid it.” If you’re interested in media literacy, this is a not-to-be-missed presentation … Continue reading →


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Published on February 18, 2018 15:49

February 8, 2018

January 30, 2018

OLA Superconference

Are you going to the OLA Superconference in Toronto? And might I just add–if you’re not, you should! But I digress. I’ll be signing copies of my latest middle-grade novel, SLIDING HOME, on Fri., Feb. 2 at 1:00 at the … Continue reading →


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Published on January 30, 2018 15:35

January 22, 2018

Get a signed copy of SLIDING HOME at OLA Superconference

Are you going to the OLA Superconference in Toronto? And might I just add–if you’re not, you should! But I digress. I’ll be signing copies of my latest middle-grade novel, SLIDING HOME, on Fri., Feb. 2 at 1:00 at the … Continue reading →


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Published on January 22, 2018 16:34

November 20, 2017

Sliding Home on April 1

My publisher (Lorimer) tells me that Sliding Home will debut on April 1, 2018! I’ll have some copies in January, in time for the OLA SuperConference and Reading for the Love of It (both of which I’ll be at, by … Continue reading →


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Published on November 20, 2017 06:00