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January 22, 2019
Ngozi Ukazu: comics, hockey, and pie
It is my distinct pleasure to have interviewed Ngozi Ukazu, author and illustrator of the first graphic novel to be nominated for the Morris Award. Check Please! Book 1: #HOCKEY is a charming, hilarious tale of hockey, pastry, and self-acceptance.
[image error] I’m not a hockey person, I admit; it’s my chief failing as a Canadian. If you’re not usually into “sports fiction” either, I would encourage you to set that preconception aside and give this a try. There’s a principle I try to live by: the best art...
Morris season is here again!
As per usual, the previous years’ Morris Award winners are going to be interviewing this year’s fine crop of nominees. My interview with Ngozi Ukazu, author and illustrator of Check Please! Book 1: #HOCKEY, goes up later today, and of course I’ll be posting links to all the others as they appear.
Congrats again to this year’s nominees!
April 10, 2018
April 21st: Come hear me sing!
Friends! Romans! Etc!
In less than two weeks, my madrigal choir – The QuasiModals – and I will be doing a joint reading/singing at McGill Library in Burnaby. It’s April 21st, from 1:30-2:30 pm. We’ve done two of these musical and literary extravaganzas before, and they’re my very favourite events to do.
This year, we’ll be singing three songs (one from each of my books) set to music by my friend Karen New, along with a couple of songs that served as inspiration for my most recent book, TESS O...
March 9, 2018
Upcoming: DC, NoVa, Chicago
My Haverford event was cancelled, sadly, due to snow, which made me very sad. After a couple days lull, however, I am back on the pony cart again. Here’s what’s next:
Tonight, March 9th, come see me at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC. I’ll be doing a panel from 7-8 with Scott Reintgen, author of the YA SF thriller, Nyxia. Signing to follow.
Tomorrow, March 10th, I’ll be participating in a variety of panels and amusing author games at the NoVa Teen Book F...
March 4, 2018
Next: Utah!
Hey there, Utah friends! I’m in Salt Lake City now, resting up before a busy day of school visits tomorrow. I’ll also be doing some public events, of course, and I hope you’ll have time to come out and see me.
Tomorow, March 5th, 7-9pm, I’m doing a reading at The King’s English, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City.
Tuesday, March 6th, 7-9pm, come see me at Barnes & Noble, University Crossing Plaza, 330 East 1300 South, Orem.
Not in Utah? I’ll be in PA Wednesday night, and then I’m off to DC...
March 1, 2018
Hello Seattle!
Good morning, darlings!
The last couple days have been a whirlwind of awesome. We had a super fun cake-tastic book launch at Kidsbooks in Vancouver on Tuesday, and then last night I came down to Seattle and did an event with Tamora Pierce and Lish McBride, which was packed to the rafters with rowdy, enthusiastic readers. The signing line was two miles long. As one of the more mildly-famous authors, I was able to get away after signing a mere hundred-thousand books; Tammy may still be signing,...
February 26, 2018
Tomorrow: TESS!
Just a little reminder to all and sundry that our Vancouver launch party is tomorrow evening, 7pm, at Kidsbooks in Kitsilano. I will read, answer questions, and sign books, and there will be cake. Other snacks, too, I mean, but cake is the fa-la-la of foods. It’s how you know you’re having a good time.
And then Wednesday evening – the very next evening! – at 7pm, I will be appearing with the legendary Tamora Pierce and Lish McBride (author of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, and other hilarious b...
February 20, 2018
Nice review roundup
Just a few that have come to my attention:
At The Geekiary: “‘Tess of the Road’ Isn’t Your Usual YA Fare, & That’s Awesome”
A review from Sarah Foil
Another from The Literary Phoenix
And one more at The Fandom
And finally, if you’d love to see my smiling face, an interview with Christopher Paolini
February 12, 2018
Coming soon: spring, and the TESS tour
I don’t care that it’s below freezing, I’m going to keep on pretending it’s spring. Here, have some crocuses:
[image error]Moments later, my dog stepped on them.
Some of you have seen it already, but let me just call your attention to my Appearances page, where the Tess of the Road tour dates are up! Yay! A few dates and times toward the end are still hazy, but it’s mostly all there.
I was hoping I might make it to the Celsius Festival in Spain in July, but it turned out they want me to come in July of 20...
February 8, 2018
Young and sporty
So I’ve been having some occasional knee pain. I visited Dr. Google this morning — yes, even Canadians with our lovely healthcare still sometimes put off going to the real doctor. They (I refuse to gender Dr. Google) suggested it was possibly Chondromalacia Patella. That matched up with my symptoms pretty well, and in addition, Dr. Google suggested this was a common injury in “young, sporty women.”
That clinched it. Young and sporty describes me to a T. (I ignored the next sentence about it a...
