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The Long Wait

My granddad Williams loved ‘queuing’, the British versi […]

Start Write Workshop Fall 2014 Begins October 18th

We had so much fun in Start Write last year that weR […]

Start Write Workshop Fall 2014 Begins October 8th

We had so much fun in Start Write last year that weR […]

Start Write Returns to the Firehall this Fall

No one will doubt that writing a book-length work, be i […]

Write Stuff Workshop set to launch January 2014

“Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of […]

Cheers and Beers for the Inaugural Start Write 2013 Class

It has been a long five weeks for the inaugural Start W […]

Independent book reviews in Ottawa by Smell The Book

  I have exciting new book news for Ottawa Readers: Chris Reeves, the founder of the Ottawa Book Club (click here to be directed to the MeetUp sites) has launched a new, independent book review site called SmellTheBook.com where he … Continue reading →

Ever wanted to write a book? Start Write begins this Fall at the Old Ottawa South Firehall

I’ve heard it said that writing a poem is like having a one-night stand and writing a short story is like having a brief love affair. Writing a novel, by comparison, is getting married, raising a child, then divorcing and … Continue reading →

Mystical, Magical: I count Myself Among Them, Live with Richard Van Camp

The evening started off surreal–the perfect beginning to a night of Richard Van Camp. My niece’s un-recallable husky escaped just as we were about to leave, sending my mother and I off on a high-heeled dog chase dodging cars and … Continue reading →

CBC wants you to Vote – M&OND one of five potential prairie picks for CBC’s Canada Reads

So, on one of the worst Fridays at work I have ever had, I came home to find the best surprising email I have ever received:  Russell Bower of Daybreak Alberta fame picked Man & Other Natural Disasters as one … Continue reading →