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Bless you, Amy Mathers!

I’m incredibly pleased to announce that The Truth Commission has been nominated for the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award. This is a new award that is given out as part of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards. It’s also the coolest new literary award in Canada. In 2014 Amy decided to undertake a marathon of […]

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The Test: Part III

Rob (Owner of Wobbly Rob’s All Day-All Night Joint, open until 10:00 p.m.) I’ve got to cut down on the drinking. And the cocaine. It’s basically a professional hazard due to the restaurant business being so stressful. Today I was going to pull my shit together and so I went in at around 11:30 a.m. […]

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The Test: Part II

Tito Today I hired this white lady. She was not like most of the ones I get in here looking for work. This one had an all-jeans outfit, like a pantsuit, but jeans. I said, sorry, Miss. We don’t have nothing right now. And she said she’d work for the experience of it and to […]

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The Test

I’m not in charge of everything and that is a shame. I resent that I am powerless to make people and things do what I want. The feeling has become more acute as my obsession with the U.S. election, the most terrifying political spectacle to unfold in North America in my lifetime, worsens. Were I […]

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Leacock Medal!

It is with profound gratitude and a persistent stunned feeling that I can report that The Republic of Dirt won the 69th Leacock Medal for Humour. We were graciously entertained by the Leacock Associates at a pub and trivia night, a garden luncheon and a gala dinner m.c.’d by Leacock winner, Trevor Cole. The keynote […]

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Stoked.

I can no longer resist the desire to use the word stoked. No other word will do to describe my feelings about being shortlisted for the Leacock Medal, along with Terry “deservedly oft-winning” Fallis for Poles Apart and Sarah Mian for When the Saints. As noted in an earlier post, this is my third shortlisting and […]

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BC Book Prize! WHUT?

Colour me astonished! I nearly fell over when my name was called as the winner of this year’s Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize at the B.C. Book Prizes. Seriously. I was stunned. I apologize to everyone who had to listen to me stumble through a sort-of acceptance speech in which I invited everyone to […]

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Gracias to the Leacock Committee and Get Reading for #AFI2016

for including Republic of Dirt on the longlist for Leacock Prize! This is my third nomination and it’s a great honour each time. I’d like to chastise the other nominees for having written very funny and worthwhile books, thereby reducing the chances for the rest of us. Nice going, talented writers. The shortlist will be […]

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Happy Birthday to Het-kippencollectief!

This week The Woefield Poultry Collective (Home to Woefield) was released as Het-kippencollectief in the Netherlands by Pepper Books. They’ve done a very funny and charming promotional campaign. A Polish nonbearded rooster very much like Alec Baldwin has popped up next to the Eiffel Tower, on a Porche, in a red phone booth, and a […]

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BC Book Prizes

I’m honoured that The Truth Commission has been nominated for a BC Book Prize! The young adult category is named after Sheila Egoff, a champion and critic of Canadian children’s literature. The nominations in all categories this year are terrific and include books by many friends. Bravo all! See you at Government House in Victoria […]

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