liam | Liam O'Donnell

Ads in schools, Max gets it

by liam | Jul 10, 2007 | life

No, not my Max. This Max. As usual, he’s spot on. Advertising is so pervasive is because everyone thinks it’s money for nothing: you put up some ads, you get paid, what’s the harm? The non-monetary side of the transaction can’t be measured. What’s the undivided...

Talking comics this summer

by liam | Jul 7, 2007 | appearances, comics, literacy, writing news

The school year might be over, but that’s not stopping the Max Finder Mystery Roadshow from hitting the streets this summer. In the coming weeks, I’ll be showing kids how comics are created at these great locations: July 18th – Fairview Public...

Digging democracy with Patricia Storms

by liam | Jul 6, 2007 | life, works in progress, writing news

The summer is really heating up, well maybe not for U-20 Canadian soccer team, but for me the writing deadlines are rushing forward at breakneck speed. The result? Not much time to blog around here. So, in advance, please forgive the impending silence. But I did have...

Soccer summer Canadian style

by liam | Jul 1, 2007 | life

Wow, it was over a year ago that I wrote about writing to the whistle, when I spent last June working on too many projects while trying to catch too many World Cup Soccer games. With the U20 World Cup happening in Canada this year, it seems not much has changed. Well,...

Interviewed at BlogTO

by liam | Jun 30, 2007 | appearances, writing news

What better way to spend the Canada Day long weekend than learning everything you ever wanted to know about your favourite kids author? (that’s me, btw) Now you can when you check out the profile of myself and my books at blogTO.com, written and photographed by...