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Nunavut visit just days away

My trip to Nunavut is two days away and I’m getting all set to meet some great kids and talk comics for a week. Thanks to the Northern News Service, word of my trip is getting out there. Earlier this week they published a great article about me, my writing and...

Heading North to Nunavut

Okay, I’ve been really bad about talking about this one, but it definitely won’t take away how cool it is: I’m going to Nunuavut as part of Canadian Children’s Book Week! I’ve known for ages and been meaning to post about it, but life...

Wild Ride arrives at my door and online

You can all relax now. My long wait is over: the first copies of Wild Ride arrived at my door yesterday and . . . they look fantastic. It’s great to see Mike Deas’ beautiful art in its final glossy-paged form and so nice to be able to flip through the...

Wild Ride hot off the presses

The big day is getting close! Wild Ride will be in bookstores very soon. The first printings have arrived at the Orca offices in beautiful Victoria, BC. And illustrator Mike Deas, lucky west coaster that he is, has the photo evidence to prove it. Mike lives in...

Having a blast at book camp

As usual, I’m a bit late with my post about last week’s Brantford & Burlington Book Camps, but you can stop fretting: the wait it over! It was an early start to get the train to Brantford from Toronto, but I arrived just in time to find all the campers...