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Webinar: The Joys (and Challenges) of Children’s Nonfiction
I’m really excited to host a chat with Wanda Taylor and Whitney Moran for the Creative Nonfiction Collective this Saturday, April 22nd at 130 p.m. Atlantic/230 p.m. Easter/1030 a.m. Pacific. A recording will be available for one month. FREE for CNFC members – register here! Not a memb...
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I’m really excited to host a chat with Wanda Taylor and Whitney Moran for the Creative Nonfiction Collective this Saturday, April 22nd at 130 p.m. Atlantic/230 p.m. Easter/1030 a.m. Pacific. A recording will be available for one month. FREE for CNFC members – register here! Not a memb...
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Building Community on Instagram Live!
This past week I got to chat with my writing friend and former Houston neighbour Tonya Ellis on her great Instagram Live series, Write This! I had a few tech issues on my end, being a newbie to IG Live and having had the power and internet go out at my rural Nova Scotia houseContinue reading "Bui...
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This past week I got to chat with my writing friend and former Houston neighbour Tonya Ellis on her great Instagram Live series, Write This! I had a few tech issues on my end, being a newbie to IG Live and having had the power and internet go out at my rural Nova Scotia houseContinue reading "Bui...
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PD Series: Creating, Running, and Elevating Writing Groups
Excited to offer this virtually through the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia! Only 12 spots so we can be up close and interactive! Writing groups can encourage you, promote you, and really improve your craft—if they’re done well. Join this intimate, interactive, and inclusive three-sessio...
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Excited to offer this virtually through the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia! Only 12 spots so we can be up close and interactive! Writing groups can encourage you, promote you, and really improve your craft—if they’re done well. Join this intimate, interactive, and inclusive three-sessio...
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Upcoming Building Community Zoom Session
This winter’s Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia Taking Care of Business is a super-sized crash course in the creative writing world, offering 6 professional development sessions for a single low price! Whether you attend just one session or all six, you’ll get tips for literary success fro...
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This winter’s Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia Taking Care of Business is a super-sized crash course in the creative writing world, offering 6 professional development sessions for a single low price! Whether you attend just one session or all six, you’ll get tips for literary success fro...
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Open for Bookings Again!
It’s a new year and after a break in late 2022 while I did some other work, I am once again able to take on bookings for virtual and in-person author visits at elementary schools in Nova Scotia and beyond! Check out the “School Visits” section on this site for more information o...
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It’s a new year and after a break in late 2022 while I did some other work, I am once again able to take on bookings for virtual and in-person author visits at elementary schools in Nova Scotia and beyond! Check out the “School Visits” section on this site for more information o...
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Holiday Book Fundraiser!
This holiday season, I’m putting my books on sale – only $20 CAD each – and $5 from every aviation book sold will go directly to the Canadian Aviation Historical Society! So if you’re looking for a signed and personalized gift idea for readers from 3 to 103, send me a note...
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This holiday season, I’m putting my books on sale – only $20 CAD each – and $5 from every aviation book sold will go directly to the Canadian Aviation Historical Society! So if you’re looking for a signed and personalized gift idea for readers from 3 to 103, send me a note...
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A Hard Winter’s Reading
This past winter was hard for so many, my family included. When Omicron hit in December we were already in the midst of a never-ending onslaught of daycare plagues and family injuries. Then we had two unexpected deaths in the family in short order. And then we all got Covid, like most of the peop...
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This past winter was hard for so many, my family included. When Omicron hit in December we were already in the midst of a never-ending onslaught of daycare plagues and family injuries. Then we had two unexpected deaths in the family in short order. And then we all got Covid, like most of the peop...
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Teaching kids about writing this summer
Know any young creative writers in Halifax? I get to be an instructor for an inclusive writing day camp in Halifax this summer offered through the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia. The Art of Writing (Ages 8-12) July 11 to July 15, 9am – 4pm, at NSCAD Port Campus | Instructors: Chad ...
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Know any young creative writers in Halifax? I get to be an instructor for an inclusive writing day camp in Halifax this summer offered through the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia. The Art of Writing (Ages 8-12) July 11 to July 15, 9am – 4pm, at NSCAD Port Campus | Instructors: Chad ...
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Freddie the Flyer in 2023!
I am beyond excited to share news about a picture book project that is near and dear to my heart. In 2010, while in Inuvik, Northwest Territories researching Polar Winds, I was introduced to legendary pilot, Fred Carmichael. While Fred is a humble, practical, get-things-done kind of guy who wasn&...
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I am beyond excited to share news about a picture book project that is near and dear to my heart. In 2010, while in Inuvik, Northwest Territories researching Polar Winds, I was introduced to legendary pilot, Fred Carmichael. While Fred is a humble, practical, get-things-done kind of guy who wasn&...
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5th Anniversary of In This Together
It’s so hard to believe that the collection of personal essays I edited back in 2016 turns five this year! As I say in the intro to this video, today I would do things very differently. When I told her I was nervous, my wise co-host of the video launch and virtual anniversary event, JónínaC...
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It’s so hard to believe that the collection of personal essays I edited back in 2016 turns five this year! As I say in the intro to this video, today I would do things very differently. When I told her I was nervous, my wise co-host of the video launch and virtual anniversary event, JónínaC...
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“Surely delight any aviation fan!”
Thank you to the editors of the Midwest Book Review for featuring Alis the Aviator! This very accurate historical approach to learning the ABC’s will surely delight any aviation fan of any age! From Avro Arrow to Zeppelin, Alis leads you not only through the alphabet, but on a fun tour ...
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Thank you to the editors of the Midwest Book Review for featuring Alis the Aviator! This very accurate historical approach to learning the ABC’s will surely delight any aviation fan of any age! From Avro Arrow to Zeppelin, Alis leads you not only through the alphabet, but on a fun tour ...
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“You may rejoice, I must mourn.”
There have been calls to wear orange this July 1st, and to hold back on Canada Day festivities. To instead focus on mainstream Canada’s growing awareness of its painful past and the self-denial so many of us have perpetuated. It is a reckoning, a rumbling, a peeling back of layers to addres...
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There have been calls to wear orange this July 1st, and to hold back on Canada Day festivities. To instead focus on mainstream Canada’s growing awareness of its painful past and the self-denial so many of us have perpetuated. It is a reckoning, a rumbling, a peeling back of layers to addres...
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Grief & Change
Please click here if you need help with this grief and trauma: Indigenous Crisis Support Lines. This past week the remains of 215 children were found at the former grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. It was an unmarked mass grave on Tk’emlups te Secwepemc F...
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Please click here if you need help with this grief and trauma: Indigenous Crisis Support Lines. This past week the remains of 215 children were found at the former grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. It was an unmarked mass grave on Tk’emlups te Secwepemc F...
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Writing help is here!
I’ve always loved working with other writers and book professionals, but I had to step back a bit the past couple of years. Now my schedule has opened up again, and I’m excited to reboot my business! This time I’m teaming up with friend and writing pal, Connie B. Dowell, over at www.bookecho...
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I’ve always loved working with other writers and book professionals, but I had to step back a bit the past couple of years. Now my schedule has opened up again, and I’m excited to reboot my business! This time I’m teaming up with friend and writing pal, Connie B. Dowell, over at www.bookecho...
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