The official launch for my debut novel, The Good Son, is just around the corner! Join me in conversation with Kayleigh Platz at 6:00pm on March 23rd in partnership with Cormorant Books and The Bookshelf. Details on how to register for this virtual event can be found here.
The launch date for my debut novel, The Good Son, is quickly approaching. As soon as the date has been confirmed, I will share all the details, including how you can order a signed copy of the book!
While I love writing picture books, I have also been working on two very different kinds of stories for a long time. Years, in fact. Recently, I completed a mentorship with the extremely talented Merilyn Simonds and under her guidance revised my first novel which I then sent off to Canadian publishers. While awaiting responses, I […]
I am excited to announce that on June 8th I will be at the Waterloo Visitor and Heritage Information Centre as part of a program called Author Afternoons, a new initiative by the City of Waterloo.
Maker Spaces are all the rage right now. Recently, I was given a copy of a magazine called The Teaching Librarian (May 2018) and I was thrilled to see that in an article about using picture books as provocations for maker activities, the authors described a lesson they had created based on my book, The […]
On May 17th at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Brooke and I learned that our book made the top three for the Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award! It was such an incredible day meeting other authors and seeing hundreds of excited readers. Jess Keating’s book, The Shark Lady, took the Blue Spruce prize and I […]
I had the incredible opportunity to travel with OneWorld Schoolhouse to St. Lucia over the March Break to participate in their Rainforest of Reading Program. I knew this was going to be a special trip, but I had no idea what I was truly in store for. It was a week of unforgettable experiences: meeting […]
This past fall was a whirlwind of signings and events, but one of the biggest highlights was meeting Brooke Kerrigan, the illustrator of The Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain. Brooke happened to be visiting from France and was able to join me at the Waterloo Chapters signing and also the reading and craft event at […]
Recently, I did an interview with Open Book on the theme of writers as readers. It was a wonderful chance to reflect on different books and stories that have left their mark on me in one way or another. The topics ranged from: “The first book I remember reading on my own” to “A book […]
