Liverpool's Privateer Days

I'm thrilled to be reading from The Dread Crew tomorrow, Saturday July 3rd, at Privateer Days in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, hosted by Snug Harbour Books. Not only because I get to meet readers and make Hector Gristle's accent out-loud, but because Privateer Days has a midway. I'm going to ride The Zipper ten times. And then I'll read. So if you're there, be patient. Don't laugh at my cross-eyes unless I'm pretending to be Famous Amos.

Privateers were pirates commissioned by the monarchy. Privateer, really, is the polite and sanctioned word for pirate. Which would make privateer a perfectly acceptable insult on the deck of the Barrow. I'll make a note of that for next time.

Let's have tea and sweets, right there in those chairs. But only *after* I've ridden The Zipper ten times. I'm smart that way.

Snug Harbour Books