I had such a great conversation with Kristen Chase of Cool Mom Picks—I love how she turned our time together into an audio guidebook for all griefs, from all angles, in all circles. What to do no matter where you stand in relation to loss, Medusa or not.
Read MoreSuch happy news: a new picture book for Fall 2020! “…A rhythmic, playful story about three frogs who ride bicycles through the woods, singing and playing instruments for the other animals until a huge storm wins them an unexpected fan…”
Read MoreThe Coast covered the run-up to my salon in Halifax this Monday night, and it’s wonderful. Steph knows grief, and as a fellow novelist, she asked: is it taxing to retread raw ground when I talk about the book? Yes. But everyone else has some, too.
Read MoreNOTES FOR THE EVERLOST is in the world and I am on the moon. Kind of stunned, if I’m being honest, that eleven years of pain and growth and love and blood and sweat have culminated in something you can hold in your hands.
Read MoreI went into the crowsnest closet to record three pieces of audio that felt important. The first—Dandelions in Chernobyl—is about how time does her work on an exquisite scale, and the moment you realize she’s been doing that work all along.
Read MoreOne week to the release of Notes for the Everlost! It’s a tender time. Treat me as you would a vinegar mother, one of those slime clumps of bacteria and fermentation brought on by the vinegar's boorishly predictable anxiety, nerves, and self-doubt.
Read MoreSuch a big day today—receiving the very first batch of finished copies of NOTES FOR THE EVERLOST, and heading towards the big launch day of September 18, 2018. Pre-order your copy now and if you’re local, come to our Lunenburg launch party!
Read MoreLexicon Books invites you to the launch of NOTES FOR THE EVERLOST: A FIELD GUIDE TO GRIEF at a gorgeous hundred-year old barn in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Further details here, or hop over to the event page on Facebook. See you there!
Read MoreKaren Walrond and I had a fabulous conversation about everything that matters—the reinvention of life, the integration of pain, the nourishment of creative effort, and the importance of pivotal 'white space' moments. Have a listen!
Read MoreThis book is a family-heirloom treasure. A lazy-day cuddle, a dreamscape by the woodstove, a favourite when the grandkids come over. I'd gush over this beautiful creation even if I weren't in it! Order your copy today for ocean-watchers in your life.
Read MoreTD Book Week was a terrific, well-oiled machine of a tour. School after school, libraries, a children's museum, hundreds of faces: magically healing stuff. It's such a big deal to hear kids laugh at your stories, and shout at you in unison to give 'em anudder.
Read MoreIn the age of Trumpism, it's more important than ever to teach history and empathy to Canada's kids. I spoke to CKBW Radio in London, Ontario about bringing 'The Secret Path' into classrooms—and how kids are naturally imaginative creatures.
Read MoreI've been chosen for TD Canadian Children's Book Week 2017, a national effort that brings Maritime authors and illustrators to the Yukon, Manitobans to Newfoundland, and Albertans to Nunavut for a dizzying week of workshops.
Read MoreI'm thrilled to be presenting, reading, and signing books at this weekend's Word on the Street Festival in Halifax! Bring your little beasts to the festival's homebase of the Halifax Central Library this Saturday, September 17, 2016.
Read MoreOh, the joy when teachers send me their students' monster-inspired art: silly werewolves. Big-hearted werewolves. Werewolves eating doughnuts. Regular kids love to imagine regular life in irregularly power-full, growly ways. Thrills!
Read MoreIf I Were a Zombie is a boisterous trip through the twisted delights of a child’s imagination. Fun and gross at the same time: what could be better? A delightful, entertaining book sure to be a hit with kids. —National Reading Campaign
Read MoreLet's raise every glass of green monster punch to Nimbus, Eric Orchard, Woozles, the Halifax Zombie Walk folks, and every other little goblin, robot, and alien who came out to the book launch at the Halifax Central Library to celebrate. Brains!
Read MoreEvan and Ben will never fully recover from their backstage pass to the CBC Charlottetown for our interview with Mainstreet. Stars and rainbows! They got hooked up with big headphones to do the daily plug. And again. And again. #giggles
Read MoreFour sessions of dozens of kids in one day. No matter where I am, it always starts off the same: What's the biggest library rule? ... BE QUIET they say, in that obedient sing-songy chorus. One kid in the back says NO FLYING SIDE KICKS.
Read MoreIf I Were A Zombie—monsters-and-magical-creatures poems for preschoolers and early-grade goofballs, as illustrated by the award-winning Eric Orchard—is here! Time to crack out my classroom growl, the one that makes the kids giggle.
Read More
