What an honour—A GREAT BIG NIGHT was nominated by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre for the inaugural David Booth Children's and Youth Poetry Award!
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Kirkus Reviews are among the top-shelf of accolades, and I’m thrilled that A GREAT BIG NIGHT was awarded a coveted star. From the review: “The rhythmic, vibrant verse text dances off the pages, begging to be read aloud…”
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A wonderful chat with beloved former CBC anchor Costas Halavrezos about A Great Big Night. From his Book Me! Podcast: “A Great Big Night is a delightful parable about performers and their audiences finding each other…”
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“The children storming the [EDIT] office each day at 3pm have all devoured it more than a dozen times since we purchased a copy for everyone on the team last week. Essential reading for kids and parents everywhere.”
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Times have been stormy, huh? I’m grateful to have been able to gather for some storytelling about community care, resilience, and ‘riff-raff’. Block Shop Books also delighted today with the first little review and recap of the book.
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Doesn’t it just feel like the world needs a froggy folk trio to bring us all together after a storm? This book is full of love, community, and joy, and woodland grass pounded flat underfoot. It’s what the riff-raff brings.
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Join us on October 4, 2020 at the Lunenburg School of the Arts for the launch of A GREAT BIG NIGHT. Get your signed copy, and bring the kids for a reading and celebration of rallying together through stormy times. Fitting, huh?
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It’s pure magic to see an artist bring a story to life when it’s been simmering, solo, for years. Working with the brilliant Josée Bisaillon has been a delight! I can hear the fiddles and mandolins and bodhráns ringing through the forest already…
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What a delightful gift! Nimbus Publishing just released more illustrations in-progress (yay for the amazing Josée Bisaillon!) for my next children’s picture book, A GREAT BIG NIGHT coming this fall. Here’s to joy, music, and blueberry salad.
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In September 2020 A GREAT BIG NIGHT arrives, a tale about the value of tomfoolery and music. As award-winning illustrator Josée Bisaillon does her magic, I’m listening to its inspiration: Bach Meets Cape Breton by Puirt A Baroque.
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Such 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…”
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I wrote a book, a little one, and I want to exist beyond all hope. I want it so badly. I need it to be set to paper and illustrated and bound. I've submitted it to the loveliest publisher. Now I'm trying to forget I ever wrote it.
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