Hello, friends! Tomorrow, I have the joy of moderating a talk with two profoundly talented writers, Lynne Kutsukake and Michael Prior. We'll be at Kingston's WritersFest and the title of our session is "Two Worlds: Who Am I When Cultures Clash?" I read Kutsukake's and Prior's debut books - an historical novel set in 1947 Tokyo and a collection of poems, respectively - over the summer and they're … [Read more...]
The Tear Thief
Hello, friends. It's been only a few months since I last blogged about bookish serendipity, but it's something that seems to happen fairly often at our house. In our most recent instance, Nick came downstairs one weekend morning with a slightly dazed expression and said, "Have I been a while? I got sucked into a really great poem by Carol Ann Duffy." I was going to ask him about it, but then life … [Read more...]
A very modern Victorian
Hello friends! This week, I'm writing a series of short essays for my Traitor in the Tunnel blog tour, which starts at the end of this month. The tour will feature some of my favourite YA bloggers, including the Story Siren, I Swim for Oceans, the Booksmugglers, Reading in Color, Steph Su Reads, and the Bookmonsters. Hurray! My theme for this blog tour is Victorian Obsessions and some of my … [Read more...]