Originally published, Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The two weeks of my book tour in Ontario were — very full. Full of books, book talk, book optimism, book gloom, boxes of books, book sales, book pricing, bookstores, book reviews, book publishers, book editors, book publicists, book designers, the future of the book. . . . Cities familiar [...]
Originally published, Sunday, May 31, 2009
Laryngitis seemed specially unwelcome on its arrival last week. How can I do a book tour for The English Stories if I’m speechless??!! Now it’s more or less gone, though, and tomorrow the process starts — Toronto, Ottawa, Waterloo, Guelph, and Windsor. I’ll write another entry on my return.
In recent [...]
Originally published, Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Wednesday June 10, 7 pm, Anglo-Canadian Club of Windsor, 1211 Lauzon Road. Presented by Literary Arts Windsor & Biblioasis, and hosted by Paul Vasey.
Originally published, Sunday, May 17, 2009
The launch for The English Stories in Toronto is set for Tuesday 2 June, 6 pm, at Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street.
Other readings are
in Ottawa on Saturday June 6, 5 pm, The Manx Bar, 370 Elgin Street;
in Waterloo on Monday June 8, with Terry Griggs (author of Thought You [...]