Words from the Forest
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Judging a book cover
Lucky for me, Caitlin Press was open to my input on the cover of A Room in the Forest. I knew I wanted to feature an artist from Haida Gwaii, but who? I had so many in mind when…
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I love reader reviews
Thank you to all who read my book. After so many hours, months, years moving all those words around on pages, its amazing to have other people interacting with the final result. A few cherished readers reviewed the book…
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To all those who have been lost
To all those who have been lost and then found the islands of the people. That’s the dedication I chose for my debut novel, A Room in the Forest. It’s about a young woman who is lost. Not in…
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Encounters with books
Book lovers like to share, but as a suspicious GenXer, I’ve never been too into BookTok hype or even Goodreads! I’ll tell my friends what I’m reading, but the marketing demographers can figure me out some other way. Ha…
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The Postwoman brings twice
Two boxes of my books arrived yesterday and want to give a shout out to our local postwoman. I’d just read on the neighbourhood Facebook group that people weren’t getting packages to their door these days. Instead they were…
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Movies in March
The Stand For those in Vancouver area, this is a great opportunity to see The Stand in the theatre in the next couple of weeks. This film features archival footage and animation to explore the 1985 dispute over logging…
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