I just moved to Ward’s Island, a short ferry ride away from downtown Toronto. My husband and I first began dreaming of living and raising our four children on the island when they were little. We paid our annual dues and were on the purchaser’s list for twenty-three years before we got the phone call.… Read more New Digs, New Walk
I recently gave a workshop on novel revision at CANSCAIP’s annual PYI conference. I am currently following my own advice: I put my novel aside for 2 months and have been enjoying right brain activities, notably art, in which I play with colour and images with a Buddhist attitude of detachment (no ego, no ambitions). Last week I began to read… Read more Ten Tips to Guide a Novel Revision
With her permission I’m sharing this recent message from Liz Page, the Executive Director of IBBY International Board on Books for Young Children in Switzerland: For the past five years IBBY has been supporting two children’s libraries in Gaza through the IBBY Children in Crisis Fund. In 2013 an IBBY delegation of the President, IBBY… Read more Children in Crisis in Gaza