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UK & Ireland Domination Tour – The Finale
An addendum to this post: I wrote it in Heathrow during my layover but the internet was so shit that I couldn’t upload photos. So, I’m now back in Vancouver, safe, sound, jetlagged, and reveling in...
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Contest! Win an ARC of “Optimists Die First”
A heads-up to my book loving friends: I’m going to launch a contest on National Cat Day (Oct. 29). I’ll be giving away three ARC’s of my new book, “Optimists Die First,” which happens to prominently...
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Celebrating International Women’s Day in Brussels
It is true; I only seem to write a blog post when I’m doing fun travel. I probably need to state right now that this is not my normal life. As any of my author friends could attest, most of a writer’s...
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French/Flemish Readers, Forgotten Passports … and Finger-Knitting
Well it has been a jam-packed 48 hours full of fun and boneheaded forgetfulness. But first the fun: On Thursday morning I was picked up by the lovely Renée and driven to a school in the middle of...
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Rotterdam Part “Twee”
I can speak Dutch. Well, one phrase. I know how to say “A piece of young to middle cheese, please.” This was taught to me long ago by a Dutch friend. I stayed with her in The Hague for a few weeks when...
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Paris Again … The Great Mouth Culture
I can’t take credit for the title of this post – it’s from a Leonard Cohen print. Oh, how I love this city – I’ve been lucky enough to visit it many times in my life, and it never, ever loses its...
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Paris Continuée – Booksellers and More
This will sound terribly obvious, but I love Paris in the springtime. I think we were very lucky; we got the first beautiful week of weather here. I’ve been lucky in my life to come here many times,...
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Au Revoir, Paris …
Now I’m at Charles de Gaulle, waiting for the first of four flights home. Yes, you heard that right. Because I booked on points (to get a business class seat, yay!) my route is a tad ridiculous....
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Sunday in Calgary with George (Saunders)
I have been meaning to do this ever since I had the great pleasure of seeing, and meeting, George Saunders at two separate Wordfest events in Calgary earlier this month. I got a bit of face-time with...
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Hearing My Fictional Character Come to Life – In An Audio Book
I found out a while back that Penguin Random House Canada had decided to produce an audio book version of “The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen.” Two of my books (“We Are All Made of Molecules” and...
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