Monthly Archives: November 2011

Charmed to have received the first copy of my new kids’ book, whimsically illustrated by the wonderful Ben Clanton.  Look for it in bookstores next March.

Writer-director Michael MacLennan’s adaptation of my short story “Hauska Tutustua” from Pleased to Meet You debuts in the shorts program at the 2011 Whistler Film Festival.  December 2, 4:30 PM Village 8 Cinema.  Click here for more information.

The Sky Is Falling is on the 2012 Dublin IMPAC Award longlist!  It’s a thrill to be nominated along with so many wonderful Canadian and international authors.  Congratulations everyone.  The citation reads: The Sky is Falling immerses us thoroughly and believably in the paranoia of the 1980s Cold War era. An intelligent and delightfully acerbic writer, …

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