Category Archives: reading
Festival of Trees Recap
On Wednesday, May 15, and Thursday, May 16, the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading‘s Festival of Trees dropped down at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre, and over two days, thousands of kids from all over the Greater Toronto Area (and even as far as Orillia!) came to cheer on their favourite books on the Forest of [...]
Traversing the (Near) North
Last week, as part of the Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading tour – think of a U.S.O. tour, but with children’s authors and only within Ontario – I travelled to Parry Sound and North Bay with a team of great writers (and one excellent OLA staff member, Meredith). The experience was both surreal and [...]
Also posted in books, Dead Kid Detective Agency, fairs, Forest of Reading
Tagged bill swan, bobby orr, brit trogen, dionne quintuplets, forest of reading, janet wilson, kari trogen, marsha skrypuch, natalie hyde, north bay, ontario library association, parry sound, ringette, steve pitt, wesley king
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Second Dead Kids adventure coming soon
It’s coming soon! In Fall 2013, the second adventure of The Dead Kid Detective Agency, Dial ‘M’ for Morna, will hit bookshelves. I can’t reveal much more at this point, aside from a few illustrations from the early chapters of the book (below). My final edits are in, the illustrations are being completed, and the [...]
Also posted in books, Dead Kid Detective Agency, sketches, Uncategorized
Tagged metro convention centre, ola, ola super conference
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One out of Four Moms loves The Dead Kid Detective Agency
Recently, I learned of the website 4 Moms, 1 Blog, which is way safer to view at work than one might imagine. The site, curated by four Toronto mothers, looks at the highs and lows of motherhood, raising children and city life. The site also features the occasional book review. One of the titular moms [...]
Also posted in books, Dead Kid Detective Agency, reviews
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