I am looking forward to the opportunity to speak at the MacDonald Museum in Middleton on Wednesday, July 19th. It will be part of the museum’s “What To Read Wednesdays” series.
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UPDATE: Click here for my interview with Portia Clark on CBC radio’s Information Morning.
Learningo is a non-profit society dedicated to helping people with Autism become active members of their company. I am honoured to have been recently made vice-chair of the board. As part of Autism Awareness month, we are excited to show you an amazing documentary called Beyond. The movie covers the challenges faced by a single mother, Tamara Mark, to two non-verbal adults, Ian and Harry. The movie will be shown on April 30th, 1pm at the Woodlawn Library Auditorium.
I was thrilled when Brenda Thompson asked me to contribute a foreword to her second edition of A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses in Nova Scotia published by SSP Publications. I have known Brenda for a number of years now and her research and support were critical to Poor Farm. Check out the latest edition for a much expanded take on this neglected area of Nova Scotia history, and see below for my full foreword.
Read moreHere’s a video review of Poor Farm from Michelle Butler Hallett. I enjoy reading Michelle’s books, so it’s a big thrill for me she picked Poor Farm for Atlantic Books Today. The video clip is embedded below or go here if the video doesn’t load.
Not only was I fortunate enough to meet Clary Croft in person, here is Poor Farm featured after Clary’s new book in Saltwire Media (including The Chronic Herald) Atlantic Canada’s Books section.
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Thanks to Atlantic Books Today for including details of Poor Farm in their latest issue. It is very exciting to see my book up there with other great fiction from around our region.
In other news: we are hoping to have a book launch on June 17th at The Old Triangle in Halifax! The details are yet to be finalized but, fingers crossed, we will have an in-person socially-distanced event on the Thursday night before Father’s day. I will make a donation from any books sold on the night to PLT: Playing and Learning Together – a non-profit Autism after-school support program I am on the board of.
Watch this blog for more details as they become available!