My radio host voice is in full roar. Radio has become a huge part of the way I tell stories these days. With a weekly book segment on Minelle Mahtani’s Sense of Place, I’ve had the pleasure of sitting around the table with amazing characters from the Vancouver literary scene. But, it got even more…
Diversity in CanLit is an important topic that doesn’t often get discussed. A while back I jumped in to work with the team at Authors For Indies – a fun and festive celebration of independent bookstores across Canada and the authors who love them taking place on April 30 this year. My book segment on Roundhouse Radio seemed the…
Bullying is on my mind. Right now, I’m camped out at the dining room table. Rare March sunshine filters through the picture window. I am eyeballing my 5-year-old eating her favourite chicken noodle soup. Her life, well, it’s pretty straightforward. Kindergarten is like that. The 5-year-old universe is about coming to terms with the reality…
A sense of place. That is something for which I strive. One of the key ancient-world settings in the Seals of Annach is Daphni, Greece. Since ancient times, a temple has stood on the site 11 kilometers northwest of Athens on the Sacred Way to Eleusis and the National Road to Corinth – Daphne Monastery, in massive…