Last Saturday night I had the privilege of attending the 32nd Annual Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prize Gala at Government House in Victoria. Here is the view...
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I recently received an advance reading copy of How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use, coming from New Harbinger (Raincoast) May 1. Author Randy J....
This week House of Anansi is releasing The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis – a dark domestic drama set in 18th century Georgian London. Heroine Anne Jaccob...
Just wrapped up the Western Book Fair in Victoria. And yes it did look like Ali’s previous post on the last day but before you easterners turn...
A gorgeous spring like day for our BC Family Day in Victoria. My family hiked up Mount Doug, a park on the outskirts of Victoria with our...
Translation: “long may your chimney smoke!” Squeaking this in just before Robbie Burns Day closes – enjoy this rendition of Auld Lang Syne by the Red Hot...
9780374316983 FSG (Raincoast) This week I’ve been enjoying Dare to Disappoint, a graphic memoir by Ozge Samanci about growing up in Turkey. Born in 1975 Samanci witnessed...
Happy New Year! While resting up between holiday festivities I read The Trap by young German author Melanie Raabe. Coming from Anansi in April this psychological thriller...
9781452128092 Chronicle Books Gjelina is a restaurant in Venice Beach, California which epitomizes fresh, inventive and globally inspired food. With 150 grain and vegetable – centric recipes...
My good pal Kate – retired book rep and enthusiastic traveler currently visiting Australia, sent me this photo of Ampersand Books in Sydney, Australia. I think that...
Ok, time for a little gravitas after weeks of sales conference indulgence. While relaxing on my comfy couch last night – so nice to be home –...
Done day 2 of our 11 day sales conference. One can only truly explain conference to the uninitiated as publishing’s equivalent of an extreme sport. We begin...
On Wednesday, October 14, while my colleague Ryan was cheering for the Jays and dodging beer cans in Toronto I was at the Victoria Book Prize Gala...
A good start to the week for Dan Wells, founder of Biblioasis – our Windsor -based publisher who had three titles longlisted for the Giller – pictured...
9781627791380 I have been perusing Michael Shermer’s collection of columns from Scientific American, Skeptic coming from Raincoast in January. Shermer aims to synthesize scientific concepts and theory...
This past week my good friend and former colleague Caroline Woodward was in town promoting her new book Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper from...
Last Sunday while on a dog walk with a friend at Government House in the heart of Victoria we bumped into Little Lamb – really that’s his...
While wandering near Stanley Park recently I came across this community garden – and right beside it was another of my favourite things – a tennis court!...
9781459810815 Just out from Orca Book Publishers , Darren Groth’s novel about a 19 year old Aussie brother and sister follows their journey from Brisbane to British...
Last month my colleague Tamara had her wisdom teeth out. Reading between the lines I can tell Tamara was a good patient. Cheerful and considerate of others...