Cookbook Potluck
March 2, 2015 |
Well now that everyone in the office is back after February Bookfair mania, we’re getting back on the cookbook potluck horse! We’ll be doing our first in...
Hello from Halifax!
February 9, 2015 |
I’m here for the Atlantic Bookfair, selling spring titles to bookstores from all over the Atlantic region. Halifax is decidedly UN-spring-like currently, but I’ve decided to comfort...
Try new things…
February 6, 2015 |
Happy Friday! I hope you are surviving winter in your part of Canada. One of the best ways to do that is to make some hearty fare...
Hola January!
January 26, 2015 |
We’re well into winter here in Vancouver, and though it’s certainly not as cold as many Canadian cities, it sure is gloomy out. This weekend I decided...
December is Here!
December 8, 2014 |
So I’m finally home from sales conference! My head is abuzz with new titles, and I keep interrupting people to excitedly tell them about a new book...
Sales Conferencing: THE FINAL WEEK
December 1, 2014 |
Yes, that’s right, I’m still in Toronto (I miss Vancouver’s rain!) for week three of this madness! I’ve decided that I deserve a donut. What’s the best...
MORE Sales Conferencing
November 24, 2014 |
Week two, in Toronto, here we come! Last time I was in town, Judy and I checked out the Black Hoof, and this time we plan to...
Sales Conferencing
November 17, 2014 |
Here we are, on day three of the Vancouver conference! We spent all weekend being presented exciting spring titles (and eating, of course), and we’re here for...
Halloween Candy
October 27, 2014 |
So I live in an apartment. Which means no trick-or-treaters. Very sad, I know. But because I like to be prepared, I always buy some Halloween candy...
Just found out …
October 24, 2014 |
Happy Friday! First, here’s something to make you smile: Second, I just found out that an author liked my review of his book on Goodreads! That’s a...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
October 20, 2014 |
It’s Vancouver International Writer’s Festival time! It starts tomorrow! There are so many authors! I’m overwhelmed and forced to use exclamation points! No but seriously, it’s a...
Happy Thanksgiving!
October 13, 2014 |
A few years ago I was being made fun of by some American friends for celebrating REAL Thanksgiving in October. We’ve only been celebrating it since 1957,...
Have you seen The Dirty Apron Cookbook?
October 3, 2014 |
Happy Friday! Today is a wonderful day as my sample of The Dirty Apron Cookbook just landed and I can hardly wait to go home and get...
Pumpkin Spice
September 22, 2014 |
Well it’s official everyone. Summer is over. My face: I mean, that’s the official date, but I think we all knew fall was here when pumpkin spice...
Potluck lunch this week
July 25, 2014 |
Happy Friday. This week we had one of our semi-regular staff potluck lunches where we all pick something from a cookbook and bring it in to share. ...
Green Gables
July 21, 2014 |
Wow, that was an AMAZING weekend, you guys! I Anne-with-an-E’d it up, ate my own weight in seafood, and had the most wonderful time. Pics or it...
July Eats ‘N’ Tweets!
July 15, 2014 |
Yesterday was our July Eats ‘n’ Tweets, where one of us in the Toronto office cooks a meal from one of our cookbooks for everyone! Deciding that...
Summer fun in the Maritimes
July 14, 2014 |
Greetings from Halifax! I’m here for the Atlantic Bookfair, which is put on by the Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association. It’s my first time heading this far east in the...
Cooking is fun but sometimes you want something quick and good
July 11, 2014 |
Welcome to Friday. I look forward to the weekends because I love to cook and weekends give me more time so I don’t have to do the...
Welcome to Cowtown
June 23, 2014 |
Today is the first day of the Alberta Book Reps Association Fall Bookfair! Hurray! So here I am in lovely Calgary, talking to booksellers and librarians from all over...