“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.” -Elmore Leonard October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013
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Meeting Neil Gaiman
I was lucky enough to see Neil Gaiman on his book-tour stop in Toronto last night. I’d been looking forward
Continue readingOrwell: an Etsy collection
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness. ― George Orwell, 1984 In honour of George Orwell’s birthday today,
Continue readingFive things you probably didn’t know about Hans Christian Andersen
“Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.” –
Continue readingMeeting Stephen King
When Stephen King came to Toronto to kick off the International Festival of Authors, I went thinking I would say
Continue readingMy year of literary biographies
“There never was a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He is too many people, if
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