Author Visits by Skype

I’ve been researching Skype as a way of visiting more classrooms now that I live in a relatively isolated area of Canada.  This is a natural fit for me, given my previous work experience which included providing counselling to rural communities via tele-health. Since becoming a mom, I’ve also become quite familiar with Skype as […]

Martha Weston Grant

Today I found out that I am this year’s recipient of the Martha Weston Grant!  Which means I will be attending the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators) conference this August in LA!  Read the news release here.  My congratulations to the runner up, Janet Lawler, and all the other applicants.  I look […]

Thank you Rossland!

The community of Rossland has been so supportive of my Road Block launch – thank you! Thanks to Adrian Barnes for his great article in the Rossland Telegraph. And thanks to Monika Smutny for covering the event for the Rossland News and to Tatyanna for the wonderful review of Road Block.  It was great to see the smiling faces […]