Making space for awesomeness…and some new writerly freinds

October 8, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

There is nothing like moving to make me ball like a teacup chiuaua. It happened when I went to Japan, then again when I moved across the country to Ottawa, and most recently, just a few kilometres away from my Vancouver home—thus giving up my cozy little apartment, my friends, my workplace, and my […]

Louis C.K.: It’s good to feel bad

October 1, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Today is my birthday. It’s also the first time in three weeks that I haven’t spent every free moment reading and applying for every job posting that I could possibly be qualified for that doesn’t involve turquoise visors and head mics. Because today, in honor of the anniversary of my arrival in this life, I […]

Curious George deepened: a reading (ahem, ahem cough cough) by Werner Herzog

March 3, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

“In the city George puts on airs trying to live like a man but is rendered a buffoon.” -Werner Herzog (ish) I have a lot Curious George in my life these days. In fact, I have at least a dozen of his story plots memorized for the nightly story hour and can hear the animated version playing […]

How’d she do that? A peak into the making of Ruta Sepetys’ new novel

February 26, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

As much as I love reading books, what I love even more is the stuff that isn’t on the page: the journey that the author took to creating their finished work. In so many cases, this story can be just as dramatic as the works themselves–such as with this one, about how a pair of […]

Human Books…and no, you can’t take these ones in the bathtub with you

February 24, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

I was more than a little confused the first time I heard about one of these. Human Book? What other kinds are there? It’s not like elephants have gotten into the publishing business, they don’t have fingers. Then I remembered that thing called ‘Internet’ and was enlightened. Actually, human books are people, not paper bound […]