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…speech at CANSCAIP’s Packaging Your Imagination conference last month. Pretty gratifying feedback! You missed it? Fear not! I’m going to post the whole speech here at “Turning the Pages.” “Sock…
Read More...FAQ
…CANSCAIP meetings and at readings and conferences across the country. A long time ago, when I was practically a new author, I travelled to England with Jean Little, Monica Hughes,…
Read More...“An Intimate Examination of Sock Fluff” Part 1
“Spectacular!” “Inspiring!” Two words people used to describe my keynote speech at CANSCAIP’s Packaging Your Imagination conference last month. Pretty gratifying feedback! You missed it? Fear not! I’m going to…
Read More...Liberia Lingers
…the CANSCAIP newsletter. But another part of me knows that Liberia is part of me now, in ways I’d never have imagined possible when I first set foot on its…
Read More...Summer Writing Workshop/Retreat by the Sea
…I are planning to attend tonight’s CANSCAIP meeting where we’ll announce that we are now accepting applications for our third annual retreat and workshop. We had a great time the…
Read More...Another Treasure for My Pocket
Last night, at the CANSCAIP Mentor’s Dinner honouring my husband, Peter Carver, I learned from Rick Wilks of Annick Press that A Pocket Can Have A Treasure In It has…
Read More...A Writer’s Professional Development
…Jackdaw Summer is a Liberian refugee. Needless to say, I bought it. (It’s called Raven Summer in North America.) And then there was this month’s CANSCAIP meeting which featured a…
Read More...Tips for Writers
Vicki Grant gave an outstanding presentation at a recent CANSCAIP meeting. Unfortunately, I missed it, but because I am a CANSCAIP member, I was able to enjoy a distillation of…
Read More...Writing Communities
At this month’s CANSCAIP meeting, a former participant at the Seaside Writing Workshop/Retreat that my partner and I offer in Nova Scotia each summer announced that we are now accepting…
Read More...More Books (and Almost Books) by Seaside Retreat/Workshop Alumni
…just finished Timber Wolf (book#3) due out this fall. Caroline will be speaking about writing historical fiction at CANSCAIP’s Packaging Your Imagination conference in November. Erin Thomas has had books…
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