Many thanks to editor and memoirist Allyson Latta for inviting me to take part in her terrific series about “Where writers write”. You’ll find it at the following link, along with illuminating pieces by others: Here: Thanks to Thompson Rivers University and the Kamloops Library System: I’ll be reading from “The Whirling Girl” and talking about Etruscan archaeology — …
I’m delighted to have been tagged by Michael Bryson to take part in “The Next Big Thing”, a literary relay where writers are interviewed about their new work, then pass the baton to five more writers. It’s lovely to be part of this! Thank you Michael. For Michael’s piece in this series, click here:for his ongoing wonderful blog “Full Catastrophe …
My friend the painter Alison Watt commented the other day, on the fact that while Amazon Books grows and grows — most recently gobbling up Goodreads – “the real Amazon shrinks daily.” I was struck by that comment. Ironic indeed. The Amazon Basin’s life-breathing forests, the “lungs of the earth”, are being stripped for purposes of mining (often Canadian companies …
Does anyone else feel the writing spirit wince in the winds whipping around the internet – so tired of the “need” to keep up, that the idea of packing up a clay tablet and a chisel sounds good? Just sneaking off to a desert cave? “I WILL PROCLAIM TO THE WORLD THE DEEDS OF GILGAMESH, TO WHOM ALL THINGS ARE …
My blogging laxity continues, as life prevails. However I’m thrilled that The Whirling Girl has now whirled out into public view. And for anyone as fascinated as I am with the ongoing story of Etruscan archaeology itself, I hope you will check in on my “diggings” page, where you can follow the fascinating dig north of Florence, at Poggio Colla.
A great pleasure to sit down “At Eleven” and talk with blogger par excellence, Matilda Magtree about Italy and The Whirling Girl today.
My story collection A Message for Mr. Lazarus long out of print, is now available as an e-book on all platforms. Winner of the Danuta Gleed Award, finalist for the B.C. Book Prize, etc. For more info about the book, and reviews, click on the cover image to the left. Thanks to the ever-enlivening Matilda Magtree, for inviting me on a …
WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US ON MAY 9TH when EILEEN FISHER presents“Fashion and Fiction”celebrating the love of beautiful fabrics and enticing wordsasCaroline Adderson and Barbara Lambertweave together a reading from their recent novels TIME: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 9th.PLACE: EILEEN FISHER, 2721 Granville Street Vancouver ( 604-733-5225) — All fashion-and-fiction-lovers welcome —— Please feel free to bring …
A huge thank you…To the crowd of old friends, and new, who came to the “Fashion and Fiction” reading that Caroline Adderson and I gave at the beautiful Eileen Fisher store in Vancouver on May 9th. And kudos to the brilliant women at Eileen Fisher for coming up with such an appealing idea, of weaving fashion and fiction together! Thanks …
WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US on Thursday, May 9th, when EILEEN FISHER presents Caroline Adderson and Barbara Lambert in an event weaving together the love of beautiful fabrics and wonderful words — as two prize-winning authors interlace a reading from their recent work, exploring how the shadows of the past can reach into the present. TIME: 5:00 – 7:00 …
