Month: September 2008

Came across this piece by Margaret Atwood that ran in Wednesday’s Globe and Mail about Harper and the arts. I think she hits it right on the head: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080924.wcoarts25/BNStory/politics/home Mark Jarman has asked me to spread the word that he is reading at Pages on Kensington on October 31. I get a break from my…

I was a little worried about what cover image Love Minus Zero would end up with, but Oberon has once again exceeded my expectations and come up with what I think is a really striking cover. The image is a detail from Toulouse Lautrec’s At the Moulin Rouge and I think it works really well….

I’m now set to read from Love Minus Zero at Audrey’s Books in Edmonton on Thursday, November 20th. This is great because it means I’ll have my launch / mini-tour wrapped up within a week. On the other hand, the Victoria leg of the tour has definitely shrivelled up and dropped off. Betty Jane Hegerat…

The good people at McNally Robinson’s Saskatoon store are hosting a reading for me on Monday, Nov. 17th (Calgary launch is Thursday, Nov. 13th at Memorial Park Library). They’re doing a bang-up job of publicity for the event, too, which I really appreciate. And which makes me rue the loss of the Calgary store even…