This week is Teen Read Week, which was created by the Young Adult Library Services Association in 1998 to encourage teens to be regular readers and library users. I wanted to discuss the difficulties in writing for teens, or as it is commonly known YA. This age group...
I am sharing some of my thoughts on Myths and Legends Day. As authors we constantly live in a world of make believe to create characters and settings and by researching known myths and legends we can format own our tales. And as readers we are fascinated by these...
October 8th honours the dedicated individuals who have delivered our news, rain or shine. The unfortunate decline of traditional physical newspapers correlates to the significant rise in viewership of online publications. In turn, this has seen a decline in locally...
The colloquial English phrase ‘mad as a hatter’ has been used in conversation for a long time, it suggests however lightheartedly, that a person is suffering from insanity, or is crazy. However, the basis of this phrase has a darker reality. It was derived from the...
As we come into a new month and exclaim where did the year go? It is worth remembering that October is National Book Month and National Reading Group Month in some countries. As authors and writers any literary event is worth celebrating, right? I am putting out a...
What drew you to write about complicated relationships? · I’ve always been fascinated by people and behaviors. I think nearly everyone has experienced a complicated relationship at some point or another. We each bring our own...
One of the best things about attending book events is making connections. September has kept me busy with three major events - Words in the Park, Tales and Trinkets and Word on the Street. Each one was a chance to catch up and reconnect, with writing pals, but also to...
I attended my second book fair on 12th September, this was after after Words in the Park on 5th - and incidently before I attend Word on the Street on 19th - it's a busy month! Anyway, last weekend's event - Tales and Trinkets - included a panel of the attending...
Financial Advisor and Children’s Author Kalee Boisvert Expands Her Growing Catalogue of Empowering Children’s Books Financial advisor and author Kalee Boisvert has spent more than fifteen years helping people build financial confidence and create more choices for...