The House of Wives

Libraries are the best!

Thanks to my editor Talia at Keter Books, this Israeli edition is now on the shelves. Yeh! I couldn't be happier.

Who doesn't like a good story about steam locomotives and the people who built and serviced them for over one hundred years. My friend Dean Robinson's new histo...ry of the railway hub in Stratford, Ontario is a fascinating look at the scale and ambition of small town from 1856 - 1964. Watch the documentary then buy the book. It's a great summer read. See more

Just finished binge reading The Perfect Nanny. Try it. A thoroughly rewarding experience living inside the chilling world Leila Slimani created.

With Jennifer Honeybourn (Wesley James Ruined My Life) and Taslim Burkowicz (Chocolate Cherry Chai) at the Ocean Park Library’s ‘Authors Among Us’ reading and panel discussion with a packed room filled with book geeks. So much fun!

I’ll admit to harbouring a soft spot for L.M. Montgomery. Here’s a tribute that might inspire writers today.

I'll be at the Ocean Park Library, Surrey, BC on March 12th at 6:30 - 8:30pm. My writer colleagues Jennifer Honeybourn and Taslim Burkowwicz and I will each give readings from our books followed by Q & A. It'll be like a micro book fair with books available for signing and chats about writing and publishing.

Each year millions of pages of books, magazines, journals and newspapers are copied for use in K-12 classrooms without fair compensation to the creators . Read on about this theft of intellectual property.

Authenticity and then some. Thanks Grace Lin

INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS: FICTION Hebrew-language rights to Simon Choa-Johnston’s novel THE HOUSE OF WIVES, about the opium trade in China and the Jewish man from Calcutta who cultivated it from Hong Kong while juggling two wives, have been sold to Keter by Geula Geurts of the Deborah Harris Agency on behalf of Denise Bukowski at The Bukowski Agency. The novel was previously published in 2016 in Canada and India by Penguin. For further information, see: http://www.bukowskiagency.com/Wives.htm.

Looking for gifts? Here's an idea.

A short and sweet trip to Vancouver for LiterAsian 2017. Read books. Attended events. Met friends. I was so absorbed that I only took few pictures. But trust me, it was fun.