Q&A with Charis Marsh, author of Love You, Hate You

Charis Marsh, author of the series Ballet School Confidential, sits down with us to answer some questions about writing, her books, and what she’s been reading.
Describe your ideal writing environment
I write in coffee shops mostly. I like it when there are other people around me, preferably people that are also quietly working on something. [...]

Q&A with Allan Fotheringham, author of Boy From Nowhere

How did you come up with the title?
The title of the book is “Boy From Nowhere…A Life in Ninety-One Countries”. Because I came from nowhere, a tiny Saskatchewan town that was so small we couldn’t afford a village idiot.  Everyone had to take turns.

How did you research your book?
This is my ninth [...]

Q&A with Christopher Heard, author of The Suite Life

Tell us about your book
This book, The Suite Life – The Magic and Mystery of Hotel Living, is the book I have always wanted to write, always intended to write, but never got around to writing until the perfect set of elements and circumstances converged in a kind of wonderful harmony that allowed me to [...]

Q&A with Arlene Chan, author of The Chinese in Toronto from 1878

Tell us about your book.
The Chinese in Toronto from 1878: From Outside to Inside the Circle is about the development of the Chinese community as told through historical accounts, archival and present-day photographs, newspaper and magazine reports, and narratives from old-timers and newcomers. The arrival of the Chinese to Toronto began after the completion of [...]

Q&A with Lee Lamothe, author of Picasso Blues

Tell us about your book.

Picasso Blues is the continuing story of Ray Tate and Djuna Brown, two cops in a Midwestern city who dream of moving to Paris to live artistic and slightly wacky lives involving a lot of wine and food, a lot of art, and a lot of sex. At the end [...]

Q&A with James Neufeld, author of Passion to Dance

Tell us about your book.
Passion to Dance is a detailed history of the National Ballet of Canada, illustrated with over 150 photographs from the company’s archives in both colour and black and white. It tells an exciting story of the determined individuals who struggled and sacrificed in order to create, from scratch, a ballet company [...]

Q&A with John Robert Colombo, author of Jeepers Creepers

Tell us about your book.
“Jeepers Creepers” makes for thrilling and chilling reading. It consists of 35 verbatim accounts of encounters with ghosts and spirits reported by Canadians of all walks of life from all parts of the country. There are 33 million Canadians; are there 33 million ghosts and spirits too?
Tell us a little about the [...]