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Dressing Up An Old Friend
Last week, along with mystery writer Vicki Delany, I was a guest of the Public Library in Picton, Ontario. I read two scenes from my recently completed manuscript, Black Tupelo. The audience was relaxed and conversational, and one of the questions I was asked during the Q&A was “What are you working on now?” I [...]
How I Keep My Tools Sharp
My latest manuscript, Black Tupelo, took me three years to complete. I worked on it every day — creatively or editorially — weekends included, for months at a time. Every once in a while I would take a break for a week or two, but never for very long; when I’m writing a novel, I [...]
Two Scenes From Black Tupelo
Although some people can write purely from their imaginations, others require actual experience upon which to base their writing. Stephen Crane never experienced combat, but he was able — through the power of his imagination — to create the most convincing of all Civil War novels, Red Badge of Courage. Conversely, Ernest Hemingway’s early novel, [...]
WHAT I’M WORKING ON NEXT
I wrote my first two novels — neither of which was published — in the 1980’s. The first one, called Country Music, was a coming of age story about a group of young men in Haliburton, north of Toronto. It almost made it; it was with Doubleday for eleven months, and the young editor who [...]
Dundurn congratulates Liedewy Hawke on Governor General’s Award Nomination
On October 21st, The Canada Council for the Arts announced the finalists for the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Awards. Dundurn is delighted that Liedewy Hawke was nominated for Translation – French to English for The Postman’s Round, a novel rich in its subtle evocations of the sober and precise art of haiku.
Here’s what the Canada [...]
A Q&A with Walter Pitman
Tell us about your book.
Elmer Iseler, Choral Visionary, is a biography of Canada’s foremost choral conductor, Elmer Isler, who died just to years ago. But during that lifetime created the finest chamber choirs that Canada had ever heard and witnessed and for more than 30 years conducted Canada’s foremost large oratorio choir, the Toronto Mendelssohn [...]
Young Adult Fiction In The News
A Great Start to February with Dundurn Young Adult
Early February brought great praise for Dundurn’s Young Adult Fiction. Both Larry McCloskey’s Murder Fit for a King and Valerie Sherrard’s Speechless made waves in the press.
 McCloskey’s book was mentioned in the Ottawa Citizen where it was deemed a “tale thatwill keep young readers glued until the last page,” and [...]
