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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 [...]
Let them eat funnel cake!
Of all the holidays we get to enjoy as citizens of this country – including the gluttonous bliss that is Thanksgiving and the hilarious one-upmanship of Halloween – Canada Day has always topped my list.
Year after year, my family and I would celebrate by watching the local fireworks show from our backyard. We’d feast on [...]
Summer Reads
If you live in the Greater Toronto Area, chances are you found yourself in a pool of sweat this week. Humidity was ridiculous, sending a 30-degree temperature into the low forties. Eeesh.
If you’re like me, you silently thanked the meteorological gods that you work in an air conditioned office, and spent your nights listening to [...]
Previewing the Line-Up
Greetings everyone, and happy belated new years wishes to you all!
We’re getting back in the swing of things here at Dundurn after a bit of an extended holiday break. It’s taken a while for us to settle into our routine, and even longer for some people in particular (read: yours truly). After finally getting comfy [...]
Toronto: Did You Know?
I’ve now worked with veteran Toronto Sun columnist Mike Filey on two of his books, the most recent release being Toronto Sketches 10. If anyone’s ever caught Mike’s column in the Sunday edition, or his radio show, you can tell from the offset that he’s really tuned into Toronto’s history. Many have dubbed him the “unofficial [...]
Self Condemned Has Been Set Free
We had so much fun with last year’s BookCrossing adventure, we decided to do it again this year (this decision has absolutely nothing to do with it being a gorgeous autumn Friday here in Toronto. Nothing. Ahem).
BookCrossing is an online community of booklovers and book-sharers. Members release books into the wild and give other [...]
Q&A with Tom Henighan, author of Nightshade
Tell us about your forthcoming novel.
My first two attempts at fiction were mystery novels, one of them based on a real murder I investigated in the British colony of Aden (now Yemen), the other set in the north of England, where I lived and studied for several years. Later, as a university professor, I taught [...]
