Q&A with Lorraine O’Donnell Williams, author of Memories of the Beach

Tell us about your book.
In the Dirty Thirties, Toronto’s Beach community has somehow managed to distance itself from the rest of the city, and even from the world. This quirky and enchanted community provided a protective base of beauty and calm during the madness about to be unleashed by World War II. And in the [...]

Grave Doubts goes BookCrossing

When I first heard about BookCrossing, I thought it was a great idea and I was so excited to try it myself. This week, I finally had the chance to!
As they explain on their website:
BookCrossing is earth-friendly, and gives you a way to share your books, clear your shelves, and conserve [...]

Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary Sparks Patriotism

Today is one of those days when I am extra happy and proud to be Canadian. Of course, I’m happy and proud to be Canadian on normal days, but today is not a normal day. It is the 20th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, where on this day in 1989 around 800-1000 students, workers, [...]

Happy Birthday Toronto!

Today the city of Toronto turns 175-years-old!

Photo by Palestrina55
Since it’s so hard to buy a gift for the city that has everything, why don’t you treat yourself to one of our books that celebrate everything that’s so great about TO!
Learn about Toronto through the years with Mike Filey’s, Toronto – The Way We Were.
Or maybe [...]

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 [...]

A Deeper Look at Life’s Foibles

Those who are well-acquainted with mysteries may be interested in this mystery-to-literary fiction spin-off.  J.D. Carpenter, author of the Campbell Young mysteries, takes us on a different journey with Priam Harvey, a character that occasionally steps into the spotlight throughout the Campbell Young mysteries.  This time around, we focus on Mr. Harvey himself, an unemployed [...]

Terror Threat Author Talks About the First “Toronto 18″ Verdict

Just over two years ago, in a series of dramatic police raids in Toronto and the surrounding areas, which shocked many Torontonians, police arrested 18 men suspected of conspiring to bomb several Canadian targets including Parliament Hill, RCMP headquarters CBC buildings in downtown Toronto, and nuclear power plants. Today, the first of the 11 suspected [...]