Sorry For Your Loss is a poignant, touching and sometimes funny story about Evie, a girl whose family runs a Jewish funeral home. In this episode, Joanne and I talk about how kids can learn about hard topics through reading, what some of the challenges are when writing for middle grade and why the feedback […]
Fiverr most foul
While I know some people have had spectacular experiences with the online marketplace, Fiverr, I am not one of them. I avoided the site, both as a creative looking for gigs and as a business owner seeking some creative support. Before I had a publisher for my middle grade books, I was considering self-publishing. That’s […]
Season 2, Episode 1: Channelling the Young Adult Voice – Bev Katz Rosenbaum, I’m Good and Other Lies
Bev Katz Rosenbaum never intended to write a pandemic book. She had written the story about high schooler Kelsey Kendler long before lockdowns, but she was struggling with how to frame the story. When COVID-19 forced us all to remain in our homes, Bev knew this was the perfect environment for Kelsey’s story to emerge […]
Episode 16: The Poetry Cheat Sheet – Uncommon Grounds by the Espresso Poetry Collective
In this unconventional (for me) episode, I chat with five o the six poets behind the Espresso Poetry Collective. Over the course of our conversation, these wonderful women school me on what it means to be a poet, how to read poetry, and where we can see poetry in our everyday lives. Where poetry once […]
Feature interview with Ryerson University School of Journalism
Thank you to my alma mater for this feature in the School of Journalism newsletter.
Episode 15: Playing with Food – Dirty Food with Julie Van Rosendaal
Julie Van Rosendaal has built a brilliant career as a cookbook author, food blogger, chef, and teacher. She is an icon in Calgary’s food community and an ardent advocate for food access. In this episode, not only do we talk about Dirty Food (her 11th cookbook), we discuss the publishing industry, diet culture, #buttergate and […]