Canadian Author
Lisa LaTouche began tap at age eight after her mother showed her a little time step. Her career has taken off since. She’s studied under Buster Brown, Gregory Hines, and Savion Glover and performed on Broadway, including at the 70th Tony Awards. We talked…
I set out to write books free from explicit content, but I didn’t know there was an actual term for that. The term is “clean books,” which isn’t what it sounds like. In this blog post, I’ll explain what clean books are…
This book hit me in the gut. Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related by Jenny Heijun Wills is a poetic, edgy, sad, and ultimately hopeful memoir about gender, ethnicity, and skin colour. Wills was adopted from Korea as a baby by white parents,…
The subtitle for Kamal Al-Solaylee’s 2016 book is “What Being Brown in the World Means Today (to Everyone).” I picked it up because I couldn’t recall hearing much if anything about people with brown skin over the years. The book description on…
Have you ever read a story or watched a movie only to be disappointed in the ending because the protagonist won too easily? Don’t get me wrong: sometimes I enjoy a little cheese in my entertainment, especially at Christmastime, but I can…
Clothing in Semlac is perhaps the hardest detail to keep track of in Between Worlds. I have photos, but they don’t match the exact years that Between Worlds takes place in. Fashion in between the wars did begin to modernize, but to what extent I…
What excited you about Between Worlds 1: The Move? What didn’t you like? What do you want to know about it? I’m holding two book discussions today about the first book in the Between Worlds series. Readers of any age are welcome, and we’ll be…
What excited you about Between Worlds 1: The Move? What didn’t you like? What do you want to know about it? I’m holding two book discussions today about the first book in the Between Worlds series. Readers of any age are welcome, and we’ll be…
You’re getting close to finishing your book, and you think you want to publish it yourself. We can help you avoid the scams and costly mistakes that can plague first-time self-publishers. We’ll guide you through the process of submitting to Amazon, provide…
You’re pretty sure you want to write a book, but you have a lot of questions about the process of getting the words on the page. Where and how do I start? Where do I find good advice? How do I organize…