The Town of Shediac in New Brunswick has been one of my favourite places to visit since I moved to Canada’s East Coast last year. A popular destination for tourists thanks to its fantastic restaurants and one of the best…

I am very pleased to introduce you to Olha Tkachenko, the illustrator of my most recent, award-winning children's picture book, The Underdog Duckling. She is as delightful a person as an illustrator and truly a talented artist.

What…

I was excited and honoured to find out that my children’s picture book, The Underdog Duckling, won the Children’s Book General Market category at The 2019 Word Awards. Awards in 43 categories were given out at a black…

I am wearing two hats in this blog as I act as as both interviewer and interviewee for the most-asked questions about my book The Underdog Duckling.

Tell us about your book. 

The Underdog Duckling is about a young…

1. The tongue-eating isopod (a crustacean) eats a fish’s tongue and then becomes the fish’s tongue, feeding on the food the fish catches. 

2. While mating, the male anglerfish grabs onto the much larger female with his mouth, hangs on,…

I am very excited to announce that I have been shortlisted for three 2019 The Word Awards! The Word Awards, sponsored by The Word Guild, are Canada’s largest and most prestigious awards for writers that identify as Christian…

This was definitely a tough week here in Puppyland. 

Theo woke up Tuesday morning as usual, gobbled up his breakfast (as usual), then suddenly got very agitated, pawing the gate to get out of the kitchen. I thought he…