Ruff

Happy Halloween! Rod Carley, author of Ruff, is pictured here with me at last night’s event at Tir Nan Og. Set in Shakespeare’s England, Ruff uses humour to explore art, politics, gender and other issues that resonate in today’s society. Thank you to...

Where Fact Meets Fiction

On September 26th, I had the pleasure of presenting Where Fact Meets Fiction at the Perth Union Library. Participants heard the benefits of historical fiction and learned how fictitious characters are woven into real events to create an engaging narrative. They were...

Books on Main reading

An enthusiastic crowd gathered on April 13th to hear readings from Finding Home and learn about the local connections to the story.  Both Ruth and I talked about the fun of writing the novel together and shared some amusing anecdotes that happened along the way. Thank...

Coincidence?

There was no room in the first session I attended at Drum Camp last Thursday afternoon, so I sat on a bench on the deck and played along, watching the leader through the open window. Two other women joined me. “Hi, I’m Laurie.” I held up my name tag....