Launching my new novel Stowaway

Launching my new novel Stowaway

This past Sunday was the first launch of my new young adult novel Stowaway, because it is only just off the press. I held the launch near my summer hideaway on Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada (which also happens to be the island where the story is set!). Some...
Stowaway – Inside story on writing Stowaway

Stowaway – Inside story on writing Stowaway

We’d just bought a cabin on a small island off the west coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, and it had a dock. The contract concerning the dock had this line: “Section 6.1c, Moorage Law Covenants: You must provide without compensation temporary accommodation to any...
School Library Journal reviews my new teen novel Stowaway

School Library Journal reviews my new teen novel Stowaway

Stowaway review in a forthcoming July 2018 issue of School Library Journal “Fast-paced and suspenseful plot” WITHERS, Pam. Stowaway. 200p. Dundurn. Aug. 2018. pap. $12.99. ISBN 9781459741911. Grade 7 and up–Owen and his parents have recently moved to an...
Unplugged! (except for August 18 book launch)

Unplugged! (except for August 18 book launch)

My annual sojourn into the boonies begins. Well, not really the boonies, just our cabin in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. But spending the next two months there, finishing my in-progress young adult novel (!), means I’ll be without internet (except for...