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...
Forthcoming YA novel Stowaway reviewed

Forthcoming YA novel Stowaway reviewed

The following review of my forthcoming young-adult adventure novel Stowaway is from the June 2018 issue of Resource Links (“connecting classrooms, libraries and Canadian learning resources”), page 21. Release date August 2018 but available by pre-order...
Children’s Writers Retreat, Mayne Island, BC

Children’s Writers Retreat, Mayne Island, BC

This past weekend I was privileged to hold the fourth annual Children’s Writers and Illustrators of BC (CWILL-BC) Mayne Island Writers’ Retreat in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada. Our illustrious speaker was the dynamic Susin Nielsen, and...