Writer • Editor • Educator
The timing couldn’t have been better. I came home from my last class of the fall semester to find a box full of the first editions of my new textbook, News Writing and Reporting: An Introduction to Skills and Theory, published by Oxford University Press. There’s nothing like the feeling of seeing your book in…
Late last month, I received a special honour: I was named Wilfrid Laurier University’s 2017 Teaching Fellow. It was exciting news, both in terms of the opportunities the fellowship presents (more on that in a moment) and because I’m the first fellow appointed from the Brantford campus. So, what, you’re no doubt asking, is a…
I had the pleasure of taking part in a discussion about life without kids on TVO’s The Agenda With Steve Paikin a few weeks ago, which aired last night. I was there to talk about my own experience as a childless guy as well as my book Nobody’s Father: Life Without Kids. I joined journalist…
I had some great news from my publisher, TouchWood Editions, this week: A Family by Any Other Name has received a national medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (known as the IPPYs). We received a silver medal in the Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Non-Fiction category. The IPPYs were launched in 1996 “to bring increased recognition to the…
Yesterday was a big day. First, A Family by Any Other Name went on sale officially. That means you can now order it through Amazon and Indigo (both the trade paperback and the e-book version) or at your favourite local bookstore. You can also buy the iBook version through the iTunes Store. You might also…