At long last, I’m excited to be able to share the title of my of forthcoming book. Although this collection of personal essays about LGBT families and relationships has been in the works for the past year or so, I was having trouble coming up with a title I liked…
Month: July 2013
Carol Shaben wins 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
I’m delighted to share the news that Carol Shaben has won the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for her book Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop. It’s a gripping and engaging book. Here’s…
Shortlist announced for 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
Wilfrid Laurier University announced today the shortlist for the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, for which I was a judge. You can read the full announcement, as well as the judges’ comments, here. In the meantime, the three shortlisted books are: Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes by Kamal…
Editing personal essays
This is the second of my posts about editing an essay anthology. In the first post, I looked at the big picture, discussing how I go about commissioning and finding essays for such a collection and then deciding which ones I can accept and which ones I have to decline….
The sweet, secret satisfaction of procrastination
It’s always a nice surprise to be reading through the newspaper and come across a piece written by a former student. In this case, I was catching up with The Globe and Mail and discovered that today’s Facts & Arguments essay is a piece written for my JN408: The Freelance…