**** Open Book: Toronto – Proust Questionnaire
Friday, October 7th, 2011I recently filled out the Proust Questionnaire for Open Book: Toronto. I was in a cheeky mood. I like it. You can read it by clicking here.
**** Chapters Indigo guest blog for Star Academy: Dark Secrets
Monday, October 3rd, 2011My friends at Chapters Indigo asked me to write a blog entry about Dark Secrets, the funny/scary sequel to my first novel, STAR Academy. You can click here (that grey bit) to go to their site, read it and comment on it. And I hope you will!
**** STAR Academy sequel Dark Secrets released!
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Tuesday is not usually a big day for me. Pleasant, but nothing special. An “in between” day, if you will. But today is an exception, not just because it’s the new season of the Rick Mercer Report, but also because Dark Secrets, the sequel to my first novel, STAR Academy, has officially been released. [...]
**** You’ve watched my shows… you’ve read my books and articles… and now you can complete the experience by ADOPTING me!
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011Yes, it’s official. I’m up for adoption. I should have done this decades ago… found myself a nice family that could set me up with a remittance, a ticket into skull and bones, or at least a wine cellar to inherit. But this is the next best thing, and it’s for a good cause, the [...]
STAR Academy reviewed in FernFolio!
Thursday, August 18th, 2011Just as Dark Secrets, the sequel to STAR Academy, is about to hit the shelves this coming September, I’m happy to see that the original is still generating some favourable reviews, like this one in FernFolio. Click here to read it.
Gemini nomination for Jimmy Two Shoes!
Thursday, August 4th, 2011Jimmy Two Shoes has just been the nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Animated Series!
New Battle of the Atlantic book with Scholastic
Saturday, June 25th, 2011I have just been commissioned by Scholastic Inc. to write an historical novel set in World War 2 during the Battle of The Atlantic. This story has special resonance for me because three of my maternal uncles served in the Royal Canadian Navy on convoy duty and played an active part in the struggle [...]
Toronto The Word on the Street 2011 appearance
Friday, June 17th, 2011Just received the happy news that I have been invited to read from my upcoming novel, STAR Academy: Dark Secrets at the 2011 “The Word on the Street” book and magazine festival in Toronto. I will be appearing Sunday, September 25th in the Children’s Reading Tent. Ideally, I would read under the covers with a [...]
Production Wrapped on Finding Stuff Out! Cheese Touch Kid has new role as host!
Thursday, June 16th, 2011Just wrapped the studio sessions for Finding Stuff Out. It’s a new series for TVO that combines comedy and some very cool science. I co-created it with Jonathan Finkelstein, the genius behind numerous smart, funny kids’ series, including Street Sense, Popular Mechanics For Kids, Prank Patrol, and In Real Life. Our host is an up-and-coming [...]
Some non- Jimmy Two Shoes news – STAR Academy sequel “Dark Secrets” almost ready to hit the shelves!
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011Yes, it’s true: the sequel to STAR Academy is just about ready to make its way into bookstores (and all those virtual places that books arrive from nowadays as well.) After two long years of writing, re-writing, and re-rewriting, I have completed the final draft of the STAR Academy sequel, “Dark Secrets”, and am spending [...]
