journey and destination are one and the same
Permission to reprint from: The Canadian Quaker History Journal no. 79, (2014): pp 73-77 I grew up as a Quaker. My mother had the good sense not to allow me to go to Meeting until I was eight years old; she and my older brother went, while my father and I stayed home and made Sunday Read More …
From: Canadian Writers Abroad Posted by D. Martens, Dec. 15, 2015 I met Beth Powning at a literary lunch at the Canadian High Commission, which was held on the top floor, with fantastic views of Trafalgar Square and environs. Before the renovation of Canada House, this room was used for storage. Now the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Read More …
A Creative Book Launch It all starts with SLICE (Sussex Literary Initiatives and Cultural Events). We are a group of about 30 people in Sussex, New Brunswick, a small town surrounded by hills and rivers, not far from the Bay of Fundy. We’ve done lots of events: brought in authors, held a day dedicated Read More …
A Measure of Light Knopf Canada, 2015 Here are the books and websites I used to research “A Measure of Light”: Re Mary Dyer: Manuscript biography of Mary Dyer by Johan Winsser, unpublished Mary Dyer, Ruth Talbot Plimpton, Brandon Publishing, 1994 Mary Dyer of Rhode Island, Horatio Rogers, General Books, compiled, original pub. Read More …
Home – Chronicle of a North Country Life I heard the first two sentences of this book in my mind: The coyotes are newcomers. Several years ago, they moved into the forests above our farm. When I wrote them down, I felt that I had finally found my voice. This book, my first, came after a Read More …