Feather Brain has received an Honourable Mention for the 2009 YA Sunburst Award (that’s The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the...

Characters develop and take on life in my head, run around and have their adventures. Then I try to squish them down into words and stick...

Here’s the Scholastic cover for The Nexus Ring, published for a grade six in-class book club of fantasy novels. Maureen

We had a little fairy tale morning in the garden, with dappled sunshine, leaves rustling in the breeze, birds chirping, and a bunny...

Feather Brain is a CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens 2009 selection. For anyone who doesn’t know, the Canadian Children’s Book Council...

I received a wonderful email from a teacher at Olivet New Church school in Ontario (the birthplace of Alice the Apatosaurus): The kids...

It’s time to conclude the contest for howweirdcanyouget.com. Griffith, the wizard who owns the site, asked for magical ideas. For the...

It’s been an exciting week: Coteau has set a launch date for the sequel to The Nexus Ring. Well, not a date exactly, but a season – ...

We have two baby magpies in the garden, and parents that let us know whenever we get too close by squawking and scolding. They also...

I’ve found another book I love  – Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow. It won the White Pine Award at the Forest of Reading celebration in...

I guess I’m not the only one who likes paper mache dinosaurs. I took this picture in Cabbagetown, in Toronto. I was totally impressed –...

I’m back from Ontario, tired and thrilled. Feather Brain came in second, making it a Silver Birch Express Honour Book. Tuesday I went to...

I’m off to Toronto on Monday for the Forest of Reading Festival. Feather Brain has been nominated for the Silver Birch Express, so I get...

I have a new Corvus – a birthday present from my kids. He’s a little smaller than the original, but he’s happy in the garden. Real crows...

I was going to write about my wee spring flowers, and maybe include a photo, but it’s snowing. Fat flakes are settling on my flowers –...

Here’s the old artwork from howweirdcanyouget.com, while it was under construction. I liked it so much I wanted to save it here. Maureen

I’ve been reading comments about Feather Brain on a school website set up for the Forest of Reading readers choice awards program in...

I’ve discovered another book I love, a very silly picture book: Bradley McGogg The Very Fine Frog, written by Tim Beiser, illustrated by...

My daughter Lia drew this. I suspect if she could order off howweirdcanyouget.com, she’d order a pet monster. (Lia: It would be great! It...

Scholastic Books has purchased the rights to publish copies of The Nexus Ring under a new cover. I searched on the internet, and found it...