Eric Orchard, the artist who did the wonderful cover for Feather Brain, provided a list of song links for what he listens to as he works...

I’m having another contest for Feather Brain. Griffith the wizard is looking for more ideas to develop into magical products; check out...

I’ve been putzing along on The Veil of Magic book III, and thinking about the editing to come for There’s a Witchdoctor In My...

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

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...

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...

Feather Brain came in second place for the 2009 Silver Birch Express, which makes it a Silver Birch Express Honour Book.

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

Have any great ideas for magical wonders? Enter them in the contest on howweirdcanyouget.com. It’s meant for kids, and the prize will go...

It must be that time of year. Feather Brain has been nominated for the 2010 Hackmatack Award (Atlantic Canada’s Reader’s Choice Award). I...

Feather Brain has been selected as one of ten OLA (Ontario Library Association) Best Bets for 2008 for children’s fiction. I’m thrilled,...

Finally, after many complications, howweirdcanyouget.com is ready! I’m not sure how to describe it – a real fictional website? An...

My decision to include a website in my story Feather Brain – howweirdcanyouget.com – has turned around and bit me. I’m now working on...

Feather Brain has been nominated for the 2009 Silver Birch Express. It’s an Ontario Reader’s Choice award, voted on by kids in grades 3...

On May 29, 2008, I spoke about and read from Feather Brain and The Nexus Ring to 75 grade 3, 4 and 5 kids, at Nose Hill Library.The...

The book launch for Feather Brain was held at Monkeyshines Children’s Bookstore in Calgary, on April 23, 2008.