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New Translation by Ian Thomas Shaw
I was pleased to head up the translation team for the French translation of Timothy Niedermann's poweful novel Wall of Dust ( Treize...
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Sep 5, 20241 min read
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La Colombe tours Europe Spring 2024
I am delighted to be signing copies of La colombe, my French translation of Quill of the Dove, in Europe this spring. My signing at the...
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Mar 1, 20241 min read
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Salon du livre de l'Outaouais March 24, 2024
Apéro-livres avec la sommelière Véronique Rivest I was pleased to be a panelist at the Apéro-livres event at the Salon du livre de...
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Mar 1, 20241 min read
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Two Book Launches for French Translation of Quill of the Dove
La colombe, the French translation of my novel Quill of the Dove, will be launched in Ottawa on October 12 and in Montreal on October 26....
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Sep 16, 20232 min read
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Quill of the Dove translated into French
I am very pleased to announce that Les Éditions David will be launching the French translation of my novel Quill of the Dove. Appearing...
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Aug 13, 20231 min read
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Podcast Interview with Ottawa Author Blaise Ndala
I recently did a podcast interview with Blaise Ndala, the author of J'irai danser sur la tombe de Senghor. The interview is in French and...
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Apr 20, 20231 min read
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Launching the Translation of The Unending Journey - July 31, 2020
I am looking forward to launching my first Spanish to English translation on July 31, 2020, at 7 pm. It will be a virtual event,...
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Jul 20, 20201 min read
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Virtually Paris
I was honoured to be invited as a panelist to the WICE annual Paris Writers Workshop a few months back, and began immediately to check...
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Jul 1, 20201 min read
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Adjusting
Writers are meant to be resilient. And bouncing back from adversity is a great stimulus to writing great prose and sometimes sharing an...
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Apr 17, 20201 min read
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Translation in the Age of Covid-19
Over the last year, I have devoted some time to translation from Spanish to English, French to English and French to German. The first...
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Mar 26, 20202 min read
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November Madness
November is the perfect month for writers to get motivated. New writers will be trying their hand at writing their first books during the...
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Nov 3, 20193 min read
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Speaking about the Middle East
Last Friday, I was interviewed by Ivy Reiss on her show, The Artis with Ivy Reiss, on Toronto's ThatChannel TV. It was really the first...
Con Cú
Oct 5, 20191 min read
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Heading to Toronto
Looking forward to a fun weekend in Toronto in a couple of weeks when I will be part of three great events. First, TV host Ivy Reiss will...
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Sep 14, 20191 min read
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The Dance Card is Filling Up
It's been a busy summer. I had the pleasure of editing with Tim Niedermann Deux Voiliers Publishing's first anthology, The Marginal Ride....
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Sep 7, 20191 min read
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September 27 in Toronto
I will be reading from Quill of the Dove at the celebrated Tartan Turban Secret Readings in Toronto on September 27. It is a vibrant and...
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Sep 1, 20191 min read
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Quill of the Dove in Spanish!
I woke up to wonderful news this morning. My publisher, Guernica Editions, has again delivered on the sale of foreign rights to my novel,...
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Aug 14, 20191 min read
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Quill of the Dove to be published in French in 2020 and Catalan in 2021
I am delighted to share with you the happy news that the rights for the French translation of Quill of the Dove have been sold to...
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Jul 12, 20191 min read
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Quill of the Dove Optioned for TV Series
In the lives of novelists, there are probably five times when they feel truly exhilarated. The first is when the final strokes of the...
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Jun 4, 20193 min read
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May 5 in Ottawa - Excited
I am pumped to be reading from Quill of the Dove in Ottawa tomorrow at the Vimy Brewing Company. Last Thursday's reading at Guernica...
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May 4, 20191 min read
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An Exciting Week in Montreal and Ottawa
Every once in a while, a week in a writer's life becomes really exciting. This Thursday, May 2, I will be launching Quill of the Dove as...
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Apr 29, 20192 min read
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