#TBT to this guest post by author Gail Bowen. We love showing our authors and illustrators around our snug little office! All of us who gathered at Salt Spring Island the week of June 6th for the Mystery Retreat were book people: writers—published and emerging–an editor and an agent. We …
Author Melanie Jackson talks about her new novel, Death Drop: In his famous portrait of Persephone, Dante Gabriel Rossetti shows the young woman of myth having just taken a bite out of a pomegranate. Persephone’s gloomy, brooding expression conveys that she knows quite well she should have left the delicious …
The 25th anniversary edition of Waiting for the Whales, written by Sheryl McFarlane and illustrated by Ron Lightburn, is on shelves now at your local bookstore. Throughout my illustration career I have never believed in imposing one art style on every project. I’ve been fortunate to have the facility to adapt my …
Today’s world is fast paced. Answers load instantaneously at the click of a button, and with phones, we always have access to information and people. Well, we have a close reading toolbox for you, teachers and caregivers, to get your students and kids to slow down and focus on what …
#TuesdayTalk with Brian Harvey. His new Frank Ryan mystery, Tokyo Girl, is on shelves now! Tell us a bit about your book. Feckless piano tuner Frank Ryan visits Tokyo and becomes an unwitting pawn in a beautiful woman’s scheme to bring down her gangster ex-boyfriend. What was the catalyst for …
The young twins in our board book More Blueberries can’t get enough of their favorite snack—and they aren’t the only ones! With playful rhyming text from award-winning poet Susan Musgrave and gorgeous illustrations by Esperança Melo, this exuberant board book will delight little ones and have everyone happily shouting, “More …
