New Poll: What’s in a Cover?

    Right from the beginning of the Russell Quant series I knew that cover image was going to be important. Making cover decisions for the first book of what you hope will be a series can be daunting. This will be the first face you put forward to the public...

The Word On The Street

This Sunday, September 23, 2012, Saskatoon is holding its 2nd annual The Word On The Street festival. This is a national book and magazine festival – the largest of its kind in Canada – with simultaneous festivals in Halifax, Kitchener, Lethbridge,...

Alumni of Influence

We all know of people who do incredible things in the world. The kind of people who accomplish fantastic things with their lives; things that make you go “wow”.       Sometimes they’re right next door. Sometimes its nice to say thank...

What’s In a Name?

There’s been Bulldog Drummond, Alex Delaware, Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, Jessica Fletcher, William Murdoch, Elvis Cole, Perry Mason, Constable Molly Smith, Philip Marlowe, Hercule Poirot, Armand Gamache, Easy Rawlins, Russell Quant, V.I. Warshawski, Jane...