News

2024-07-05
🏅 BOOK AWARD NEWS: 
River of Crows has been shortlisted for the 2024 international Rubery Book Award!

2024-05-14
🎙️ RADIO INTERVIEW: I was interviewed on CBC’s All in a Day radio show to talk book awards, characters, and lots more!

2024-04-04
🏅 BOOK AWARD NEWS: 
River of Crows has won the Silver Medal in the international Wishing Shelf Book Awards!

2023-09-16
🏅 BOOK AWARD NEWS:  River of Crows was just listed as a finalist in the 2023 Canadian Book Club Awards. Winners will be announced in December.

Why I Pulled My Books From Kindle

CW: This post is a bit of rant. Feel free to skip it unless you want the details. The tl;dr is that you can no longer get my ebooks on Kindle (but paperbacks are still available on Amazon, for now) because I'm tired of AI and megacorp overreach, and I'm especially...

Please Vote for My Books!

I recently learned that three of my Arcanium books (River of Crows, Mirror of Wolves, and Stone of Serpents) have all been nominated for multiple Indie Ink Awards! The Indie Ink Awards are a combined readers' choice and judged competition and I need your help to get...

Book 4 Cover Teaser

And the countdown is on! The cover and title reveal for book 4 will drop next week, on August 5th on Bluesky (but newsletter subscribers and Ko-Fi members will get to see it early, this Saturday). In the meantime, here's a quick teaser for you: The book will launch in...
Arcanium Book Bundle Now Available

Arcanium Book Bundle Now Available

I have a big announcement today! I have a brand-new author bookshop, wherein you can now buy e-books directly from the author (that would be me). You can also -- and this is the exciting part -- buy a bundle of all the currently-available books in the Arcanium series at a...

River of Crows Shortlisted for Rubery Book Award

River of Crows Shortlisted for Rubery Book Award

I am thrilled to announce that River of Crows was shortlisted for this year's Rubery Book Award in the Children's and YA category! It did not win, but it was still very exciting to make it to the shortlist. 😊 This makes three awards now, either won or shortlisted/finalist,...

My CBC All in a Day Radio Interview!

My CBC All in a Day Radio Interview!

Last week I got a very exciting email inviting me to be a guest on CBC Radio's All in Day program, and today we chatted about my Wishing Shelf Book Award silver medal win, the inspiration for River of Crows, writing for kids, and lots more! Check out the interview here!...

River of Crows book award news

I'm knee-deep in last-minute prep work for the upcoming book 3 launch (more details on that coming soon!), so this is just going to be a super-quick update to let everyone know that I got an exciting email very early this...

Why I Pulled My Books From Kindle

CW: This post is a bit of rant. Feel free to skip it unless you want the details. The tl;dr is that you can no longer get my ebooks on Kindle (but paperbacks are still available on Amazon, for now) because I'm tired of AI...

River of Crows Nominated for an Award!

So… I have some big book news that I can finally share with you today! A few weeks ago I got a very exciting email from the good folks over at Cybils.com informing me that River of Crows has been nominated by a member of...

Book 3 Title and Cover Reveal

It's the end of Canadian Children's Book Week, so I think it's only fitting that this should be the day to share two really big book news things! The first is that we're now in the final stretch leading up to the launch of...
A stack of paperback books showcasing the cover for Mirror of Wolves.
River of Crows book award news

River of Crows book award news

I'm knee-deep in last-minute prep work for the upcoming book 3 launch (more details on that coming soon!), so this is just...

My First Author Interview!

My First Author Interview!

With the recent announcement about River of Crows being listed as a finalist in the Canadian Book Club Awards, publicity...

Canadian Book Club Awards News!

Canadian Book Club Awards News!

I overslept this morning and woke up to an email telling me River of Crows is a finalist in the 2023 Canadian Book Club...