Happy Bookstore Day to all who celebrate
Plus, interviews with author Karma Brown and cartoonist Rachel Deutsch
Today is Independent Bookstore Day, and a happy day at that. In our bookstore, like so many across the country, we celebrated authors and books and readers like you. There were parties happening in indies coast to coast, and what a wonderful thing to be able to celebrate indie bookstores. I hope you were able to pop into your local and share in the joy, and perhaps pick up a book, or two, for weekend reading.
We hosted acclaimed author Claire Cameron a few days ago for an event in Creemore, Ontario. It was a wonderful evening, and here’s a clip of the evening as captured by our local media - watch here.
And lastly, we have two interviews to share with you today.
The first is with bestselling author KARMA BROWN, and the second is with cartoonist and writer RACHEL DEUTSCH.
Why I Write
Karma Brown is the author of six novels: the #1 international bestseller Recipe for a Perfect Wife, Come Away with Me (a Globe & Mail Best Book of 2015), Globe & Mail and Toronto Star bestsellers The Choices We Make, In This Moment, The Life Lucy Knew
My First Book
Rachel Deutsch’s writing, cartoons and illustrations have appeared in publications including The New Yorker, PRISM, The Pinch, McSweeney’s, Mother Tongue, Mutha Magazine and in ParentData, the popular newsletter by Emily Oster, the author of Expecting Better
And in case you missed it:
Why I Write
Bob McDonald has been the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks since 1992. He is a regular science commentator on CBC News Network and science correspondent for CBC TV’s The National. He has been honoured with the 2001 Michael Smith Award for science promotion from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, as well as the 2002 Sandford Fleming Medal from the Royal Canadian Institute for Science, and the 2005 McNeil Medal for the public awareness of science from the Royal Society of Canada. In November 2011, McDonald was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is the recipient of thirteen honorary doctorates and, in 2014, asteroid 332324 was officially named BOBMCDONALD in his honour.
Thank you for reading. Have a great weekend.