Sylvia McNicoll

©   My birthday present finally came–my most expensive phone to date. A phone that I will use for taking photos and movies, porting presentations, keeping notes, storing addresses and dates, reading and listening to books, texting, Skyping, googling and much,…

  What’s the difference between Michael  the man and Michael Crummey the writer? At Burlington Public Library’s One Book One Burlington celebration, newly Governor General nominated Michael Crummey was asked that question.  He answered something…

“I like Canadian authors because there is not a lot of them and they are all really good.” Yesterday, Jennifer Maruno (Totem, Kid Soldier, War Bird & The Cherry Blossom Series) and I met some wonderful readers.  Here are the names of some of the young people who…

For Toronto’s Word on the Street, Andrea Wayne Von Koningslow (Bing and Chutney) and I sat at the CANSCAIP booth while two new young writers stood in front drawing people in. One was a “selfie” with two picture books.  They seemed well enough…

In the attention competition, reading has been slipping of late not I think because of video games, television or music but because of the increased use of social media, Facebook, Twitter, tumblir, instagram, Youtube and Younameit.  I know I can spend great amounts of…

 Recently a google search produced a website where the writer performed a Cover Snark review.  She revealed some 28 covers that someone had submitted and she gently made fun of them. The comment on my upcoming Feb 2015 release: “I really hope the construction…