Ron Eckel

Excited to share that my first book, a middle-grade title on the search for alien life, will be published in 2027 by Kids Can Press, and that I'm newly represented by the great Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid literary agency! @roneckel.bsky.social @cookemcdermid.bsky.social

For those curious, this is the description of the session being led by an AI at Eden Mills (it's also the first event of the festival in the program after the launch party). the "fellow co-weaver" is the ED of the foundation that provided funding to create the chatGPT powered AI that wrote the "book

That'll put hair on your chest. Whether you like it or not.

Thank you Ron and CMD, the pleasure is mine 🖤

Graphic: Welcome to CMD, David Demchuk! with a photo of a balding, bearded white man with glasses.

Very pleased to welcome @daviddemchuk.com to the @cookemcdermid.bsky.social agency. www.instagram.com/p/DL3HH2OSN2...

International adventuring.

You’re welcome, Maple Leafs fans.

Medium-sized brindle dog looking up with beseeching eyes.

Ruby wants you to know that trans women are women, trans men are men. And she'd like words with people who want to deny humanity to our friends.

Another stunning book for your TBR lists.

Look out for this one!

What, Exactly, Happened to Justin Trudeau? Is Canada About to Elect Its Trump Now? Sorry—you have to care about another country this week. Don’t worry, it’ll pass.

a brief explainer on whatever's happening in the country that you are, probably, ignoring slate.com/news-and-pol...

Author Andrew Pyper was a ‘universal donor’ Remembering the Canadian writer of ‘thoughtful, mature, wise, but dark novels’ who died January 3

Writers #CraigDavidson and #AndrewPyper were good friends. Here, Craig writes the loveliest tribute to Andrew, and to male friendship. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

It is indeed!

A banged up version if a Batmobile. This toy has been through the wars, no doubt.

This is one of the few toys that has travelled with me since I got it when I was 4! It’s been through a LOT!

Andrew Pyper, Toronto writer of literary thrillers, dead at 56 Toronto writer Andrew Pyper, whose debut novel "Lost Girls" launched a career of bestselling, award-winning literary thrillers, has died.

Andrew Pyper, Toronto writer of literary thrillers, dead at 56

One time at poker, a few years ago, Andrew told us he’d seen an alien. He was so excited! I said he should write about it, expecting a silly little thing. He delivered something so beautiful and moving. I’ve been thinking about the piece today. Read it here: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Awful news today about a great Canadian writer.

Large black box labelled "The Classic TV Series Batmobile" with a picture of a red and black car and a "LEGO" logo in the bottom left corner.

This oughta keep me out of trouble for a bit, huh?

A latge crockpot filled with sauce-covered meatballs. A bowl of clementines and a pineapple are in the background.

The traditional Christmas Eve meatballs are underway.

Happy holidays, my friends!!

The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History First things first. What makes a book cover iconic? There are no hard and fast rules, of course—like anything else, you know it when you see it. But in order to compile this list, I looked for reco…

The most iconic book covers of all time. (In fact one of them might be inked on my body. lithub.com/the-25-most-...

What a incredible list of mentors!

The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024 In 2024, we were very demure, very mindful. We watched the Olympics, but mostly for the muffins. And Raygun. And the pommel horse guy. We played Connections. We held space for the lyrics of “…

The 50 biggest literary stories of 2024. lithub.com/the-50-bigge...

SIMPLY HAVING A

From my partner’s insta, the elusive broccoli-eating land shark. www.instagram.com/reel/DDj3SUK...

Cover of the book We Used to Live Here by Marcys Kliewer. Image is a traditional three storey house but with the image cut up into non-aligned stripes. It’s a creepy effect.

Loved this book. So creepy.

Picture of a beautiful brindle dog named Ruby sniffing a leaf.

Just setting the tone 🤘