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Talking Dead Kids and Dance Movies at My Summer Lair

The other week, I had the pleasure of meeting with my old friend Sammy Younan, a friend from my days when I tabled frequently at Toronto comic conventions. He’s got an interview radio show named My Summer Lair on Girth Radio, during which we discussed comic books, my Dead Kid Detective Agency book series, and [...]

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I embarrass myself at All Lit Up

In honour of Back To School looming next week – and the publication of my new book for young readers, Loyalist to a Fault – I talked to indie CanLit website, All Lit Up about some of my more embarrassing moments in school. Below is a preview, a preamble to a series of unfortunate events [...]

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Writing out of spite

Earlier this week, I was interviewed by Rene Rude over at her website, Rudes Review, which covers book, TV, movies, and games.
Here are a couple of highlights from the interview, during which I talk about Dead Kid Detective Agency series’ appendices (my favourite part of the books) and how petulant spite led me to becoming [...]

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Stealing Time with the Humber Literary Review

Hot new Toronto-based literary journal The Humber Literary Review has started an interview series called ‘Stealing Time,’ in which they examine how writers and artists find time to make the things they want to make. In an unexpected honour, they asked me to be their second such interviewee. It’s a stellar new journal produced by [...]

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