Posts Tagged ‘love lettering project’
Exciting news: A two-book deal!
I’m just so thrilled to announce that my Love Lettering Project-based picture book has been picked up by Yvette Ghione at Kids Can Press in a two-book deal!! Cue the confetti cannons!!! It will come out in Spring 2021, with Book 2 out the following spring. A huge thanks to my agent, Kelvin Kong at…
Read MoreWriting the City, Part II: The Junction
Do you love the Junction? Do you love to write? Join me for a *free* 8-week writing workshop at the Annette Street Library where we will find our creative voices, inspired by the Junction. Annette St. Library: 145 Annette St., Toronto Adult workshops (18+): Thursdays from 6:30-8pm: Sept. 20, 27 / Oct. 11, 18, 25…
Read MoreJuly 2, 2018: My love letter to picnics on CBC Radio
It’s no secret that I love picnicking. I LOVE PICNICKING! I love picnicking so much, I picnic in the winter because I can’t wait until summer. 2018 has been the most picnic-filled year I’ve ever had, what with the two or three, sometimes even 4 picnics I had a day in Buenos Aires. Just the…
Read MoreThe David Suzuki Foundation: Love letters to nature
This spring, I had the great honour of partnering with the David Suzuki Foundation for their 30×30 Nature Challenge where we asked people to write love letters to nature. We kicked off the month with a public event, and ever since then, I’ve been floored by the response. I’d scroll through Instagram and Twitter daily (using: #30x30challenge and #lovenature)…
Read MoreNorth north north + love love love
I’ve just returned from a week in the north. There was so much light, I couldn’t bear to sleep and miss any moment of the glorious sun. Everything about it was incredible. To mark the 10th year of The Love Lettering Project, I collaborated with DreamCatcher Mentoring for a three-city tour of Canada’s North. Supported in part by…
Read MoreThe Love Lettering Project’s 5-city UK tour
I’m not sure I could’ve dreamed up a more incredible June. I took The Love Lettering Project to the UK for a 5-city tour, where I asked folks in London, Brighton, Bristol, Liverpool and Nottingham what they loved about where they lived. It was extraordinarily inspiring. More about all of the amazing love letters folks…
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