It was a small but supportive crowd that filled the seats of the downtown Okanagan Regional Library’s meeting room last night (Tuesday, 24 July) for the debut reading of Tales of The Mother Load. About 25 men and women (but mostly women) came out for the event, which featured … Continue reading
I want to come off cool as a cucumber. Casual as a… ummm, what’s casual, anyway? Well, as casual as that. But the truth is I’m a bundle of nervous energy now that MY FIRST BOOK IS ON THE MARKET!!!! Did I just scream that? Sorry! I’ll try to reign … Continue reading
For the last year and a half I’ve been writing a weekly column in the Penticton Herald called The Mother Load. It’s been a sort of outlet for my thoughts, feelings, and experiences as a mum of two young children and, for a while, it also appeared here, on The … Continue reading
The room was abuzz with chatter, punctuated by laughter and the occasional juicy tidbit of gossip when members of “The Book Club” met for their monthly get-together last summer. “It’s actually just called “Book Club,” but we added the ‘the’ because it sounds more professional,” joked long-time member Leah Muirhead. … Continue reading
It’s almost overwhelming when you walk inside. The books. The books. The books. For a bibliophile such as me, it’s almost too much to handle. It had been a long time – at least three years – since I stepped foot in one of my favourite stores, The Bookshop on … Continue reading
Despite the fact that my yard is about the size of a postage stamp and will accommodate only a scattering of pots for a garden (that is, if I want any space at all for the kids to turn around twice), I jumped at the chance to receive a review … Continue reading
“The contents of someone’s bookcase are a part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.” -Anatole Breyard There has been so much buzz about e-literature lately, via such technology as the Kindle, iPads, smart phones and just straight ahead computers. I have to admit that the idea of carrying a … Continue reading
An unassuming box, filled with paper and words, tells much of the story of Darcie Friesen Hossack’s last 10 years. A manuscript of stories, dotted and lined with penciled edits, the occasional coffee stain decorating its margins, takes up the bulk of the hold. With it is stashed a certificate … Continue reading
Last month I wrote about how I was exchanging books with my 16-year-old niece, Avery, for my summer reading selection. She would read a book of my choosing, and I would read one that she picked out. I gave her Treveryan, by Angela DuMaurier, and she gave me The Last … Continue reading
“Treveryan. I like to think of you stately and once so loved, at the end of the avenue of beeches; where once a yew tree stood; where a lake was in which swam wild swans.” -Angela du Maurier, Treveryan I first heard of the book Treveryan, by Angela du Maurier, … Continue reading
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I’m Lori-Anne. I’m a writer, photographer, wife, mother, coffee lover, adventurer and dreamer. Did I mention I love old stuff? Pour yourself a cup of something hot and stay a spell – I’d love to get to know you!
