A Blurred History

In honor of all things Harry Potter: I thought I'd share one of my favorite Potter moments, which came as a big surprise was I was in Lo...

Being of the far Northern bloodlines (Scottish/Scandinavian) my pale, red-headed self usually shrinks from extreme heat and too much sun exp...

Reading through Captain John Smith's* History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles , first published in 1624, I became mired i...

As a writer of YA, and particularly YA that has dark themes, I tend to keep an eye on debates about "quality content." I quirk a c...

British Library = Literary Heaven Having been advised by a colleague that reading rooms fill up quickly, I made the short walk from my resid...

I have arrived and am now trying to adjust to typing on the British keyboard in the internet centre of my residence, a keyboard that has jus...

In a few short hours I'll be winging my way across the Atlantic (on a jet plane, alas I have yet to sprout wings). The next two weeks wi...