
I love teachers! I’ve heard from so many teachers that they think THE FRAME-UP will be so […]
I love teachers! I’ve heard from so many teachers that they think THE FRAME-UP will be so […]
It’s been another great week for The Frame-Up! This past Monday, I was interviewed by on Q, a radio […]
Sometimes you read a book at the exact right time. With all of the attacks on the media […]
Things are humming along with The Frame-Up! Quill and Quire Magazine I was interviewed recently by […]
I’m mostly off the road this week and it is a welcome relief, though I absolutely love meeting my […]
It was a beautiful sunny day for Lord Beaverbrook Day at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, and the perfect day […]
I always knew who the heroine of my book would be. I’d seen her many times over the years, […]
Much as I love Mona Dunn, I love Patsy Ryder even more. Painted in the late 1940s by […]
I’m not going to lie: I LOVE The Cotterell Family One of the things that struck me […]
How dashing is this painting? In the story, Mona needed a friend who was dashing, chivalrous, and […]
It is a haunting portrait. Lucian Freud’s Hotel Bedroom, painted in 1954, is one of the most popular […]
And a good time was had by all… Philippe Mercier (French, 1689-1760) Bacchanalian piece: Sir Thomas Samwell and […]
It’s Time to Pre-Order The Frame-Up! Two months from today The Frame-Up hits bookstores! But I’d love […]
Spring has sprung and it only seems appropriate to talk about the most spring-like painting in the book, Madame […]
The famous acting coach Constantin Stanislavski once said “There are no small parts, only small actors.” I think […]
There are women and then there are WOMEN. Helena Rubinstein was a WOMAN. According to Wikipedia: Helena Rubinstein (born […]
One of my favourite characters in The Frame-Up is Somerset Maugham Why? Well first of all, Maugham is […]
One of the most popular paintings at the Beaverbrook Art Galley is Merrymaking. This locale, home […]
I’m not going to lie: this is one of my favourite paintings in the world! John Singer […]
At least half of the characters in The Frame-Up are actual paintings. Most of these paintings have been part […]
Since I can’t go to schools or libraries to do visits, I wanted to create a forum for talking about […]
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Happy December! While this holiday season feels like no other, I am comforted by the fact that we are all […]
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