This short story was inspired by something my Icelandic-Canadian grandma saw on a bus. photo by…
Leanne Dyck
Book Review: The Shoe on the Roof by Will Ferguson
Buy this book Published in 2017 Published by Simon and Schuster Canada Thomas is a medical student…
Magdalene College’s bell tower (short story) by Leanne Dyck
(me completing my studies circa the 1980s) To honour all those who have returned to their…
Making Writing Pay
(me and my friends playing ‘row, row the boat’ photo by a co-worker, circa the 1990s)…
Lazy Bones (short story)
photo by ldyck She phoned her mother every week. Even though it wasn’t always a pleasant…
Book Review: We Are All Made of Molecules (YA) by Susin Neilsen
When their newly-single parents fall in love. Stewart (a nerd) and Ashley (the It Girl) are…
Interview with award-winning author Susin Nielsen
SUSIN NIELSEN is the award-winning author of Word Nerd, Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom,…
My Writer’s Desk (short story) by Leanne Dyck
So what’s a writer’s day like? Maybe, like this… ‘writing’ (circa late 2000s) photo by my…
The Woods by Leanne Dyck (short story)
Too early on Friday, June 22, I wrote this very short story for you. I hope…
Book Review: The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
Buy this book The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani follows a circular plot–beginning and ending with…
Island Storyteller (short story) (2 of 2)
If you missed it or wish to read it again, here’s the link to part 1…
Island Storyteller (short story) (1 of 2)
‘trading post–the oldest grocery store on Mayne Island’ ldyck I scanned the row of vehicles parked…
10 Books for Canada Day
Happy Canada Day! These old friends have been on my bookshelf for years. It’s time that…
Author Susin Nielsen’s writing workshop
“at the writers’ workshop” ldyck On a soggy Friday in June, seven writers met at the…
Book Review: Independent People (an Icelandic classic) by Halldor Laxness
Knowing that my mom’s people came from Iceland, a friend lent me her copy of… “an…
CBC radio and me (1 of 2)
A radio with silver knobs and in a brown vinyl case sat on a shelf beside…
In the Wind (a poem)
‘nature’s fragility, nature’s beauty’ ldyck Sing to me of trees dressed for autumn, of spring rain, of summer sun,…
Moving to an Island
Mayne Island, my island home, has a population of 1071 (according to Google). ‘Salish Eagle on…
A New Reality (short story)
Inspired by Mother’s Day, I write… ‘a flower for mom’ photo ldyck A New Reality Emily and…
Blue Skies (short story)
photo by ldyck A hand wrapped around my wrist, he started to pull. Down, down, down we…
Valuing my words
“dogwood–I think” photo by ldyck I finished writing my first book (Novelty Yarn) and thought… I’m brilliant;…