A Land in the Storytelling Sea

A Sculpture

Last June, Douglas Haas, my husband, commissioned Waterloo artist Lloyd Walker (http://www.lloydwalkerdesign.com/Welcome.html) to create a sculpture celebrating the May publication of my book, A Land in the Storytelling Sea, in Malta. It’s an extraordinarily beautiful work–the loveliest gift I’ve ever received–standing 26″ (66 cm). A writer sits at the edge of her chair, poised…

A Land in the Storytelling Sea available Saturday, 6 December 2014

Ten copies of A Land in the Storytelling Sea will be available for purchase on Saturday, 6 December 2014, at Christ Lutheran Church, 445 Anndale Rd. (at Lexington), Waterloo, ON, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Photos from the Canadian launch of A Land in the Storytelling Sea

Thank you, Douglas Haas!

Many thanks to concert organist Douglas Haas for his help and support at the Canadian launch of A Land in the Storytelling Sea on 28 September 2014 at Gallery on the Grand, Kitchener, Ontario.

Thank you, Jane Ann McLachlan!

Many thanks to writer Jane Ann McLachlan (http://www.janeannmclachlan.com/) for selling every book at the Canadian launch of A Land in the Storytelling Sea on 28 September 2014 at Gallery on the Grand.

Thank you, Annette Haas!

Many thanks to Annette Haas, singer and songwriter (http://www.annettehaas.ca/), for her help in launching A Land in the Storytelling Sea at Gallery on the Grand, Kitchener, Ontario, on 28 September.

Thank you, Elizabeth Clarke!

Many thanks to Elizabeth Clarke (http://elizabethclarke-yourwaterloo.weebly.com/about-elizabeth.html), CEO of YWCA Kitchener-Waterloo (http://www.ywcakw.on.ca/), for MC-ing the Canadian launch of A Land in the Storytelling Sea at Gallery on the Grand, Kitchener, on 28 September 2014.

Thank you, Gallery on the Grand (Kitchener, Ontario)!

Many thanks to Dave and Alison Burkett for hosting the Canadian launch of A Land in the Storytelling Sea at Gallery on the Grand, Kitchener, Ontario (http://www.galleryonthegrand.com/), on 28 September 2014. A stunning, welcoming space for the event!

Thank you, Christ Lutheran Church (Waterloo, Ontario)!

Many thanks to Pastor James Brown and Church Council Chair Conrad Knabenschuh of Christ Lutheran Church, Waterloo, Ontario, for advertising the Canadian launch of A Land in the Storytelling Sea on the church’s sign board on busy Lexington Road.

Reading in October

I’m reading from A Land in the Storytelling Sea at 12.15 p.m. on Wednesday, 15 October 2014, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Kitchener.

Canadian Launch of A Land in the Storytelling Sea

A Land in the Storytelling Sea will be launched in Canada on Sunday, 28 September 2014, from 4 to 5.30 p.m. (this is a drop-in event) at Gallery on the Grand, Kitchener: http://www.galleryonthegrand.com/.