Upcoming Events

September 1 - December 31, 2025
Promoted Local Author event
Thistletown Books
Port Dalhousie

September 24   5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
NOTL Public Library
Seasons Book Launch
'Unexpected Gifts'

September 27 & 28  11:00 am - 4:00 p.m.
Ontario Culture Days in Queenston, Ontario
I'm at the South Landing Inn and Kent Hotel

Past Events

June 2025
Appleby College
Moderator
'Finding Your Voice'

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NOTL Strawberry Festival
Reif Mother's Day Market
Reif Christmas Market
Someday Books - Local Authors Reading
NOTL Farmers Market

August 17
Book Signing
Chapters/Indigo
Fairview Mall, St. Catharines, ON

September 7
NOTL Farmers Market
Book Sales and Signings

September 8
Eden Mills Writers Festival
Publishers Way

September 21
Book Signing
Someday Books
St. Catharines, ON

July 27
NOTL Farmers Market

July 13
Bookapalooza
Minden, ON

June 14
Cambridge Festival of the Arts

January 16
Ontario Library Association Conference
Toronto, Ontario
December 24
Podcast with Andrew Buckley
Using a software editing program

Sunday, December 10
South Simcoe Arts Festival Award Ceremony
Bradford Community Centre/Library

Guelph - Indigo Store
Saturday, September 9
Stone Rd. Mall

The Eden Mills Writers Festival
Sunday, September 10
Eden Mills Publishers Way

Bookapalooza
Saturday September 16
Minden Curling Club

Niagara Parks Coast to Coast
'Canada's Family Women' Literary Series
featured guest
November 9, 2023
Laura Secord Museum and Chapel, Queenston
niagaraparks.com/coast-to-coast


Book Clubs!

September 27 - St. Catharines Retired Teachers

October 9 - NOTL Newcomers






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 Selected PAST EVENTS:

NOTL Strawberry Festival
June 2023

NOTL Farmer's Market
August/September 2023

Book Launch
April 2023
Yellow Door Theatre
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Seven Steps to a Successful Short Story
NOTL Public Library  February 2023
workshop with Sharon Frayne

MUSKOKA NOVEL MARATHON - VIRTUAL EVENT
July 2022 (winner - Rainbow Fire)

MUSKOKA NOVEL MARATHON - VIRTUAL EVENT
 July 16 - 19, 2021  (winner - longest novel, 'bum-in-seat - WEBS)   

MUSKOKA NOVEL MARATHON - VIRTUAL EVENT
July 2020 (winner - The Sound of a Rainbow)

MUSKOKA NOVEL MARATHON 
July 2019 (winner - A Chain of Broken Hearts)                                             

FIFTEEN STORIES HIGH - AWARDS AND BOOK LAUNCH
 MAY 29, St. Catharines Public Library (Virtual event)
sponsored by the Niagara Canadian Authors Association

  POETS, PAINTINGS AND PROSE
April 24, St. Catharines Public Library (Virtual event)
  Blue Pools, New Zealand - story by Samantha Craggs
   
 FIFTEEN STORIES HIGH - AWARDS AND BOOK LAUNCH
March 28, St. Catharines Public Library                          

                                                                              

February 2020                                Rising Spirits Celebration, Old Winery, NOTL
                                                                  Public Reading, Sometime Books, St. Catharines

January 7th                                     Launch - NOTL Writer's Circle and NOTL Public Library
                                                                    Public Reading  - with MC Holmes Hooke
                                                                         my poem 'Second Chance'        

Oct. 29th                                                  NOTL Writer's Circle Celebration and Anthology Release
Sept. 16 - 17th                                   Carmel Fine Art & Music Festival (Reading and Book Sales)
Saturday, March 18,  2017        St. Catharines Public Library       Book Sale and Signing    2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 4th,  2017              NOTL Historical Museum             Lecture, Book Launch and Signing  1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 10th,  2017          NOTL Strawberry Festival           Public Reading and Book Sale

Friday, June 23, 2017                    CAA Conference, Toronto             Open Mic 

Monday, July 3rd, 2017               Simcoe Park NOTL                           Public Reading and Book Sale

Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017                 NOTL Community Centre              Guest Speaker NOTL Rotary Club