Award-winning short story writer and author of two novels for adults, Brent van Staalduinen brings us a powerful YA debut that sheds light on a story that is commonly left untold. In Nothing but Life, we follow the story of Dills whose memories are raw from the day a shooter came into his school library and opened fire. He struggles to talk about the day, but most of all, he struggles to come to terms with the stepfather he loves who has committed the crime. We asked Brent to share some insight into the making of Nothing but Life: 

As a writer of memoir, I’ve experienced the dominoes of fear; fear of starting, fear of failure, fear of telling the whole truth, fear of hurting others. In the big picture of life, I am no stranger to feeling fear and taking action anyhow. I had reached the jumping off point where telling my story felt more important than avoiding my fear of the dark places that could lead.

Today Richard Palmisano talks to us about his new book Meeting Place of the Dead, and the chilling experiences that he and his team had while they investigated a particular house.

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Today Mark Sampson, author of the brand new book Sad Peninsula talks to use about his writing process, how he came up with the title for it, and what the hardest part about writing it was. 

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Today Suzanne Kingsmill, author of Dying for Murder tells us about her brand new book, her creative process, and the best advice that she's ever recieved as a writer.

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Today, Jennifer Maruno sits down with me to tell me about her new book Kid Soldier. Jennifer will be at the OLA on Friday signing copies of her book. Make sure you stop by the Dundurn booth and say hello!

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Today Philippa Dowding, author of The Lost Gargoyle series, sits down with me to talk about her new book The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden.

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Today on the blog is an interview with Ray Argyle, author of Joey Smallwood. Ray tells us about this book, and why he felt the need to write it. Ray also has a new book scheduled with Dundurn called The Paris Game - a biography about Charles de Gaulle

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