The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia is once again sponsoring Booktoberfest, a literary event featuring the latest works from Nova Scotia writers and publishers. The event is at the Halifax…

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This year has gone by frighteningly fast! The weather remains cooler and damper than we would typically see in Ottawa. All the rain we’ve received has resulted in abundant harvests and lush l…

Somewhat Grumpy Press is proud to announce we’ve signed a publishing contract with Janet Drew for her non-fiction collection Tales from the Blue Dot. “Earth is home to some pretty weird and w…

Can you believe it’s already September? Here in Eastern Ontario, we’ve had a wet but fruitful growing season, with very few of the super-hot days and none of the extended drought that plagued other…

I recently spent another week in the Vancouver area, as one does when one used to live there, and family and friends are there. As usual, I visited a mix of the familiar, the changed, and the new. …

and why I should have done more of it before I started this series... Yesterday, my descended-from-angels publisher contacted me with some details about the cover for my upcoming book, Pins & Roses. We ended up discussing stocking colour and materials, as Ruth, if she passes, gets to change her stockings from brown to white. It's a big step. But I wondered what they were made of, back in 1949.

Coming soon – Pacific, a new, and different, crime novel from Glenn Burwell, author of the Robert Lui Detective series.

Curse of the Teed House Jennifer McMullin Every house has its secrets, some more sinister than others. It is the summer of 1925 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Newlyweds James and Mildred Teed move …

Ocean's Lure by Tim R Covell

It is the story of two sisters, Dolly, age 72, and Bernadette, age 60, who spent 14 days hitchhiking across Newfoundland.

I'm knee deep in my new book, Pins & Roses, merrily sending Ruth MacLean here and there through all of her regular travails. It's such fun! Right now she is just arriving at the military base in Churchill, where she's been sent to provide relief, TB vaccinations, and labour and delivery help. She also hopes to see her boyfriend, Richard, and reignite their relationship.

Greetings Friends, It’s been one of those heavy, muggy but cool days here in Ottawa. I was woken about 4 a.m. by the sounds of preparation for this year’s Iron Man competition, which st…

Thumbin' The Rock is the story of a fourteen-day trip t…

Somewhat Grumpy Press is proud to announce we’ve signed a publishing agreement with Kingston, Ontario writer Bill Wittur, for his topical science-fiction novels Mr. Kite and Extinction Event.…

Thought on hotels, especially the vanishing roadside motels.

I’ve been driving between Nova Scotia and Ontario for decades, and always find new things to explore along the way.

Founded in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 2020

Bernadette Shea and her sister Dolly, both from northern Ontario, spoke a few times over the years about travelling across the island of Newfoundland. It was something left sitting on the bucket list,...

Detective Robert Lui 2-3: Two book set: A Sin Offering & Greenside by Glenn Burwell

Photo by Bibhukalyan Acharya on Pexels.com I'm sitting by my open windows, listening to the rain thundering down, thunder growling in the distance, the splash of cars as they drive by in the fast-forming puddles. One of the things I love most about living in Ontario is rain being nowhere in sight and then pouring down like a blessed shower. This year it has reminded me of standing under the waterfalls in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland - it's so madly intense.

You know - unusual heat, fires, people trying to steal elections, Alberta losing the thread, wars, genocide . . . all we need is another pandemic before we all lose our wits. So how better to cope with this than spending my time in 1948 Kingston, with my darling Ruth Maclean in her last year of nursing school. The book will be titled…