I am excited to announce that Project Animal Farm has been selected as Kindle Deal of the Month in December!
This means that the e-book is only two dollars. Two dollars? For a book that.
As I look back at 2016, here are 25 of my favorite notes from readers of Project Animal Farm during the year. I am deeply humbled by all the support.
Happy Thanksgiving!
As I wrote in a piece for Huffington Post two years ago, “The roots of Thanksgiving lie in expressing gratitude for harvests of crops. That’s right—Thanksgiving is actually a harvest festival.” Here are some delicious recipes to try:
I had the pleasure of meeting with Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo on October 28, 2016 during his trip to Toronto for the International Festival of Authors. I interviewed him about his writing career, which has spanned three decades from the publication of his first book Mohawk in 1986 to the publication of his most recent book Everybody’s Fool in May 2016. The book is a sequel to Nobody’s Fool, published in 1993 and made into a feature film.
Here is a quick little excerpt from Chapter Two of Project Animal Farm. It continues off from Chapter One, which I shared in the September newsletter. In case you missed it, here is the link to Chapter One. Happy reading!
BIG news: We’re taking Project Animal Farm global. The e-book became available globally in English earlier this month. The paperback became available here for residents of the United Kingdom and Europe. If you have friends or family in the U.K. or Europe, please spread the word!
I loved my speaking engagements at the Ottawa and Kingston Writers Festivals in the last couple of weeks. I spoke at the Kingston Writers Festival on September 29 and the Ottawa Writers Festival on October 15. Both attracted a terrific array of people of all ages.
The event in Kingston featured my youngest audience to date, mostly middle school students. They were incredibly engaged, interested, and intelligent. The event in Ottawa featured a conversation on stage with the festival’s Founding Director Neil Wilson, as well as an audience interested in food literacy. I am humbled to say that Project Animal Farm was well received at both events!
I am grateful to the festivals and their sponsors for hosting me. Both events were also supported by wonderful bookstores and tech teams as well.
I am pleased to announce that today marks the paperback release of Project Animal Farm! I personally can’t believe how light the paperback is—it just disappears in my purse. The book is perfect for anyone interested in food issues, sustainability, or animals—and for anyone who simply wants to get immersed in an adventurous story.
I was pleased to speak at the Toronto and Guelph Vegetarian Food Festivals this month. Both festivals took place at beautiful venues along the water in their respective cities and were attended by thousands of people. The food was delicious and the conversations delightful. The presence of family and friends made the days even better!
September will be a month of events for me, as the paperback version of Project Animal Farm will be released close to the end of the month! Here’s what’s on the agenda.
I spent a magical weekend in the foothills of upstate New York, at an annual conference of Farm Sanctuary, an organization that rescues farm animals. I kicked off the conference, called the Hoedown, by being the first speaker.
Project Animal Farm Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Chinese, and Audiobook (E-book not pictured above!)[/caption]
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