It was a total thrill to go to the annual conference of the English editors’ association, the SfEP (Society for Editors and Proofreaders), in Lancaster in early September. I attend the Editors [...]
Photo by Landfall Trust board member Dennis Flynn I'm completely thrilled to have been awarded a writer's residency in Brigus this fall. Brigus is, of course, a place of spectacular [...]
If you’re looking for a last-minute gift, think about Anne Enright’s book The Forgotten Waltz. Enright, who shot to celebrity when she won the Man Booker in 2007, gave a terrific reading [...]
ONE MORE DAY! Because my Maxine photo contest closed on a long weekend, I've extended it slightly. New and final deadline: Tuesday 3 September 2013, 5 pm Newfoundland time. All you have [...]
If you don't know about my summer reading contest, head over to www.clairewilkshire.com/contest for details on how to win. All entries must be in by 31 August 2013.
I often read several books at once, a page or two here and there, so it can take me a long time to finish them. I’ve been working through Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, [...]
A friend asked me recently about all. Her sentence was going to run something like this: All I wanted was my blue bathrobe, a toothbrush, and the fuzzy slippers with the sheep [...]
I’ve never blogged before. I’m going to try it. I’d tell you what it will be about, only I don’t know yet. Nerdy wordy things, I expect. You can subscribe if you [...]