This is the birthday cake that became a tradition in our family. It was originally baked every year by my son’s Hungarian babysitter, whom he called Baba. After she died, her daughter passed on to me Baba’s treasured, inexact recipe, which works perfectly every time! The line of strawberries is de rigueur! Enjoy! And if you like desserts, check out my new picture book, It Happened on Sweet Street!
Dessert du dimanche! Three fruit cakes: Blueberry Cornmeal, Ginger Plum, Peach and Blackberry. I baked these to celebrate Connecting Writing Women, a group I co-founded to bring Canadian women writers together with new immigrant women writers. Enjoy! And if you like desserts, check out my new picture book, It Happened on Sweet Street!
In honour of the upcoming publication of It Happened on Sweet Street (7 July 2020), I will be posting some pictures of desserts I have myself created, or enjoyed. This is a Black Forest Cake with black and amarena cherries, whipped cream, shaved dark chocolate and kirsch that I made this week for my son’s 21st birthday! Please have a piece!
Hey kids! Enter this Owlkids Books contest to win one of three FREE copies of Pierre & Paul: Avalanche! Click here for details!
It’s such a thrill when the finished book arrives! Thank you so much Owlkids Books for publishing this series that I originally wrote 15 years ago to help my son when he started French Immersion. Thank you Alice Carter for bringing these kids to life!
Thanks to the 49th Shelf for including The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat on its middle-grade Christmas wish list! Read the whole list here!
Aspiring kidlit authors in the Annapolis Valley! Children’s literature is one of the most creative and rewarding genres. I’ll be leading this 2-hour workshop on writing for young readers, sharing insights on writing for the juvenile market, leading participants through exercises that will help them create child-centred stories, as well as offering publishing tips. Click here to register.
Annapolis Valley kids! Please come out to hear this rolicking tale of a hero with a tail. And a flea! Tuesday October 1, 3:30-4:30. Details here.
I’m thrilled to be introducing these two cuties to the world. Pierre and Paul are two friends (deux amis) and the stars of my upcoming bilingual series with Owlkids Books! The first title is Avalanche! which is conveniently the same word in French and English. Many thanks to the talented Alice Carter.
And a good time was had by all! Please check out my conference interview with Kidlit TV.
