Interview with Books For Breakfast

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Robert Paul Weston

Last week I did and interview with Dan Evans, who works at the wonderful Bookshelf Cafe & Cinema in Guelph. He also happens to be one of the hosts of CFRU 93.3‘s morning radio program, Books for Breakfast. For some …
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Dust City Book Trailer

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Robert Paul Weston

This week, I spoke at a battle-of-the-books event, one with an internet hook-up between Toronto and Winnipeg, where Dust City is on the shortlist for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award. At the event, groups of students put together presentations …
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The Orangey Wasteland of a Finished Manuscript

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Robert Paul Weston

Last week, I finished the rewrite on a new book. It’s one I once told myself I would never do. By this, I mean something in the same rhyming verse as Zorgamazoo. But of course I was up against an …
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Silence is a Virtue, says Ben Franklin

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Robert Paul Weston

Remember when you were a kid (or, if you are a kid, cast your mind back to maybe last week), when your mom told you “silence is a virtue”? Yeah, I remember that, too. I heard it a lot. I was …
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Judging Books By Their Covers

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Robert Paul Weston

It’s the old adage. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Don’t make decisions based on appearances alone. Look beyond the surface. Et cetera. All tantamount to another old chestnut: It’s what’s inside that counts. Recently, however, a couple things …
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