Scott Carter's Blog

This gentleman was kind enough to suggest my first novel, Blind Luck, as one he would add to his top 100 Canadian Novels during CBC's Cross Country Checkup examination of caller's favourite, citing it as, "a great cottage or camping read." Thank you, sir, for adding me to the good company.

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Book Lovers Ball Interview Series, with Scott Carter

As we count down the days to one of the hottest literary events of the year, the Book Lover's Ball, we are getting the inside scoop from several of the gala's guest authors.

Today we speak with Scott Carter, the author of Barrett Fuller's Secret (Dundurn), which tells the story of a beloved children's author who writes under a pseudonym in order to hide his rakish, womanising lifestyle. A crisis emerges when the author receives a blackmail note challenging him to live by the moral his books espouse.

Scott tells us about who amongst his fellow authors he'd most like to sit beside, and his experiences with the library system — the Book Lover's Ball is a fundraiser for the Toronto Public Library. The February 6 event will gather more than fifty of the country's finest authors with bibliophile philanthropists to support one of the busiest urban library systems in North America.

Stay tuned for more interviews with guest authors from the Book Lover's Ball!

Open Book:

This year the Book Lovers Ball features entertainment that brings books to life on stage. Tell us a bit about your most recent book.

Scott Carter:

Barrett Fuller’s Secret is the story of a world-famous children’s author who writes under a pseudonym because he lives an unsavory life. His world is rocked when he receives a series of extortion letters demanding that he live up to the morals he espouses or be outed to the public as the heavy-drinking womanizer that he is.

OB:

What will you be wearing to the gala?

SC:

I’ll be styled by Paul V. Noble.

OB:

This event raises funds for the Toronto Public Library system, one of the busiest urban library systems in the world. What do you see as a library's role in the city? What has your own experience of libraries been like?

SC:

A library’s role is to provide access to ideas and information. I grew up in the Beaches and my mother took me to libraries on a regular basis. Getting my own library card was a big deal to me. It meant I had a say and I loved that. I attended reading programs, children’s author readings and puppet shows at local libraries as a kid, and now that I’m a father my daughter goes to the Riverdale library regularly. I’m grateful for the many opportunities that our city’s library system provides.

OB:

One of the unique things about the Book Lovers Ball is how it allows avid readers to meet some of their favourite writers. With what Canadian writer, living or dead, would you most like to sit at dinner? What might you ask him or her?

SC:

I love storytellers so I’d enjoy sitting down with any writer but at this moment, I’ll go with Yann Martel. I just read Life of Pi again and I have a lot of questions I’d love to discuss.

I had a great time on the Ward and Al show on Sirius XM channel 167. We talked literature, movies, secrets and West Avenue Cider's creation of a cider named after the book! Ward and Al are charming, insightful hosts of a great show. Thanks for having me. I'll post an mp3 of the interview soon.

Excited to have been invited as an author to the Book Lover's Ball in support of the Toronto Public Library system. Should be a great night for a great cause.

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A big thank you to the people at Good Looking Kids for doing such a fine job.

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Barrett Fuller's Secret Launch party

Author Scott Carter held a get together for the launch of his second novel and one of the most anticipated books of the season, Barrett Fuller's Secret, at the Bata Shoe Museum in September. Royal LePage, Hyper Energy, The Real Jerk and West Avenue Cider sponsored this event. It was an invitation only event and judging by the crowd, Scott has a very loyal following. It was funny that when I had finished my events for the night, about three hours after covering the book launch, I happened to be passing by the Bata museum on my way home and there on Beverly St. was a women, sitting on the hood of a stretch limo reading Barrett Fuller’s Secret. I guess she couldn’t wait to get home to start reading!  

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In case you missed my guest editing week at the National Post's Afterword, you can check out all of the essays at the following link. It was a lot of fun to explore some important literary questions.

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For the next week, I will be attending discussions on literature at the International Festival of Authors after being selected to be part of their author-delegate programme. Today's discussion was part of the Brave New World series entitled, Polarities and focused on North-London based graphic novelist, Isabel Greenberg.

For the next week, I will be attending discussions on literature at the International Festival of Authors after being selected to be part of their author-delegate programme. Today's discussion was part of the Brave New World series entitled, Polarities and focused on North-London based graphic novelist, Isabel Greenberg.

The good people at West Avenue Cider named a special bourbon aged cider Barrett Fuller's Secret in honor of the book. The special cider appeared at Cask Days at the Brickworks in Toronto. I can't say I imagined having a cider named after the book when I was writing it, but it was a lot of fun to see Barrett Fuller's Secret on a cask. If you dig cider, check out West Avenue at www.westavenuecider.ca or on Twitter at @WestAvenueCider. They are great people and clearly book lovers. Many thanks to their wonderful energy.