Wow. That was fun. I just spent three days in the Near North in the company of 12 other fantastic authors, dozens of dedicated librarians and OLA staff, and THOUSANDS of kids, all excited about books and the Forest of Reading.My book, The Gargoyle at the Gates, has been nominated for a Silver Birch Express award. Thank you to everyone for making the tour so fun and memorable.

A few teeny anecdotes:
1. Michael Glassbourg, one of the other authors on tour, looked awfully familiar when he climbed into the van at the end of his work day. Turns out, he's been my neighbour (he lives one street away) for 20 years. It took an author tour for us to meet. Huh.
2. Kari-Lynn Winter does a FANTASTIC moose call.
3. When a child tells you that you are her favourite author of all time, it would be very easy to burst into tears (but you don't).
4. Somehow, no matter how many bookmarks you sign, they magically never run out!
Here's a blog post with photos: http://phdowding.blogspot.ca/2014/05/...