Looking for a gift for your favourite teacher? Have I got a holiday treat for you! My friend James McCann recently launched his marvellous new book for middle grade readers, THE THREE SPARTANS, published by Crwth Press. When Arthur and his friend Lea decide to stand up to Zeke and his Immortal gang in Birch Bay, it means war. While Art and Lea’s goal of maintaining control over their fort in the woods, ultimately the Spartans learn how to stand up for themselves and their fri

‘My Grape’ Queen has a new novel out! [See what I did there…?] Okay, so Laura Bradbury’s not just my queen, but she is the queen of the ‘My Grape’ series of autobiographies. And this year Laura, who has recently come through a life-saving liver transplant, continues full-speed ahead, with all flags flying. An internationally best-selling author with her Burgundy-set series, she’s decided to branch out and has written her very first novel. A VINEYARD FOR TWO may have a familia

Happy Valentine’s Day! This is the day that kicked things off for Emma Sheridan, sending her on her quest to find her Fraser. “I first met Jamie Fraser when I was nineteen years old. He was tall, red-headed, and at our first meeting at least, a virgin. I fell in love hard, fast, and completely. He was older than me. He was taller than me. He knew how to ride a horse, wield a sword, and stitch a wound. He was, in fact, the perfect man. That he was fictional hardly entered into

Congratulations! Send me an email at kcdyer@shaw.ca and I’ll get your prize off to you asap! More soon… ~kc #SaraFlynnMegTillySolaceIsland #giveaway

Horror-fied that it’s almost December? Me, too! Where did this year go to? I can tell you where my November has gone — into the pages of an old-new project. But I just pressed ‘send’ yesterday, and now my lovely agent has more holiday reading material. To celebrate finishing, and also the arrival of my friend Michael Slade’s new ebook [discussed HERE, in case you missed it], I’m going to have a little contest. All you have to do is answer the following ‘skill-testing question

Look what I came home to! Today is the official launch day of this beautiful Berkley edition of FINDING FRASER! And to add to the excitement, the story has been selected as a Fresh Pick on the FreshFiction.com blog. Hooray! Here’s what they have to say: The Fresh Pick is chosen by a group of readers and is never a purchased advertisement or promotion. We’ve picked this book because it appeals to us and we like to share our diverse tastes in reading and hope you’ll give it a t

Fountain pen love… It’s February 1st — hooray! We’ve made it through the gloomiest month of the year. Not yet clear of winter, but the optimism of spring seems less distant, doesn’t it? Today also begins the Month of Letters, as established a couple of years ago by the wonderful Mary Robinette Kowal, [author of The Glamourist Histories, WORD PUPPETS and more]. The challenge, as noted at the Lettermo.com site, is simple: In the month of February, mail at least one item through

Actually — more than one. SEVEN! Seven lucky winners! Goodreads closed the Tantor Audio Book giveaway on the 27th, but since I’ve been crawling out from under the #SiWC15 crazy this week, I haven’t had a time to announce it before now. So — the lucky five American winners on Goodreads of a copy of FINDING FRASER in audio were: Christelle, Mikeo, Ann, Jessica and Erma. [Click through to see the actual post…]. And you WERE lucky, as there were 756 people entered in the draw! I

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/158125-finding-fraser However, this is only open to American readers. So — for Canadians and readers around the world, I’m going to do a separate giveaway right here! To sign up, put a post up on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest indicating your interest in winning a copy and linking to this post — and you’ll be in! [If you want to be sure I have your name, you can put the link below in the comments]. I’ll give two audio books away [on C