With all the foreign editions of Red is Best already published, the announcement of more to come from the Sales & Rights Manager at Annick Press last week came as quite a surprise. Also, it’s now 30 years since the book’s first publication!
But this year will see the addition of two new French versions, one through Editions de L’Ecole/ Pastel in France and another (as a board book) through Editions Scholastic in North America.
However you choose to say it, it seems that red really is best!





Ever wondered what’s in some of those little notebooks writers interrupt conversations, or suddenly sit up in bed, to scribble in? As the year draws to a close, I’m going to give you a peek at a sampling of my 2011 scribbles, with remarks added at the time of this posting in square brackets.
Can you imagine, as a writer, not having your own computer?
Here I am with Margie Wolfe at a party in spring 2006. Her company, Second Story Press, published 
“Sock Fluff” was my introduction to Loris Lesynski, back in the early 90s, before it was published by Annick Press, in
I haven’t done it often, but within a reasonable distance from my home in Rockwood (which is near Guelph) Ontario, I do.
I wanted a website that would help promote me and my books, but I had no idea about how to set one up, and wasn’t willing to take time away from my writing to learn. Luckily for me, my sister knew how to do it. Creating websites is part of 

