The Reading List

The Reading List is my blog about what I’m currently writing and reading for inspiration.  As a writer and ex lit prof, my approach to reading and writing is creative and experimental.  It’s a far cry from the dry, academic writing I used to do when I went by “Dr.” 

Three years ago, I had a breakdown, went AWOL on the ivory tower and returned to my hometown, Toronto, in search of inspiration and a new way of reading literature that would allow me to chat with literary characters in my head, as if they’re real people (the first thing I was taught never to do during my Ph.D. studies).

The Reading List tells the story of my strange journey of reading my way toward happiness, and pursuing my childhood dream of becoming a writer. 

My memoir was released in February 2012.  It won the 2012 Canada-Japan Literary Award.  For more information, click here.

I am presently at work on an historical novel.