Wednesday 23 September 2020

Ottawa Book Award Nominee 2020!

 Bad Ideas is nominated for an Ottawa Book Award! Things are a little different this year. The ceremony on October 21st will be a video call instead of a party (though I will do my best to make it into one) and instead of reading at the ceremony, nominees were asked to make videos. A really nice person from the City of Ottawa came downtown and recorded me standing in the park near my house, reading. There were kids playing, people milling around, trucks driving by, and one persistent wasp. Buzzing around my head and then crawling all over my hand while I read. And the nice person stood six feet away with a video camera, smiling behind his mask. Bless him.

Here is the result! Pretty good, all things considered. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm0S--VPLCY&ab_channel=OttawaRecCulture

Monday 14 September 2020

Together We Read!

I am delighted that Bad Ideas has been selected for Together We Read Canada. What does that mean? Together We Read is a digital book club. Participating libraries across the country are offering the e-book and audiobook with no wait-lists from September 3rd to 17th. That way, communities can read a book at the same time and talk about it. Online, these days. 

Bonus: the audiobook for Bad Ideas is read by Aurora Browne of the Baroness von Sketch Show! 

You can find out more about Together We Read by following the link below. You will also find an author letter from me and a self-recorded video interview, featuring my living room and my snoring dogs. 

togetherweread.com/CA/

I also wanted express some gratitude for some excellent CanLit sites that provided me with some space to talk about my book over the last year. Some examples are here:

www.brinybooks.ca/2019/08/a-conversation-with-missy-marston-author-of-bad-ideas/

open-book.ca/News/Like-a-Marilynne-Robinson-Book-in-a-Spangly-Jumpsuit-Missy-Marston-on-Her-Fabulous-New-Daredevil-Novel-Bad-Ideas

alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/ALU-Book-Club-Interview-with-Missy-Marston

pacifictranquility.wordpress.com/tag/missy-marston/

Happy reading, everybody. Take care of yourselves and others. To the best of your ability. Sending love to all.

M