Powell’s Book Launch

Powell’s Books, 5 May 2012 – the photographer wishes me to mention that “the light was horrible” and these are “unedited snapshots” and he shall “remain nameless” The people in the photos are the back of my head and my...

On the road

I will be posting some of my husband’s fabulous shots of the book events after I do the last one tomorrow (Saturday, 12 May, Theatre Centre, 2pm), but for now, I thought I’d share a couple of links from my trip to Portland. I visited a mother/daughter book...

School Library Journal review of R&R

ANTHONY, Joëlle. The Right & the Real. 282p. CIP. Putnam. 2012. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-399-25525-0. LC 2011013312. Gr 9 Up–Seventeen-year-old Jamie’s infatuation with Josh, the hot teenage son of a disciple of the Right & the Real Church of Christ, causes her...

School Library Journal review is worth the wait!

School Library Journal finally reviewed R&R, but it was worth the wait! ANTHONY, Joëlle. The Right & the Real. 282p. CIP. Putnam. 2012. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-399-25525-0. LC 2011013312. The fast-paced and twisting plot will keep readers up late into the night....

Grounds For Change

Like many writers, I have a tendency to work things into my books which are important to me. In The Right & the Real, both coffee and chocolate play an important role in the book…coffee, more-so, but chocolate makes an appearance. While I was writing the...