Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen

Here’s a book trailer for my novel in Scholastic Canada’s Dear Canada series, about a Jewish girl in Toronto in the depths of the depression:

The book is based on my parents’ memories of their childhood, and ends with the characters becoming involved in the Christie Pits riot.
Not a Nickel to Spare [...]

The Aethernomicon

We interrupt this blog for a commercial announcement.  My son Asa, marionette impresario and expert intricator, has a play on in the Winnpeg Fringe Festival.  It’s the terrifying Aethernomoicon, baed on the work of H.P. Lovecraft, with 13 terrifying marionettes and .live electronic music by the Audient Void. You can find out more about it [...]