Have a Book You Want to Write? This Program is for You…

I’m a mentor-advisor in the University of King’s College/Dalhousie University’s Creative Nonfiction MFA program (the only one of its kind in Canada). Our students are professionals (of various kinds, not only journalists) working on book projects. It’s low-residency, so students come to Halifax for 2 weeks in August (and, in alternating years, Toronto or New […]

Miss Friday, the Tin Toy Typist

A 1950s Japanese novelty by Nomura Toys Ltd.: the battery-operated “Miss Friday the Typist.” Sitting at an 8.5-inch tinplate desk (with extensions raised), “Miss Friday” is 7-inches high from floor to the top of her head (in sitting position). Considered a complex action toy (featuring two or more actions, rather than just one), she moves her […]