The MIRACLES Goodreads Giveaway

So there's a little giveaway on Goodreads featuring THE MIRACLES OF ORDINARY MEN. Cast your name in, folks, and you could win a copy!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Miracles of Ordinary Men

by Amanda Leduc

Giveaway ends May 31, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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Chatelaine!

So there's  a little blurb about MIRACLES in the June issue of Chatelaine. I'm trying to be all, "Oh, NBD" about this but I AM SO PUMPED.

Chatelaine. CHATELAINE! You know, that fan-freaking-tastic magazine that's Canadian at heart and on the page and on scores of newsstands across the country. I'm so excited I could dance. In fact, I am.

Also, my contributor copies of Existere Journal arrived in the mail today. My essay, "Quickening", is in their current issue. Go check it out.

It's also a spectacular day, no doubt, for fellow writer and Twitter pal Eliza Robertson, whose short story, "We Walked On Water", is a Regional Winner for this year's Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

Happy dancing all round, I say. Lots.

Steeltown Speakeasy -- coming up!

This coming Thursday, I'll be reading at the Steeltown Speakeasy in Hamilton, Ontario. I'm very lucky and super excited to be sharing the stage with two wonderful writers: Gary Barwin and Allison Baggio. If you can't make it, be sure to check back here to find out how it went!

Afterword #4: The Post-Magic World

My fourth and final post for The National Post's Afterword went up today. In it, I talk magic, leprechauns, and that constant search for wonder. Have a gander, friends, and tell me what you think.

Spent last night in Toronto, buzzing with bookish enthusiasm. The launch at Ben McNally's was lovely -- I got to introduce my parents to all of the industry people that I've been blathering on and on about for years. ("Look Mom and Dad! That's my editor! That's my agent! They're actually REAL PEOPLE!") And then there were post-evening drinks, and late night tea and cookies with Allegra and Steph. Fun times.

The next day I had a leisurely breakfast, coffee, brunch, and stroll through the St. Lawrence Market before hopping on the bus (aka the Pumpkin Coach) back to Hamilton.

Now I am back in my little city, in my little house. The clock struck midnight some time ago (metaphorically speaking, that is -- as of right now it's only 7:45pm) and tomorrow I go back to work. Big sigh.

But here's a photo of myself and the most lovely Jenna Illies, Publicist Extraordinaire, at last night's launch, well before I had to put my dress and glass slippers away.

Afterword #3: Writing Sex in the Age of Fifty Shades

Afterword #3 is up. I talk whips, chains, and Fifty Shades of Grey. You can read it over here.

Now: off to Toronto for the launch at Ben McNally's!

Launch Photos...and more Afterword!

My second blog post for the Afterword, "If on A Summer's Night A Pilgrim", went up online today. Happy reading, guys. I hope the tale makes you smile.

And...the Hamilton launch photos are in! Here's a smattering. All photos are courtesy of the tremendously talented Glenn Lowson, who was kind enough to follow me around with his camera for the duration of the night.

Afterword and Open Book Ontario!

A while back, Open Book Ontario asked me to participate in their Writers As Readers series. That little discussion is now online, and you can learn all about how I was reading preposterously inappropriate books for a ten-year-old here.

 

Also -- my Afterword posts go up this week! Check out the first one, published today, where I talk about sending my first novel away to HarperCollins at the ripe old age of fourteen, squirting chocolate sauce into hundreds of paper cups instead of being a Real Writer, and the wisdom that comes from those moments when you think your life just can't get worse.