Lesleyanne Ryan. Canadian Armed Forces Veteran. Peacekeeper. Novelist. Photographer. Traveller. Cat Lover.
For many people, one of the joys of travelling is tasting the food in other countries. Unfortunately, I’m not a very adventurous person when it comes to trying certain foods.
For example, I don’t like fish.
Yes. I’m a Newfoundlander and I don’t like fish. If it swims, crawls or frolics in the water, I don’t eat it. As well, I don’t like lamb, goose, pheasant or any wild game.
And I don’t like duck. Continue reading “Travel Shorts – Beijing, China”
While I’m working on getting my travel pages up, I thought I’d tease with a few humorous anecdotes from my travels.
Today is Saint Petersburg, Russia.
I visited Saint Petersburg in June, 2010, having just missed all the craziness that resulted from the eruption of Bob, the Icelandic volcano. The train tour ran from Copenhagen to Moscow via Stockholm, Helsinki and Saint Petersburg. Continue reading “Travel Shorts: Saint Petersburg, Russia”
On May 14, I flew to Halifax for the Atlantic Book Awards. My novel, Braco, was nominated for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. The award went to Keir Lowther for Dirty Bird.
Am I disappointed? Not at all. How could I be? To be one of three nominated for the award throughout Atlantic Canada is an amazing accomplishment for any first time novelist. From the moment I learned that Braco had been nominated, I felt the nomination itself was a prize and I’m honoured and very happy to have it. And the best part was the opportunity to go to Halifax and introduce Braco to people who otherwise may not have known about the book. Continue reading “The Atlantic Book Awards Experience”
I’m in Halifax now awaiting the Atlantic Book Award ceremony tomorrow 
night. Tonight, I’ll be joining the other two authors nominated for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award as well as three established authors for readings and a Q&A. The event takes place at the Keshen Goodman Library in Halifax starting at 7 pm. Should be a great evening.
Today, we come to the end of my five week blog tour. I’ve been honored to have been hosted by Kate Robbins, Paul Butler, Michelle Butler Hallett and Rati Mehrotra up to now and today we finish up the tour with Valerie Francis. Continue reading “Finishing up my Blog Tour with Valerie Francis”
I’m four weeks into my blog tour and the Atlantic Book Awards are fast 
approaching. This week, Rati Mehrotra has been kind enough to host me on her blog Rati Writes.
Rati recently joined our writer’s group. She is a science fiction and fantasy writer. Born and raised in India, she travelled the globe before making her home in Newfoundland. She’s currently working on a YA fantasy series titled Asiana and plans to publish Book One in 2014.
Next week, the blog tour ends with Valerie Francis and she will provide the details of how you can win a signed copy of Braco.