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From encyclopedias to Google: Looking things up in life and writing

Jul 24, 2020 | Blog | 4 comments

Amongst the many bookshelves in my childhood home, one of them (although not pictured here) held an encyclopedia set. In that pre-Internet world, those twenty-five volumes (hardcover and bound in cream with touches of red, black and gold) were my window on the wider...

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  • I’m featured in a regional tourism promotion: “15 Amazing Authors from South Eastern Ontario” 17 May 2022
  • ‘The Sweetheart Locket’ on tour with Historical Fiction Book Tours May 9-20, 2022 11 May 2022
  • ‘A Canadian Love Letter to Britain’: Guest post about ‘The Sweetheart Locket’ on Susanna Bavin’s Blog 27 April 2022
  • ‘The Sweetheart Locket’ featured on Aaron’s Reading Room, #MyRomanceJourney Book Vlog 19 April 2022
  • Small-town settings: A conversation with Heartwarming author Jen Gilroy (Write for Harlequin Blog) 14 April 2022
  • Guest post in Frost Magazine, Sunday Scene: A favourite scene in ‘The Sweetheart Locket’ 10 April 2022
  • UK readers: Get ‘The Sweetheart Locket’ for 99p on Kindle 8 April 2022
  • Making local & national news: “Jen Gilroy Signs Deals with Top Publishers” 29 March 2022
  • “Introducing ‘The Sweetheart Locket’ on Susanna Bavin’s blog 21 March 2022
  • ‘The Sweetheart Locket’ is out in ebook today! 17 March 2022

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