We are looking for 4-5 short stories to round out Among Animals. If you happen upon this blog and you think you’ve got a story that might be a fit, please submit here.
Among Animals 2: We’re almost there…
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Free Range, a short story now on Flyway
I’m happy to have a short story published in the journal Flyway — particularly because it’s now online and free the world. You can check out the story here. My notes to go with the story: Our society’s addiction to eating animals is leading our planet, inexorably, to a dark future. “Free Range” explores what […]
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And now some great news for Magellanic penguins
The Tourist Trail takes place on the site of the world’s largest Magellanic penguin colony and, though the book is fiction, the colony is very much real. It is located on the coast of Punta Tombo, Argentina. And this coastal region has long been heavily fished, which means penguins have for decades been caught up in […]
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The Tourist Trail, bag included
My publisher Ashland Creek Press has put together a nice book bundle that includes The Tourist Trail along with a beautiful new recycled cotton bag, as shown here: . Learn more
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Have you read My Last Continent?
If you enjoyed The Tourist Trail then I’m sure you will love My Last Continent. It’s about a penguin researcher, a shipwreck, and a romance below the Antarctic Circle. Click here to learn more.
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City of Strays in Qu
I’m happy to have my latest short story City of Strays published in Qu: A contemporary literary magazine from Queens University of Charlotte. And I love the cover, particularly because my story is, at one level, about cats. You can read the full story here. I hope you enjoy it.
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The Tourist Trail: Free for a limited time…
For the next two weeks I am participating in a unique promotion, organized by Margi Prideaux, that showcases 20 environmentally themed eBooks on Instafreebie. Yes, these book are free to download. All you have to do is sign up for the author’s email list. To see the full list of books, click here. The promotion goes from today […]
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My conversation with Jasmin
I had a great chat with Jasmin Singer as part of this Our Hen House podcast. Check it out!
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Corporate intelligence and the animal rights movement
An interesting article in the New York Times about the rise of corporate intelligence (spying) firms and the lengths they will go to in order to dig up dirt on activists and other ordinary people. I mention this because my next book, coming next year (at long last), is about the role of one such […]
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Did you happen to notice the new Tourist Trail cover?
The cover of the first edition of The Tourist Trail features a landscape photograph of the Magellanic penguin colony along the shores of Argentina, the precise location where the book begins. It was a photograph I had taken and I thought it would make a nice cover. And it did, but it didn’t make a […]
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Join me tomorrow in Portland at the Oregon Historical Society for Holiday Cheer
I’ll be signing copies of The Tourist Trail and Writing for Animals. It runs from noon to 4pm Details
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The Tourist Trail is now an audiobook
Let me just that I have newfound respect for those who create audiobooks, because after a month of starts and stops and re-recordings I’m happy to announce the audiobook for The Tourist Trail. It’s available on Audible and comes in at just over 7 hours, which by no means reflects how many hours went into […]
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“Penguins are in trouble”
This from a sobering research report published last week by some of the world’s leading experts on penguins. The report notes that “more than half of the world’s 18 penguin species are declining.” The three species most in danger are: African penguin Galápagos penguin Yellow-eyed penguin (seen below in New Zealand) The report notes that […]
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What if eating meat was outlawed?
Cue the hysterics. Like this gentleman. But let’s suppose that eating meal is illegal. Here is my take, via the short story Free Range. You can read it here.
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Upcoming Events
I’ve got two events coming up that I’m excited to attend… if you’re in the region, please let me know! Margaret River Readers & Writers FestivalMargaret River, AustraliaMay 16-19, 2020 Animal Rights National Conference 2020Portland, OregonJuly 16-19, 2020
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Cancel that
My last post was about upcoming events. Well, we can forget about events for the near future. Such is life.
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Let’s hope this doesn’t get lost in the noise of the moment
Monsanto was well aware that its “Roundup 2.0” chemical/seed system, known as Dicamba, would be a disaster for farmers — and soil and anything within the vicinity (as Dicamba get airborne awfully easily). I wrote about this issue in my second novel and I knew back then that this type of information would leak out […]
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The DNA fallacy of human and non-human animals
I love watching otters which, to my regret, led me to click on this CNN article recently. It’s about a zoo in Belgium that paired a family of sea otters with orangutans to help keep the orangutans entertained. I can’t say for sure that the orangutans are entertained but my clicking on the photo below […]
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Now recording: Where Oceans Hide Their Dead
At long last I am recording the audio book for Oceans. Should be a few months before it’s live but I’m excited to finally be tackling this novel. More soon…
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Where Oceans Hide Their Dead: Now on Audible.com
At last, it’s ready… on Audible.com.https://adbl.co/2ZINs6j You can listen to a sample here: Ashland Creek Press · Where Oceans Hide Their Dead (sample) Read by yours truly, warts and all. The end result is 8 hours and change long but I lost count of how many hours I spent recording and re-recording these chapters. Partly […]
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