Hello Friends--I'm grateful for a wonderful inaugural year for In Many Waters which included many readings, events, speaking engagements, reviews and the like: the most for any of my books.
I'm back at my writing desk now and also concentrating on personal health: cleaning up my diet, exercising, and making sure to leave time to chill. All that travel takes a toll on the body. But it's been a great ride.
See you soon.
Friday, April 27, 2018
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Thursday, September 4, 2014
JPL Afternoon Book Review
Please join me at The Jewish Public Library this Fall when I will be discussing the new novel,
"All The Light We Cannot See," by highly acclaimed, award-winning author Anthony Doerr.
A deeply layered literary best-seller, this novel is the tale of a blind French girl on the run from the German occupation and a German orphan-turned Resistance tracker whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
When: Thursday October 23, 2:00 p.m.
Where: The Jewish Public Library, 5151 Cote Ste-Catherine
For tickets and info., call (514)-345-6416
Welcome Fall with a great read and discussion.
Look forward to seeing you there!
"All The Light We Cannot See," by highly acclaimed, award-winning author Anthony Doerr.
A deeply layered literary best-seller, this novel is the tale of a blind French girl on the run from the German occupation and a German orphan-turned Resistance tracker whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
When: Thursday October 23, 2:00 p.m.
Where: The Jewish Public Library, 5151 Cote Ste-Catherine
For tickets and info., call (514)-345-6416
Welcome Fall with a great read and discussion.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
READING AT PARAGRAPHE BOOKSTORE
AN EVENING OF FICTION AND MEMOIR
Please join me on Thursday, August 7th at 6 pm-7:30 at Paragraphe Bookstore
2220 McGill College Avenue, Montreal
I will be sharing new work and reading from The White Space Between, Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction. I'll be available to answer questions and sign books.
My friend and peer Angie Chuang will be on hand to discuss and sign copies of her new
memoir, The Four Words for Home.
Hope to see you there.
Free!
Please join me on Thursday, August 7th at 6 pm-7:30 at Paragraphe Bookstore
2220 McGill College Avenue, Montreal
I will be sharing new work and reading from The White Space Between, Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction. I'll be available to answer questions and sign books.
My friend and peer Angie Chuang will be on hand to discuss and sign copies of her new
memoir, The Four Words for Home.
Hope to see you there.
Free!
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
IN YOUR OWN VOICE
Get your creative juices flowing in this two-session, creative writing intensive workshop. Catalysts and springboards will help you find your material. I'll discuss elements of the craft, such as character building and story shaping.
Where: The Jewish Public Library, 5151 Cote Ste-Catherine Street
When: Tuesdays, May 13 and May 20th, 10:30 a.m.-Noon
Info. and Registration: (514)-345-2627 ext. 3006. $30 Library members; $40 non-members
To Learn more: Contact me at ami-sands@sympatico.ca
Write Into Spring!
Look forward to seeing you in my workshop!
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Join Me At the JPL for the Afternoon Book Revew Series
I'll be at the Jewish Public Library this Fall to discuss the acclaimed new novel, And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. The story begins in Kabul and travels across continents, spanning more than a half a century. The new novel is a complex mosaic, a portrait of the Afghan diaspora and those left behind. Hosseini traces the trauma of war and tyranny with vibrantly-realized characters, "to create a grand and encompassing tree of life," according to Booklist. How families love, honour, care for, and betray one another, is at the core of this emotionally moving story.
Hear my perspective as a novelist and reader and share your own.
November 14th
2 p.m.
Jewish Public Library
5151 Cote-Ste.-Catherine Street
Montreal
Info: (514)-345-6416
Hear my perspective as a novelist and reader and share your own.
November 14th
2 p.m.
Jewish Public Library
5151 Cote-Ste.-Catherine Street
Montreal
Info: (514)-345-6416
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Can You See Me? Now an Ebook
My novel, Can You See Me? is newly available as an ebook. This novel is close to my heart and is written with the power of first-hand experience.
When happens when the person you love most, best, falls prey to schizophrenia? Can You See Me? is the story of Doren and Sarah Solomon, a brother and sister so close they share a secret place, imaginary world, and private language during childhood. While Sarah grows up and relinquishes their private haven, for Doren, it becomes a way of life he never surrenders. Sarah struggles to help Doren, even to save him, without going under herself. Told in the voices of Doren and Sarah, Can You See Me? is a powerful psychodrama portraying schizophrenia from the inside-out.
A recommended book by The National Alliance of the Mentally Ill and a Pushcart Prize Nominee.
Publishers Weekly had this to say about the novel: "Heartfelt, ambitious; one family's way of coping with the trauma, shame and secrecy of mental illness. A genuinely moving novel."
With one person in every four families grappling with some form of mental illness, Can You See Me? is a story readers will connect with.
When happens when the person you love most, best, falls prey to schizophrenia? Can You See Me? is the story of Doren and Sarah Solomon, a brother and sister so close they share a secret place, imaginary world, and private language during childhood. While Sarah grows up and relinquishes their private haven, for Doren, it becomes a way of life he never surrenders. Sarah struggles to help Doren, even to save him, without going under herself. Told in the voices of Doren and Sarah, Can You See Me? is a powerful psychodrama portraying schizophrenia from the inside-out.
A recommended book by The National Alliance of the Mentally Ill and a Pushcart Prize Nominee.
Publishers Weekly had this to say about the novel: "Heartfelt, ambitious; one family's way of coping with the trauma, shame and secrecy of mental illness. A genuinely moving novel."
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