It's finally here, bookworms! US pub day! 🎉📚🥂 Secret Lives is now available outside of Canada in paperback and ebook. The audiobook is currently available for pre-order and will be released on April 7th. I thought a lovely way to celebrate would be to share this wonderful review c/o Art and Soul, a book and... Continue Reading →
Irish Soda Bread #HappyStPatricksDay #FridayFeeling #baking
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! I'm re-posting this recipe for Irish Soda Bread that I blogged about...gulp...last year? Time is definitely passing too quickly for me these days. I've been meaning to make this again, so this weekend it will likely sneak onto the menu for Sunday dinner. I hope you have a Happy St. Patrick's... Continue Reading →
Love is… #baking #writing
We grapple with love a lot, don't we? What is it? How do you know when you've found it? How do you keep it? How do you communicate it? In a song? A look? A story? A cake? A friend of mine recently told me about love languages. The concept is based on a book... Continue Reading →
Baking Through the Block #writing #creativity
I don't really believe in writer's block but every once in a while I find myself out of the flow and it takes a lot of effort to get typing again. Why does it happen? Who knows...fatigue, preoccupation, fear, life. This time it was a pause that followed a week of energetic writing, at the... Continue Reading →
Oh She Glows Every Day Recipe Review: High Rise Pumpkin Cupcakes and Spiced Buttercream #baking #writing
I know what you're thinking: "Anita, that isn't a picture of cupcakes. You do know what cupcakes are, don't you?" Allow me to explain... I baked this cake for my lovely sister's birthday which we celebrated a couple of weekends ago. The recipe hails from my latest culinary obsession, Oh She Glows Every Day, the newest cook... Continue Reading →
Where’d You Go, Anita? #writing
Hi there! Wowzers, this is embarrassing... So, I took a blog hiatus that was suppose to last for the summer. I was crown-deep in revisions and far down the creative well and just plain busy. (Who isn't? I know.) Well, summer very quickly slipped into fall and fall into winter and now it's 2017?!!! It... Continue Reading →
Updated: Reading on June 9th #Canlit
Hi again! Time to update this post. :-) The reading was last night and it was a lot of fun. It was a pleasure to meet Ann, and a thrill to finally read with my friend Sonia. We read, we had a good Q&A...there was even a little belly dancing! (Yours truly tapped out... Continue Reading →
OMG, They’re Gluten-free! Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies #May24 #VictoriaDay #longweekend
Happy May 2-4, everybody! Canadians get pretty excited about this long weekend, which technically is to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday, but that most of us see as the kick-off to summer - patio, outdoor concerts, beaches, camping, barbecues, cottaging! (I could go on, ha ha.) It's as if all of our pent-up cabin fever gets... Continue Reading →
I-love-my-mom White Chocolate Blueberry Scones #HappyMothersDay #SundayBlogShare #baking
Happy Mother's Day! Sorry for being a little AWOL, blog friends, I'm not sure where the days have been going lately. I pinch myself whenever I see the calendar on my phone and think, "May? Really?!" I suppose I've been busy with writing and life, but welcome to adulthood, right? ;-) Never too busy, though,... Continue Reading →
Save the Date! Authors for Indies #SundayBlogShare #CanLit #writing
Hello lovely blog folk! Did you know that Saturday April 30th is Authors for Indies Day?!! Don't know what Authors for Indies Day is? Well, I can't put it better than this: "On Authors for Indies Day, Canadian authors show our appreciation for independent bookstores (indies) by volunteering as guest booksellers [...] We'll be chatting... Continue Reading →
Anita Kushwaha, Author 