Author. Book lover. Cat person. Napper.
Hi everyone! How are you managing? I hope you're keeping safe and healthy! Today I'm pleased to share with you my Q&A with local Ottawa writer and friend, Frances Boyle. I've had the pleasure of getting to know Frances over the past few years and have found her work truly inspiring and her friendship a... Continue Reading →
Happy Tuesday, book bloggers! I have some exciting news to share! SECRET LIVES OF MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS has been chosen as Word on the Street's BOOK OF THE MONTH for March! There's going to a live Twitter chat/interview on March 19th @ 1 PM (#WOTSauthorchat). I hope you can follow along! For more info about... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday, book peeps! Yesterday was indie book signings day! I had a wonderful time meeting and chatting with the friendliest book folks in and around the Ottawa area. I'm happy to share that signed copies of Secret Lives are now available at the following indies! I also dropped off some lovely bookmarks c/o the... Continue Reading →
It's finally here, Canadian readers! "Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters" is officially in the wild! I do hope you enjoy it. And if so, perhaps consider taking a moment to write a one or two sentence review on Amazon and/or Goodreads. It helps more than you know! Thanks so much for your support in... Continue Reading →
Hi bookworms! Where did July go?? Was it busy for you too? After May and June's frantic copyediting and proofreading of "Caught in a Lie," somehow I thought July would be more chill. Wrong! Here are some of things that happened: 📗Lit Competition Judging: I was approached by a Canadian press to judge my first... Continue Reading →
Hi friends, I'm grateful and touched by this review by The Miramichi Reader, who connected with "Side by Side" so much he added it to his long-list for The Very Best Book Awards for Fiction. As a writer, all you can ever hope for is to touch hearts and minds. While it doesn't always happen,... Continue Reading →
Hi friends! "Side by Side" will be on book blog tour for the next couple of weeks. To make it easy to follow along, I'll update this page with links to the blogger sites as they come in. Here's hoping for a good tour! Thanks, A :-) TLC Tour Site: https://tlcbooktours.com/2019/04/anita-kushwaha-author-of-side-by-side-on-tour-may-2019/ Day 1: Lit and... Continue Reading →
Hi friends! I'm happy to share that "Side by Side" will be on book blog tour in July. Please click on the link for more info about the stops. (FYI, I know it says May in the link to the tour website but that's an unfortunate typo, sigh...) https://tlcbooktours.com/2019/04/anita-kushwaha-author-of-side-by-side-on-tour-may-2019/ Happy Canada Day long weekend! A... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Anita Kushwaha, Author 