SAVE THE DATE!
Join me at the Durham Art Gallery as I celebrate the launch of When The Trees All Burned.
2:15 Welcome (Jennifer Norman, Gallery Director)
2:20 Introduction (Kimm Culkin, West Grey Public Library)
2:25 Reading (Alanna)
2:45 Live music - enjoy a stripped down version of Pocket Rochelle’s song “The Path That Takes Us Home”
3:00 Book sale and signing ($20 cash or tap)
Light refreshments will be served. All ages. A free event.
Consider pre-ordering your copy to ensure there are enough on the day.
I am so pleased to share that Stay Social is an official sponsor of the When The Trees All Burned launch celebration.
In my novel, characters struggle to maintain their identity while navigating social expectations - just like Stay Social water, which looks like a beer but lets you remain clear-headed and true to yourself at social gatherings.
When the world is ending, authenticity matters most. Whether you’re reading about the apocalypse or simply choosing not to drink at the party, Stay Social helps you fit in without conforming. Stand out by staying true.
Join me on April 5 at the Durham Art Gallery (2 p.m.) as I celebrate the launch of this book, and take the opportunity to sample the refreshing taste of Stay Social.
Book 1 in The Path That Takes Us Home
Forty years ago, on the night his mother died, Rajiv Montgomery Noah received a vision of fire that would consume the world. While others dismissed the growing signs of climate collapse, he devoted his life to an improbable task: building a sanctuary in the wilderness of northern Ontario—a dome erected over an abandoned mine, designed to shelter two hundred souls within the ancient forest.
Now, as the world teeters on the edge of catastrophe, Rajiv's dome stands as both monument and shelter—a testament to hope, hubris, and the weight of choosing who survives. But neither the dome's reinforced walls nor Rajiv's careful calculations can prepare its inhabitants for the moral complexity of being the chosen few, or shield them from the haunting question: what makes survival worthwhile when everything familiar has burned away?
When The Trees All Burned, the first novel in The Path That Takes Us Home series, is a meditation on grief, purpose, and human resilience in the face of environmental collapse. In the tradition of Station Eleven and The Road, it asks not just how we might survive a dying world, but who we become in the surviving.
WAIT! HAVE YOU TAKEN THE ALGORITHM QUIZ TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE CHOSEN FOR THE DOME? “Winning” participants will be offered a free little bonus to add to their order. Pop over and take the quiz if you’d like to add something fun to your order.