Chocolatour wins bronze medal!
I’m thrilled to announce that “Chocolatour: A Quest for the World’s Best Chocolate” has been awarded a Bronze Medal in the 2014 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards! I plan to go...
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Chocolatour is a Readers’ Favorite Finalist!
Such amazing news came through tonight that I just had to share! Chocolatour has been named a finalist in the Readers’ Favourite 2014 book awards in four categories: Non-fiction, Cooking & Food Non-fiction, General...
join Chocolatour on a virtual book tour
This is an exciting week+ for me as I take Chocolatour on a virtual book tour around the world, from June 23-July 1, 2014. I’m thrilled to have an interesting line-up of hosts who...
Chocolatouring on a virtual book tour
I’m thrilled to share news that next week will begin a virtual book tour for Chocolatour. The exciting thing about being a blogger, and more specifically a travel blogger, is that I’ve met so...
my online interview on the Stuph File
It’s always great to be interviewed by the media on my favourite subject: fine artisanal chocolate and chocolate travel. Thanks to Peter Anthony Holder, Montreal-based journalist and media personality of the Stuph File for...
the goals of Chocolatour: to educate and entertain
My goal in writing the Chocolatour: A Quest for the World’s Best Chocolate series is three-pronged: to educate chocolate lovers about the exciting and extensive world of chocolate, to entertain my readers with insightful and informative...
acknowledging our accomplishments
As we’re just six weeks from saying so long to 2013, I’ve begun reflecting back on the 11 months that have passed. It had been my assumption that 2013 was not a good year...
chocolate events to entice you
The November 2nd, 2013 chocolate dinner at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg was a great success! We had a sell-out crowd, and have scheduled the next dinner of chocolate exploration for April 12th, 2014. You...
Chocolatour has launched!
I’m happy to say that we launched Chocolatour: A Quest for the World’s Best Chocolate at the beautiful riverside Evergreen Gate B&B in St. Andrews, Manitoba on July 18, 2013. It was a lovely...
blending chocolate with travel in Chocolatour
I’ve just returned from two writers conferences and have received plenty of feedback on the manuscript for Chocolatour, with one exception: “Add an index!” Once I began working through the likely components for the...
