Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • CBC Radio One

    Yesterday, I went down to Toronto to tape two segments for CBC Radio One, both focussed on the Toronto Public Library Writer-in-Residence program. Today is the first day that TPL is accepting unpublished manuscripts, potentially for my review, and both spots aired this morning. One was on Metro Morning with Andy Barrie, which only airs…

  • Early Risers

    For those of you up bright and early in the morning, I’ll be on CBC Radio One next Tuesday morning, on Andy Barrie’s Metro Morning show. The spot is about the residency at the Toronto Public Library – it will run on September 1 because that’s the first day that the library is accepting submissions…

  • Another Fun Movie

    Here’s one I had forgotten about, until I saw it in the rental joint the other day. If you’ve never watched COLD COMFORT FARM, then do so ASAP. It’s a wonderful movie, with a big fat HEA. And I realized this time that the heroine is none other than actress Kate Beckinsale, who starred in…

  • Guests

    I like bats. I really do. I love that they eat mosquitoes by the pound, and like nothing better than to watch them soar around the garden. I do not, however, like to have them in the house. Five years ago, we had a bat make a visit. Of course, as they are nocturnal creatures,…

  • The Medieval Chronicle

    Once upon a time, there was a publication for readers and writers called The Medieval Chronicle. It was published by the very charming Linda Abel, who I met right after selling my first book. (That was the Romantic Times conference in Savannah, Georgia in the spring of 1992. The theme was “Gone With the Wind”,…