Laurie Gough’s latest book…
S T O L E N C H I L D
Although Laurie Gough was an intrepid traveller and travel writer who had explored wild, far-off reaches of the globe, the journey she and her family took in their own home in their small Quebec village proved to be far more frightening, strange and foreign than any land she had ever visited…MORE
“…a book that belongs among the classics of parenting.” ~Michael Shermer, American science writer, columnist for Scientific American, founder of Skeptic, author of Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain, and The Moral Arc
Interview on CTV National News
Video from Macleans Article

Lots of people in our community know Laurie Gough, but did you know she's actually Laurie-Gough-the-award-winning-author? Our Halloween Story Hour is coming up tomorrow night and Laurie has graciously agreed to read a spooky story from her second book, Kiss the Sunset Pig: An American Road Trip with Exotic Detours, published by Penguin. Nothing like a published writer to up the ante! ![]()
Come hear her read one of her best stories -- and hear six other spooky stories, plus our creepy host Dr. Painsworth! Wear a costume to the Centre Wakefield La Pêche on Saturday at 7pm and come early for face-painting! Tickets are $10 at the door or online, and children 12 and under are free. www.theatrewakefield.ca
My latest travel piece:
Conquering Fear on a Via Ferrata in Canada
www.perceptivetravel.com
After a helicopter ride into the Bugaboos of Canada, a 50-something mother puts aside her fear of heights to zipline over ravines and walk across suspended cables between rocky peaks.
I get to teach memoir writing (and eat and drink wine!) with these fabulous writers in Tuscany this month! Alison Pick, Nadia Brown, Laurie Gough (Author), and Alison Wearing.
I get to teach memoir writing (and eat and drink wine!) with these fabulous writers In Tuscany this month!