http://cathymariebuchanan.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:56:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [youtube width="480" height="295"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f14KICnb7qw[/youtube] http://cathymariebuchanan.com/trailer Sign up now for my newsletter and get up-to-date information on events, news, interesting blog postings, and behind-the-scenes notes straight from my desk. Name: Email address: http://cathymariebuchanan.com/subscribe-to-newsletter Harriet Beecher Stowe’s idea that Niagara Falls possessed the power to lure those who gazed at it too long into throwing themselves from the brink was once quite widely held. And as Tom says in The Day the Falls Stood Still, people once did reference the falls using phrases like ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/discussion-questions CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN’s debut novel, The Day the Falls Stood Still, is a New York Times bestseller, a Barnes & Noble Recommends Selection, a Barnes & Noble Best of 2009 book, an American Booksellers Association IndieNext pick, a Canada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novel of the Decade, and a ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/about-cathy-marie-buchanan [caption id="attachment_78" align="alignright" width="161" caption="Ruth Buchanan"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_75" align="alignright" width="161" caption="Al Buchanan"][/caption]The second of five children, Cathy Marie Buchanan was born and bred in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Her father was a teacher, and her mother, a former teacher, was a homemaker. She grew up in an area not all that different-looking than ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/meet-cathy-marie-buchanan Here’s your chance to learn more about The Day the Falls Stood Still landmarks.  Click on a landmark on the map. http://cathymariebuchanan.com/interactive-map Cool stuff to do in Niagara Falls. Most of it is free, and plenty of it’s good for you! Stand at the brink of the falls Stand at Table Rock on the Canadian side of the river April 1 - September 15 (8:00 am to 10:00 pm) or September 15 - ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/cathys-niagara-falls-top-10 “What a wordsmith! What a work of depth and breadth! What a world newcomer Cathy Marie Buchanan brings to propulsively glittering and gorgeous life in The Day the Falls Stood Still. Few first novels exhibit the mastery, maturity and majesty of Buchanan’s riveting fictional debut, a heart-wrenching, soul-racking, spell-binding ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/praise The Van Goethem Sisters My second novel, tentatively titled The Van Goethem Sisters, has sold at auction in the US to Sarah McGrath (edited A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Ten Year Nap) at Riverhead/Penguin and in Canada to Iris Tupholme (edited Room, The Book of Negroes) at Harper Collins. Set in 19th-century ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/news Anytime Anywhere Invite me to virtually visit your book club. It's fun, and it's free. Learn more. October 1st, 11:45am Huntsville, ON Appearing with Tish Cohen, Gill Deacon and Claudia Dey as part of the The Girlfriend's Luncheon at the North Words Muskoka Literary Festival. Details here. November 28th Hanover, ON Appearing at the Hanover ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/up-coming-events