http://cathymariebuchanan.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:42:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [youtube width="480" height="295"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f14KICnb7qw[/youtube] http://cathymariebuchanan.com/2009/08/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/2009/08/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/2009/08/discussion-questions/ CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN’s debut novel, The Day the Falls Stood Still, is a Barnes & Noble Recommends Selection, a Barnes & Noble Best of 2009 book, and a New York Times best seller. Her stories have appeared in many of Canada’s most respected literary journals. She holds a ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/2009/08/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] Parents first My mother was raised on a farm in Burford, Ontario, and, despite parents who felt the university crowd was fast, she went to university, spent her summers waiting on tables clear across the country at Jasper Park Lodge, travelled ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/2009/08/unoffical-bio/ 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/2009/08/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/2009/08/cathy%e2%80%99s-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/2009/08/praise/ The Day the Falls Stood Still is a Canada Also Reads finalist! The winner will be decided by a public vote. Cast your ballot here. Read author Tish Cohen's gorgeous defence of The Day the Falls Stood Still here. I'm skyping into book clubs. To arrange for me to ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/2009/08/news/ January 18 & 19, 7 - 9 pm Sarnia, ON Words and Wine with The Book Keeper and the LCBO, LCBO, 1330 Exmouth St. For ticket information visit LCBO Lifestyle Events. February 2, 7:30 pm St. Catharines, ON Book talk and reading with Catherine Gildiner, author of Too Close to the Falls, After the Falls, St. ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/2009/08/events-through-spring-2010/