From the Writing Desk to the Highway
Bookstore Signings, dReadCon, and the Joy of Talking Stories Face to Face As much as I love the solitude of the writing desk, there’s something electric about packing up the books, loading the car, and heading out across Southern Ontario. This year’s calendar is filling up nicely, with stops at various Indigo, Chapters, and Coles locations from March straight through October. Each store has its own personality. Some are tucked into busy malls humming with weekend shoppers. Others feel like small community hubs where staff know regulars by name and can recommend a novel based on a two-sentence description and a raised eyebrow. If you’d like to see the full list of dates and locations — and figure out when I’ll be closest to you — you can always check the updated schedule at tobinelliotthorror.com . I keep it current, because half the fun is knowing who I might run into next. So, there's all those bookstores...and then, of course, there’s dReadCon in October — two full days of horro...