Author Archives: t. a. keenleyside

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author of travel/food books and popular fiction

Summer Book Signings

  Author Terry Keenleyside and his wife, Dorothy, will be at the Rosseau Farmers Market in Rosseau, Ontario this summer autographing copies of his two novels and three literary travel books. The dates are: July 22, 9.00 a.m.-2.00 p.m. August … Continue reading

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Caitlyn Jenner’s Gender Change Isn’t the Only Interesting Sexual Story

Caitlyn Jenner’s transformation from male athlete to attractive female has been a major media story for many months. The level of interest in her is reflected in the fact that one of her recent Facebook posts has received over 1.5 … Continue reading

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Author Talks and Book Signings

The following are impending talks and book signings by author Terry Keenleyside, accompanied by his wife Dorothy: Authors for Indies, Book City 1430 Yonge St., Toronto (Yonge and St. Clair) Saturday, April 30, 3.30-4.30 p.m. Author signing of the novel, In … Continue reading

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In A Spin, What is Henry up to?

Here’s an excerpt from the dramatic and funny chapter of In A Spin where Joanne discovers whether or not her husband, Henry, is having an affair: …on the front steps, as she took our her key to unlock the door, … Continue reading

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In A Spin and Ice Hockey

There is more about ice hockey in the novel In A Spin than there is about figure-skating and that is because two of the central characters, Henry and Max, are drawn together by their shared love of the game, even though, … Continue reading

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In A Spin, A New Novel by T.A. Keenleyside

    Henry, a high school teacher and hockey coach, and Joanne, a figure skating instructor, appear to be an ordinary, happily married couple in a sleepy university town, noted for propriety not scandal. But are they? Joanne comes to … Continue reading

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Best Blueberry Muffin Recipe Anywhere

Here’s an excerpt from a cottage story on Georgian Bay about that quintessential summer experience of blueberry muffins: “When I am away from the Bay, but thinking of it, and especially of the old table on the porch, one of … Continue reading

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A French Love Affair

Excerpt from “A French Love Affair,” At the Table, Nourishing Conversation and Food: “I love France….I’m seduced by its charm and perfectly proportioned beauty: the long, wide avenues where evenly dispersed plane trees hang out alluringly at the curb, languid … Continue reading

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La Dolce Vita on the Riviera

  The good life on the Riviera begins at a young age, as this excerpt from “Over Stuffed Mushrooms, Tim Comes of Age,” in Missing the Bus, Making the Connection: Tales and Tastes of Travel will attest: Returning to Windsor … Continue reading

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Setting the Table for the Autumn

Turn Off Your Cellphones! It’s Dinnertime! Here are some opportunities this autumn to learn more about the social, psychological and educational importance of dinnertime conversation and to hear some entertaining excerpts from T.A. Keenleyside’s At the Table, Nourishing Conversation and … Continue reading

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