Here we go! This morning brought the first review of Fallsy Downsies, and this evening brought my first interview about it. In a little more than two weeks, I’ll be reading from an actual copy — not an advance reading copy — of the book, at Word on the Street in Halifax.

And about that actual copy. Here’s what it will look like:

Isn’t it cute? I can’t stop gazing at it. That’s probably not cool to admit, but there it is.

You guys, I can’t believe it’s almost here, finally! The day you get to meet Evan Cornfield and Lansing Meadows and Dacey Brown and get in the car with them and go on the road! Pack light, though. It’s crowded and you have to carry your own gear.

Plans are coming together for a launch event at The Carleton on Wednesday, October 23. I hope you’ll come! I could not be more pleased about a launch site. The Carleton presents amazing live music most nights of the week in a dedicated listening room, with killer food as well. It’s exactly the kind of place Lansing Meadows would play if he came to town, so it feels right to send him out into the world from the stage there.

The next few months are shaping up to be busy and crazy and altogether awesome, so in case I forget to say it: thank you for being interested in me and my writing. It’s all I’ve wanted in this world to be able to write stories you want to read.