Come join me this Sunday, September 28 at 2pm at Coffin Creek Cafe in Courtice to celebrate the release of my four new books! Enjoy spooky treats, book sales and signings, drawing demos from some of the HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVEL illustrators, and more!

This Sunday! Join me at Coffin Creek Cafe at 2pm to celebrate the release of my four newest books! Get a book signed, enjoy spooky treats, and meet two of the illustrators of HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL!

I've had 4 (!) books published in 4 (!) months: the 2nd graphic novel and 4th collection in the HAUNTED CANADA series (Scholastic Canada) & THE WHISPERINGS in hardcover & HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE in paperback (Tundra Books). This calls for a celebration! I hope to see you there. 🎉👻

🎂 Happy book birthday to HAUNTED CANADA: GRAPHIC NOVEL, VOLUME 2! Featuring four more spine-tingling stories from the world of HAUNTED CANADA, adapted into chilling graphic novellas illustrated by Hannah Barrett, Mike Feehan, Maya McKibbin, and Matt Salisbury. 👻😱

⭐I am happy to share the news that The Whisperings has received a starred review from SLJ! This is my 19th book & has received the best reviews of my career. I feel so fortunate that I get to keep sharing "heart-thumping, gory ghost stories" with the world. 🔗Full review: www.slj.com/review/the-w...

I'm looking forward to returning home and getting back into my routine, but I am definitely going to miss waking up to this view! Adios, Cuba!

"Burn Our Bodies Down meets Delicious Monsters in this terrifying new young adult horror by acclaimed master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland." Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social 's "The Whisperings" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky

After one day in bookstores, THE WHISPERINGS is already the top new release in teen & young adult ghost stories on Amazon in America! Are you ready to find out why readers are calling THE WHISPERINGS "a gripping and gruesome ghost story that's as emotionally resonant as it is terrifying"? 😱

🎉 My newest book, THE WHISPERINGS, is out today! This book has been whispering in the back of my mind for years and now it's ready to crawl into yours. If you enjoy ghost stories, small-town secrets, and characters who have to face down the darkness (inside and out), this one’s for you. 😱

"The Haunted meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this young adult debut horror by acclaimed master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland." Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social's "House of Ash and Bone" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky

Check out this deep dive into the legend of the haunted Pennyland amusement park that served as inspiration for my middle grade horror novel, Screamers: theghostinmymachine.com/2025/03/10/p...

People are going to extreme lengths to get their hands on a copy of the paperback of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE, out today! And what better way to celebrate July 1 than by pushing a Canadian author in a lake & reading his latest release? #HappyCanadaDay 🇨🇦

Well, this is exciting! Indigo has selected THE WHISPERINGS as one of their most anticipated Canadian books and is offering a 30% discount until July 6. Save some money, preorder today, and see what all the buzz is about when it's released on Aug 5! 😱 www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-wh...

It's Box of Books Day! It's always such a thrill to open a delivery and see my author copies for an upcoming release. Behold the paperback edition of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE with an all-new cover! In stores July 1 and available for pre-order now. 😱

Happy Father's Day.

Had an absolute blast at the Mississauga Library's Grade 4 Read to Succeed event as the featured guest author this morning! Seeing a crowd of nearly 500 kids come out to celebrate books never fails to warm this author-librarian's heart. 🖤

Had a great time at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival today, signing HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 1 with artists Hannah Barrett & Matt Salisbury. It was also great meeting Maya McKibbin, who has illustrated one of the tales in VOL 2!

I'm excited to be attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival for the first time ever, and more excited to be doing a signing with three of the artists behind HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL! Find us at the Scholastic Canada booth (153-156) Sun Jun 8 at 11am. www.torontocomics.com

HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE was reviewed by Ashley Watroba, owner of Treat Yo Shelf Books (best name ever), in a USA Today article. The review was so good that Tundra Books and I couldn't pick just one quote to share...so here are four! Pre-order the paperback edition now! www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

HAUNTED CANADA: THE FOURTH TERRIFYING COLLECTION is out today! More than 350 pages of haunting tales from coast to coast to coast. Perfect reading for summer vacations and nights spent around the campfire. 👻🇨🇦

It's not every day you receive first copies of TWO new books in the mail! What a thrill to finally get my hands on the paperback edition of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE (July 1 Tundra Books) & HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOLUME 2 (Sept 2 Scholastic Canada). Pre-order now!

What a lovely surprise to learn HAUNTED CANADA 12 has been selected by teens as one of ten books on the Forest of Reading Red Maple Summer Reading List! See the full list here: forestofreading.com/kid-teen-com...

🎉 It's official: HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL has won the @ForestofReading's Yellow Cedar Award! What an honour, and I want to share the congrats with the illustrators (Hannah Barrett, David Bishop, Matt Salisbury & Jenn Woodall) and my publisher, Scholastic Canada. Woo hoo! 🎉

What a thrill it was attending the Durham Region Forest of Reading event earlier this week with fourteen other authors and nearly 1000 excited kids! And the icing on the cake was learning that HAUNTED CANADA THE GRAPHIC NOVEL was the region's top vote for the Yellow Cedar Award!

If you're attending Day 2 of the #ForestofReading Festival in Toronto today, make sure to stop by the Tundra Books booth and ask for a signed bookmark featuring my upcoming YA horror novel, THE WHISPERINGS, and the paperback release of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE!

Check out my interview with Teachers On Call: More Than a Scare - How "Haunted Canada: Four Terrifying Tales" Sparks Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Literacy. www.teachersoncall.ca/site/toronto...

The fine folks at Scholastic sent me a copy of HAUNTED CANADA: THE FOURTH TERRIFYING COLLECTION, and it looks great. Jam-packed with true ghost stories from coast to coast to coast! In stores on June 3, 2025.

🎉 I'm SO excited to share the official cover reveal for THE WHISPERINGS, an author chat, & a giveaway for the hardcover of THE WHISPERINGS & the paperback of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE! That's a lot of goodness to pack into one post! 😱 yabookscentral.com/author-chat-... @yabookscentral.bsky.social

Had a great time scaring up readers at Lackner Woods & Franklin Public Schools in Kitchener with Hannah Barrett (one of the HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVEL illustrators) last week! And achievement unlocked: my first reserved parking spot for an author visit! Guess I've made it. 😎

Stopped by the Library Marketplace at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference Super Conference and signed copies of HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL. Find them on the Forest of Reading bookshelf! #OLASC

I'll be signing copies of HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference on Thursday, January 30 at 11:45am. Looking forward to connecting with some of the coolest people in the country: library folk! #OLASC

Had a great 1st day in my new job as Director of Community & Service Development at the Whitby Public Library! I'm excited to take on this role and join such a dynamic team. I tried to get a few nice celebratory shots with Alfred when I got home, but he simply saw it as an opportunity to play fight.

Before and after shots of me and my son in our front row seats in the Splatter Zone at Evil Dead: The Musical in Toronto last night! So much fun! Red and white *are* Christmas colours, after all. @evildeadthemusical.bsky.social

I'm excited to share the cover & release date for HAUNTED CANADA: THE FOURTH TERRIFYING COLLECTION, out June 3, 2025 from Scholastic Canada. This epic book gathers more than 65 spine-tingling tales from across Canada that are sure to please fans of all things haunted. Preorder now!