Even as award-winning author Terry Fallis (inset) prepares to attend the Stephen Leacock Award Luncheon April 30, 2015, where he is short-listed again, the Moore Park author is finishing up a new novel for release this fall. Today there were more tweets of congratulation across South Bayview following the decision by the Leacock judges earlier this month to place Fallis’ current work. No Relation, published in May 2014, on their list. Fallis first book The Best Laid Plans was self-published in 2008 in the typical circumstances of yet-to-be established writers. As is known, The Best Laid Plans went on to be a huge success and according to a Wikjpedia entry “it won the 2011 edition of Canada Reads as the essential Canadian novel of the decade, where it was defended by journalist Ali Velshi. In 2013, CBC Television announced plans to adapt the novel into a six-part television series, The Best Laid Plans, which debuted in January 2014. The Best Laid Plans is also in development as a stage musical by Touchstone Theatre in Vancouver.” Fallis says on his website that it is hard for him to believe that each of four novels has been a finalist for the Leacock judging. “I offer my humble gratitude to the judging panel. I’m over the moon and look forward to attending the Orillia luncheon on April 30th, not just to find out who wins, but also to hang out with the warm and friendly guardians of Leacock’s Legacy. Deep thanks all around and my congratulations to my fellow finalists.”
