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It is now late January, and in northern Newfoundland, we still have at least three winter months ahead of us. I will use the time to write the draft for a new Calista Gates mystery and plan a hiking vacation in Europe’s warmer climes. It’s not that winter in Canada Read More

Where does one go to for a romantic getaway in a very remote, isolated area of northern Newfoundland? This is the question I ask myself every November when the roads are still safe to travel and I feel like having a change of scenery. Last year I found a nice Read More

When I’ve finished writing a crime novel, I’m in a good phase. It’s done! I still have the feedback from my test readers ahead of me and later the copy-editor will comb through the text thoroughly and suggest changes. But basically there is a book again and I can breathe Read More

While many people in Europe complain about the heat wave, the summer in Newfoundland is very pleasant, if you accept cool rainy days from time to time. Heat is not for me (I would feel uncomfortable even in a sauna), I have become a “northern” person. I have also reconciled Read More

My visits to Switzerland are always intense and very emotional, because it is my first home country where I have lived for a long time before emigrating to Canada. Time with family and friends is very precious, every moment I spend with them, I am aware that we will be Read More

I haven’t published anything on my blog since February. An often quoted phrase comes to mind: “I made plans, but life got in the way.” (I did write the first draft of my next Calista Gates crime novel though and the English translation of the coming book ist finished. Now Read More

February, along with March, is the worst month when the snowstorms whip over Newfoundland and Labrador. Today is such a day, we expect 75 centimeters of snow. I can’t see the other end of the bay in the white whirlwind. So far, however, the winter has been bearable despite the Read More

I can walk again! What an awesome feeling. My ankle has healed well and every day means progress. There is progress with my latest book, too. The paperback of “Cold Dread” is published and the e-book will come out December 27. You can pre-order the e-book for only 99 cents Read More

Hello lovelies, you haven’t heard from me for a while, at least in this blog (if you have subscribed to “Bernadette’s Letter” – there is a button on the homepage – then of course you have read about me, and I am also active on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok). I Read More

For many of my European friends, Vancouver is the most beautiful city in the world. For them it is a dream destination, and they cannot stop praising its stunning setting between the ocean and the mountains. Those who have already been here, want to come again, and those who haven’t, Read More