On Thursday February 2, I had an opportunity to sign advance reader copies of Yesterday’s Dead at the Ontario Library Association Conference held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It was quite thrilling, actually, since I’d never done that before! I enjoyed talking to the eager attendees who lined up to receive a signed copy at the Organization of Ontario Book Publishers’ booth. The teachers and librarians with whom I spoke were glad to see historical fiction set in Ontario as a support for the social studies curriculum in the middle grades and even for the history curriculum in high school. (A Grade 10 history project was mentioned by more than one teacher!)