Receiving Vaults
If you ever wondered what a receiving vault was used for check out this blog post I wrote for the Oshawa Museum. I was fortunate, along with Curator Melissa Cole, …
Interview on Non Fiction Authors Association Website
I am thrilled to be featured in the “Author Interview” section of the Non Fiction Writers Association website. It was fun to do and I must admit I love being …
White Bronze Monuments Tea and Talk
I am excited to be featured as October’s Tea & Talk speaker at the Oshawa Museum. I am highlighting the White Bronze (zinc) monuments in Union Cemetery, the history of …
Association for Gravestone Studies
I recently returned from the annual conference of the Association for Gravestone Studies as known affectionately as “Cemetery Camp”. I will be sharing most of my photos on the Facebook …
White Bronze Monument Tour
Saturday June 1 join me and the Oshawa Museum for a tour of Union Cemetery in Oshawa focusing on white bronze monuments. Nestled among the marble and granite markers you …
Canadian Museum Association
A short piece I authored responding to the fire last September at the National Museum of Brazil was included in the Canadian Museums Association magazine (December 2018). The piece features …
Demill Ladies’ College, Oshawa, Ontario
My first podcast for the Oshawa Museum is available at https://bit.ly/2D52CYH The topic is Oshawa’s Demill Ladies’ College which was an advanced educational institution for females operating from 1876-1896. Find out …
I am featured on the Nonfiction Authors Association blog!
An article I wrote is featured on the Nonfiction Authors Association blog. Check it out here: https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/how-to-write-like-a-historian-without-actually-being-one-by-laura-suchan/
I am Member of the Week!
How cool is this? I was named by the Nonfiction Authors Association as member of the Week for June 4, 2018 and my newest publication, To Cast a Reflection: The …
Cast Iron Caskets
In 1933 a small headline appeared in the Toronto Daily Star, Bearded Man Seen In Casket Window. The article goes on to state the discovery of a cast iron casket …