Maureen Halushak

1 month ago | chatelaine.com | Maureen Halushak

“I think of myself as an accidental novelist,” says Nita Prose, the Toronto-based author of the cozy mystery series The Maid, whose final instalment—The Maid’s Secret—is out now (see below for an excerpt). The bestselling series came to be after Prose, a former book editor, had a life-changing encounter while on a business trip to London. “I went out for a meeting, came back and opened the door and completely surprised the maid,” she says.

1 month ago | fr.chatelaine.com | Julie Gobeil |Ann Ross |Erica Lenti |Sun Ngo |Maureen Halushak

Un bureau bien rangéLA PROPRIO : Julie GobeilL’ESPACE : Le bureau que je partage avec ma fille de neuf ans, Elizabeth. LE DÉFI : Je voulais qu’elle et moi ayons un endroit plus agréable et pratique pour travailler côte à côte. Je désirais aussi déplacer mon bureau devant ma grande fenêtre pour profiter de la lumière du jour. L’ORGANISATRICE : Megan Golightly de Go Simplified, à Calgary.

1 month ago | chatelaine.com | Maureen Halushak |Jen Sookfong Lee

I married young, then had a baby, and then got divorced before anyone else I knew had even considered it. Afterward, I dated wildly and indiscriminately, and had a few nice boyfriends and one very bad one. I leaned on my friends, most of whom tried to find me handsome men in bars or wanted me to date their cute coworker because they had always wanted to but were too shy and too married. During these years I was always writing, or trying to write, or complaining about writing.

2 months ago | chatelaine.com | Maureen Halushak |Erica Lenti

As part of a Team Chatelaine Clutter-Busting Challenge, we tasked our editors with organizing their most out-of-control spaces—from an overflowing closet to a jumbled home office. Here’s how editors Maureen Halushak and Erica Lenti tackled their disaster drawers. When I renovated my kitchen, I opted for deep drawers instead of cupboards, but I couldn’t afford built-ins. As a result, my container drawer was a complete free-for-all.

2 months ago | chatelaine.com | Maureen Halushak

We didn’t intend to feature entirely Canadian authors in this round-up, but there was such an overwhelming number of excellent new releases from homegrown talent that we simply had no choice. If reading more CanLit is one of your 2025 resolutions, these 10 page-turners are a great place to start.