Starter Dog: My Path to Joy, Belonging and Loving This World—ON SALE NOW!

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Do Dogs Make Us Better Humans?

TVO The Agenda with Steve Paikin

Rona on the Page

Rona launching Starter Dog at Type Books in Toronto
"Pet Cause: Animal Companions are Good for Seniors’ Health, So Why Is It So Hard to Rescue and Keep One?" from Zoomer
Rona’s national bylines date back to her teens. In a former career as a full-time magazine writer, her work was honored by the Canadian Nurses Association and the National Magazine Awards Foundation of Canada. A few of her more recent publications:

Pet Cause: Animal Companions are Good for Seniors’ Health, So Why Is It So Hard to Rescue and Keep One?

I Adopted My First Dog at 65, and Everything Changed

In ‘Starter Dog,’ Rona Maynard Relates How Casey the Rescue Mutt Changed her Life

Raising the Dead

I’m Nobody

Rona Maynard on Mental Illness and the REAL Talking Cure

Awe Walking: How Cultivating Awe on Your Daily Stroll Can Boost Your Mental Health

The Day I Took a Stand Against Anti-Muslim Hate

 

Out and About

27 Rapid-Fire Questions with Rona Maynard 

What former Chatelaine editor Rona Maynard learned from her rescue dog

How to write about personal growth: with Marion Roach Smith of QWERTY

Falling for a dog: with Kathy Buckworth of Go-to Grandma

Life after work: with Sherrilynne Starkie of 50 Women Over 50

The back door to joy: with Judy Librach of The Bliss Minute

Dogs make us better people: with Heather Ross of Better Me

Her biggest mistake: Rona meets Alex Newman of Getting It Wrong

Why 15 years between books? with Joseph Planta of The Commentary

Rona talks with Kathy Buckworth about her memoir My Mother’s Daughter

Coming Soon

Rona’s keynote speech to the Travel Media Association of Canada, June 16, Sudbury, ON (members only)