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BOOKS

YES, MISS THOMPSON

Now or Never Publishing, 2023.

yesmissthompson.com

nonpublishing.com/yes-miss-thompson

MICRO MIRACLE: A TRUE STORY
Signature Editions, 2019.

micromiracle-story.com

signature-editions.com

BOOKS
NEWSPAPERS / JOURNALS

NEWS MEDIA AND JOURNALS

Upcoming - DID YOU SEE IT TOO? and LEGENDS, ALL

The Argyle Literary Magazine, September 2025. 

WHEN YOU'VE TRAVELLED TO NOTHING

Reed Magazine, Issue 157, 2024. 

AS LONELY AS ONESELF

Baltimore Review, Spring 2024

https://baltimorereview.org/spring_2024/contributor/amy-boyes#As%20Lonely%20as%20Oneself

READ MY BOOK: YES, MISS THOMPSON

Post Media, November 19, 2023.

leaderpost.com/life/queen-city/read-my-book-yes-miss-thompson-is-a-true-story-about-hardships-for-women-in-the-1930s

THE HIBISCUS

Streetlight Magazine, November 3, 2023. 

https://streetlightmag.com/2023/11/03/hibiscus-by-amy-boyes/

HOW WILL I REMEMBER GRAN? THE LAUGHTER FROM OUR ABORTED DRIVING LESSONS

The Globe and Mail, November 2, 2023.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-how-will-i-remember-gran-the-laughter-from-our-aborted-driving-lessons/ 

MY DAUGHTER MAY HAVE NEEDED SPEECH THERAPY...

CBC, January 24, 2023.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/breathe-alive-pediatric-care-speech-therapy-1.6715699

> CBC The Morning Edition - Saskatchewan, January 24, 2023

 https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-66-the-morning-edition-sask 

HOUSE FOR SALE: AND JUST LIKE THAT...

The Globe and Mail, October 19, 2022.

theglobeandmail.com/amp/life/first-person/article-and-just-like-that-im-joining-the-great-millennial-migration-to/ 

FUNERAL PIANIST: MY UNUSUAL SIDE HUSTLE

The Globe and Mail, March 3, 2022.

theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-my-unusual-side-hustle-being-a-funeral-pianist-is-rewarding-but-it-can/

> CBC Radio One, Tapestry with Mary Hynes, March 25, 2022. 

cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-59-tapestry/clip/15902934-the-fulfilling-sometimes-weird-world-funeral-music 

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NOTES FROM A VIRTUAL MEETING

The Globe and Mail, April 20, 2021.

theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-can-you-hear-me-now-notes-from-a-virtual-meeting/

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN
In Parentheses. January 7, 2021.

inparentheses.art/2021/01/07/death-and-the-maiden-by-a-boyes/

PREMATURE MOTHERHOOD
Humber Literary Review, May 2017: 40-43. Print.

humberliteraryreview.com/spring-summer-2017/

MUSIC TEACHER MAGAZINES

MUSIC TEACHER MAGAZINES

UpcomingWORKSHOPPING WITH YOUNG PERFORMERS

American Music teacher. 

Upcoming - I WANT IT ALL: BALANCING PRIVATE TEACHING AND PARENTHOOD

Coauthor: Karen Gerelus. American Music Teacher.
 

PREPARING MUSIC STUDENTS FOR CRITICAL FEEDBACK

Canadian Music Teacher Magazine, Winter 2025.

cfmta.org/docs/magazines/76-2.pdf

SUPPORTING WITHOUT OVERWHELMING: OUR CHILDREN'S MUSIC LESSONS

Coauthor: Karen Gerelus. Piano Magazine, Spring 2024.

pianoinspires.com/magazine/

STARTING OVER: BUILDING A NEW STUDIO, MIDCAREER 

American Music Teacher, April/May 2024. 

americanmusicteacher.org

FULL OF HYPE OR HELPFUL?: MUSIC COMPETITIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Teaching Music Magazine, April 2024.

nafme.org

REVIEW "ESSENTIAL PIANO TECHNIQUE"

American Music Teacher, February/March 2024.

americanmusicteacher.org

SUPPORTING TEACHING COLLEAGUES WITH WHOM YOU DISAGREE

American Music Teacher, August/September 2022.

americanmusicteacher.org

WHEN THE WELL IS DRY: REIGNITING THE SPARK FOR TEACHING

Piano Magazine, Formerly Clavier Companion, Autumn 2021.

claviercompanion.com/article-details/autumn-2021 

THE DIVERSE CAREER: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. CHRISTOPHER FOLEY

Notes Magazine, Summer 2021. 

ormta.org/notes

REVIEW OF "VISUALIZE KEYBOARD SCALES & MODES"

American Music Teacher, June/July 2021.

americanmusicteacher.org

READY FOR A MUSIC EXAMINATION?
European Piano Association (UK) Piano Professional Magazine, January 2021.

epta-uk.org

DON'T MAKE ME USE MY TEACHER VOICE: GETTING RESULTS WITHOUT GETTING FRUSTRATED
Piano Magazine, formerly Clavier Companion, Spring 2020.

claviercompanion.com/article-details/blogger/amy2020

THICK SKIN, WARM HEART
Canadian Music Teacher Magazine, Vol 71, no. 1, Fall 2019, 52-53.

cfmta.org/archive/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CFMTA-fall-2019_web.pdf


REVIEW OF "FAVORITE PIANO REPERTOIRE: FROM THE 17TH, 18TH, 19TH, AND 20TH CENTURIES, BOOK ONE AND BOOK TWO"
American Music Teacher, April/May 2019.

americanmusicteacher.org

TEN TIPS FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS
American Music Teacher, Feb. 2019, 34–37.

americanmusicteacher.org/allarticle/36833/555079/555079/allarticle.html

ONLINE BLOGS AND JOURNALS

EVERYTHING WE PLAY
PianoDao. January 16, 2021.

pianodao.com/2021/01/17/everything-we-play/

BEAR SKINS AND COLD CHURCHES
Crossed-Eyed Pianist Blog, October 21, 2020.

crosseyedpianist.com/2020/10/21/bear-skins-and-cold-churches/


KINDLY SPEAKING THE TRUTH
Melanie Spanswick Blog, July 2, 2020.

melaniespanswick.com/2020/07/02/kindly-speaking-the-truth/


FIDDLING WHILE ROME IS BURNING
No Dead Guys Blog, July 8, 2020.

nodeadguys.com/2020/07/fiddling-while-rome-is-burning-online.html

STRONG CONNECTIONS: BUILDING POSITIVE STUDENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS
Music Teachers National Association e-Journal; 4.3 (2013): 23.

mtna.org/MTNA/Stay_Informed/MTNA_e-Journal/MTNA_e-Journal_Archives/February_2013.aspx

ONLIE BLOGS AND JOURNALS

ONLINE CONTENT

CREATING AN OUTSTANDING CMFAA MEMBER PROFILE
Canadian Music Festival Adjudicators’ Association, January 30, 2021

https://www.cmfaa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Creating-an-Outstanding-CMFAA-Member-Profile.pdf

ONLINE MUSIC ADJUDICATING: IMPACTFUL WRITTEN AND VIDEO-RECORDED FEEDBACK
Canadian Music Festival Adjudicators’ Association, January 30, 2021

cmfaa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Online-Adjudicating-1.pdf

ONLINE CONTENT
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