Author Alan Cumyn on Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend and the Berton House Writers' Retreat

Ottawa writer Alan Cumyn is an award-winning author of a wide range of literary novels for children and adults. He recently published Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend, a YA novel with an outrageous premise about a teenaged dinosaur enrolled in a high school attended by humans. The manuscript of the novel was completed a couple of years ago in Dawson City, Yukon, while Alan was our writer-in-residence at the Berton House Writers’ Retreat. This recording is taken from the last days of his residency when he spoke at the Dawson City Community Library about his Yukon experience, read from a draft of Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend, and answered audience questions. The event was produced by the library in association with CFYT 106.9FM The Spirit of Dawson.