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Macfarlane Creative is the Hub where you will find books by authors Leigh Macfarlane and LM Penner, plus the educational books and courses of The Backwoods Writer.  Click the button for more information: 

Coming Spring 2026

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The Joyful Gardener for Beginner Gardeners of British Columbia

This book was written with the assistance of AI. Mainly as an experiment to see what would happen. AI created the outline and did the research. I just wrote the book. 

Topics include - zones, soil types, home remedies to plant problems, types of plants that grow well in the Okanagan and how to care for them, personal gardening fails of the author, and so much more. 

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2025 Titles Available Now

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Blink and You Miss it Small Towns of BC

 I was driving through Westwold, BC when the idea for this book came to me. British Columbia has many major centres, but there are also so many tiny, interesting, and picturesque towns in British Columbia that deserve attention. I decided to search some of them out and feature them in this book.

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The Joyful Gardener Beginner Gardeners of British Columbia

This book was written with the assistance of AI. Mainly as an experiment to see what would happen. AI created the outline and did the research. I just wrote the book. 

Topics include - zones, soil types, home remedies to plant problems, types of plants that grow well in the Okanagan and how to care for them, personal gardening fails of the author, and so much more. 

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The Backwoods Writer Writing a Novel Course

-When it comes to writing, what is your why?

-Give yourself permission to write what you like to read.

-Get yourself out of writer's block with muscle memory.

-Make deliberate choices for your story, but make them look easy.

-And much, much more!

Book Club 2026

In 2026, Book Club will continue monthly. This year's line up will be announced quarterly, and will feature books across various genres. For the first quarter we will be reading some of my favourite authors:

January -  Exit Strategy, Lee Child and Andrew Child

February - He Falls First, Jill Shalvis

March - Iris Johansen - On the Hunt

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Aging Audaciously

In 2025, Leigh started a substack blog on things related to aging. This will be continuing in 2026 with an average of 2 blog posts a month. Fot 2026, Aging Audaciously will speak to the themes of health and aging, travel and aging, family and aging, and activity and aging. 

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