An interview with Monique Polak, author of 29 books for young people and teacher of English and Humanities at Marianopolis College in Montreal. Hear about her attraction to delinquent characters, her commitment to work through good writing days and bad ones, and her ability to recognize a promising story idea by the tingling in her… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #8: Monique Polak
Author: Catherine Austen
I'm a Canadian author of books for all ages. My short stories are published in literary journals including The Fiddlehead and The New Quarterly. My books for young readers have won multiple awards, including the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award and the Quebec Writers Federation Prize for Children's Literature. I live with my family in Gatineau, Quebec.
Cabin Tales Author Interview #7: Tim Wynne-Jones
An interview with Tim Wynne-Jones, author of 35 books for all ages, including novels, picture books, and short story collections, including most recently War at the Snow White Motel and The Starlight Claim. Hear about his love of islands and adventures, his aversion to unnecessary back-stories, and his childhood experience of telling stories around the dinner table.… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #7: Tim Wynne-Jones
Cabin Tales Author Interview #6: Karen Krossing
An interview with children’s and YA author Karen Krossing, novelist and short story writer whose first picture book is coming out this fall. Karen has been an editor, a writing coach, and a creative writing instructor. Listen to her thoughts on sad endings, unforeseen plot twists, and writer’s block. 20 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-727542232/ct2-i6-karen-krossing?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Read the full… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #6: Karen Krossing
Cabin Tales Author Interview #5: Amanda West Lewis
An interview with Amanda West Lewis, author of novels and non-fiction books for young people, and executive director of a theatre school. Amanda shares her preference for third-person point of view, her phobia of scary stories, and her love of Alice in Wonderland. 20 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-727542232/interview-with-amanda-west-lewis?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Read the full transcript: CT2-AmandaWestLewis-TranscriptDownload Show Notes [0:00] Intro… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #5: Amanda West Lewis
Cabin Tales Author Interview #4: Lori Weber
An interview with Lori Weber, Montreal author of ten YA books including Lightning Lou, Yellow Mini, and Deep Girls. Lori shares her love of fictional settings, her aversion to moral messages in fiction, and her unease around squirrels in her own yard. 15 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-727542232/interview-4-lori-weber?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Read the full transcript: CT2-LoriWeber-TranscriptDownload Show Notes [0:00] Intro [1:15]… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #4: Lori Weber
Catherine Austen 