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An interview with Raquel Rivera, award-winning author of five books for young readers, including Tuk and the Whale and Orphan Ahwak. Hear about her interest in fairy tales, her advice for creating tension-filled scenes, and her childhood fear of the toilet witch. 25 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-83543444/author-interview-with-raquel-rivera?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Read the full transcript; CT2-RaquelRivera-TranscriptDownload Show Notes [0:00] Intro [1:10]… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #13: Raquel Rivera

An interview with Ishta Mercurio, author of the picture book, Small World, and co-author of the non-fiction picture book, Bite into Bloodsuckers. Hear about her favourite first lines, her love of characters that push the boundaries of expectations, and her penchant for telling truths through metaphors. 20 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-83543444/author-interview-with-ishta-mercurio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Read the full transcript: CT2-IshtaMercurio-TranscriptDownload Show… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #12: Ishta Mercurio

An interview with Philippa Dowding, award-winning author of 13 books for middle-grade readers, including Oculum, Firefly, and Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet. She is also a poet, a musician, and a copywriter. Hear about her attraction to weird plot possibilities, her occasional tendency to spook herself while writing, and her encounter with a gargoyle in… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #11: Philippa Dowding

An interview with Wendy McLeod MacKnight, author of three books for middle-grade readers, who shares her habit of drafting quickly and revising painstakingly, her advice on getting to know your characters before you write them, and her delighted surprise at discovering Voldemort under Quirrell’s turban. 20 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-727542232/ct2-i10-wendy-mcleod-macknight?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Read the full transcript: CT2-WendyMcleodMacknight-TranscriptDownload Show Notes… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #10: Wendy McLeod MacKnight