The Ottawa Public Library's Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest was another great success this year, and I was thrilled to be part of it. The winners will be honoured this fall, with the publication of this year's Pot-pourri, but you can read the list of winning Awesome Author 2024 entries right now on the OPL… Continue reading Awesome Authors 2024 Winners
I'm pleased to have a couple of new stories published in print and online this year: "Welcome to the Margins" -- about an aging librarian obsessed with marginalia -- was published in The Humber Literary Review, my first time in its pages. (The full issue is available to read free online for a limited time… Continue reading New Short Stories
I've just changed WordPress themes and lost my way a smidge (along with several images, links, draft pages, and my mojo). I'll get the site updated, with news, links, and more resources for aspiring authors, by the beginning of summer. In the meantime, if there's anything new you want to see here, drop me a… Continue reading Oops
[UPDATE May 22: A huge thank-you to the Regina Public Library for inviting me into their branches, virtually, to lead local writers in this prompt-based workshop via Zoom. It was a new workshop for me and I LOVED it! Thanks to everyone who participated and helped out. 😀] Next Saturday, I'll be leading a writing… Continue reading Virtual Writing Workshop
The Ottawa Public Library's Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is open for entries! Young writers of the nation's capital, we want to read your stories, poems, and comics. Send them in before midnight on February 23rd for a chance to win prizes and publication. The contest is open to Ottawa students writing in English or… Continue reading It’s on! Awesome Authors 2024
Catherine Austen 