The Sunburst Award Society (for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic) has just selected my novel, All Good Children, as the winner of the 2012 Sunburst Award in the Young Adult category. I am thrilled! Check out the Press Release here. I owe everyone at Orca Book Publishers my thanks for making this book… Continue reading The Sunburst Awards
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Goodreads Discussion Group Guest Author
If you're interested in young adult novels, you should: (a) read Daniel Pinkwater's Young Adult Novel; and (b) join the Goodreads YA Reads for Teachers (and Any Other Adults!) discussion group. I am the group's Guest Author this month, so I'll be talking with discussion group members and visitors about the writing life, my award-winning teen novel, All… Continue reading Goodreads Discussion Group Guest Author
QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
I'm taking a breather from picking up after the puppy to say, wow, it was such an honour to win the Quebec Writers' Federation 2012 Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature for my middle-grade comedy, 26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6 (James Lorimer & Company, 2011). The book was shortlisted with Monique Polak's Pyro (Orca Book… Continue reading QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
We interrupt this blog…
...to bring you PUPPIES! Well, just one puppy. But what a puppy. Sigh. I'm smitten. Puppy's vital stats: Name: Ernest (AKA Ernie, Ernesto, Che, and occasionally the names of my cats and children when I get confused) Age: 3 months; he's been with us since age 8 weeks. Breed: Labrador/Boxer mix (Chosen because one of… Continue reading We interrupt this blog…
Ottawa Teen Author Fest: Write On!
If you’re a young writer in the Ottawa area, please come out on Wednesday for a discussion panel of YA authors, part of the Ottawa Public Library’s Teen Author Fest. Here's the blurb: Write On!Find out what it takes to write like a pro from a panel of published authors. Discussion panel: Max Turner, Catherine… Continue reading Ottawa Teen Author Fest: Write On!
Catherine Austen 