You may have heard the old story of the Rooster and the Jewel: One day, a rooster was scratching at the straw in the farmyard, looking for nourishment, when he came across a string of pearls (dropped by a wealthy landowner on his way to evict the poor farmer because he couldn't make rent, what with the drought and… Continue reading The Beach Bag and the Booker Prize
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Balls in the air
Did you notice the new blog name? I got an email from a total stranger asking if I was still alive and I figured it was time to get back to blogging and Facebook and all that putting-myself-out-there stuff. So here I came. And imagine my surprise when I saw that I'd given myself a deadline to… Continue reading Balls in the air
What’s in a Name?
I have to name this blog. That was on my to-do list two years ago and it's still there. Which doesn't bother me much -- it's not like it's the sole task carried over year after year. I've lived in Quebec for two decades and haven't made it past intermediate conversational French. An unnamed blog isn't much of… Continue reading What’s in a Name?
What’s New Wednesday: CLA Awards Reception
Alas, I've missed a few too many Wednesdays on this blog. But I simply had to pop in to put on record the great evening I had on May 31st at the Awards Reception of the Canadian Library Association. I was one of three happy children's book creators honoured at the ceremony. (My teen novel, All Good Children, won the… Continue reading What’s New Wednesday: CLA Awards Reception
Friday Fable: Sour Writers
You have probably heard the fable, Sour Grapes: A hungry fox snuck into a vineyard where ripe grapes hung from tall vines. The fox stood on his hind legs and snapped his jaws, eager for a taste. But the grapes hung just out of reach. The fox hopped and pawed and jumped and stretched and… Continue reading Friday Fable: Sour Writers
Catherine Austen 