Category: author talks

Awesome Authors 2023 (Update)

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Catherine Austen

The Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest was a huge success this year, with more entries than ever. Over 700 young writers of poetry, comics, and short stories submitted pieces this winter, leaving judges like me with many difficult decisions (but many… Continue Reading “Awesome Authors 2023 (Update)”

Category: author talks, contests, featured, What's New, young writersTags: awesome authors, featured, FOPLA, OPL, Ottawa Public Library, ottawa writers, pot pourri, writers' markets, writing contests, young writers, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest

MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival 2023 (Update)

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Catherine Austen

Leave a Comment

It was fab! In person! So many happy young faces! So many talented authors and illustrators! This year’s MYAIF was a one-day event at Ottawa’s Science and Technology Museum. And what a day! Hosted by JustJamaal ThePoet, with over 140 kids attending, with workshops… Continue Reading “MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival 2023 (Update)”

Category: author talks, featured, What's New, writing workshops, young writersTags: adrienne kress, children's book illustration, children's books, creative writing, featured, illustration, justjamaal thepoet, kean soo, MASC, MASC Young Authors and Young Illustrators Festival, myaif, ottawa events, philippa dowding, science and technology museum, soyeon kim, tim wynne-jones, writers, writing workshops, young writers

MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival 2023

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Catherine Austen

Leave a Comment

It’s back! In person! And I want to see you there. Young writers and artists in eastern Ontario and western Quebec can sign up now for the MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival (MYAIF) to be held in Ottawa on April 4th.

Category: author talks, What's New, writing, writing workshops, young writersTags: children's book illustration, children's books, creative writing, illustration, lesley livingston, MASC, MASC Young Authors and Young Illustrators Festival, myaif, ottawa events, philippa dowding, science and technology museum, soyeon kim, tim wynne-jones, writers, writing, writing workshops, young writers

Awesome Authors 2023 is on!

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Catherine Austen

Leave a Comment

The Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is back! Young writers of the nation’s capital, get to work on your poems, short stories, and comics. You could win publication, glory, cold hard cash! The contest opened on January 10th and it closes… Continue Reading “Awesome Authors 2023 is on!”

Category: author talks, contests, What's New, writing, writing workshops, young writersTags: amelinda berube, Apollo the Child, awesome authors, Eric Peladeau, FOPLA, OPL, ottawa, ottawa events, Ottawa Public Library, ottawa writers, Pierre-Luc Belanger, pot pourri, short stories, writers' markets, writing, writing contests, writing workshops, young writers, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest

Online Character Workshop

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Catherine Austen

Leave a Comment

Join me online on Saturday, January 14th at 1pm EST for a one-hour workshop on characterization: Nice is Not Enough, part of the SCBWI (Canada East) “Digging Deeper” workshop series.