If you're a children's book writer, a teacher, a librarian, or a student in Ontario, you probably know about the Forest of Reading, Ontario's children's choice book award program. (It's like the Hackmatacks on the East coast, the Red Cedars on the west, and the Willows and MYRCA in between, but larger in scope and… Continue reading Forest of Reading Honours
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Hackmatack Children’s Choice Winner
Hey, I won! What a wonderful trip to the Maritimes I had last week. I flew into Bathurst, New Brunswick, on the 6th to begin my Hackmatack Author Tour. I spoke with students in elementary schools along the Miramichi (returning to my birthplace of Newcastle) on the 7th and 8th, then met up with fellow Hackmatack nominees… Continue reading Hackmatack Children’s Choice Winner
Hello Hackmatacks!
Next week I'll be in Atlantic Canada on an author tour as part of the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award celebrations. My middle-grade comedy, 26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6 (Lorimer) is a nominated title in the 2012/13 English Fiction category. Classes all over the eastern provinces have been reading my book and other nominated titles this… Continue reading Hello Hackmatacks!
The Sunburst Awards
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
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
Catherine Austen 