Creative Writing
Posted on May 9, 2014 by Catherine Austen
As I begin the last day of my tour of schools, libraries and bookstores in Nova Scotia, I want to say thank you to all the students I’ve met along the way. Thanks for listening. Thanks for laughing. Thanks for asking great questions. Thanks for saying… Continue Reading “Thank you, Nova Scotia Schools!”
Posted on May 5, 2014 by Catherine Austen
A huge thank you to all the inquisitive elementary students I met today on the first day of my Nova Scotia tour of schools and libraries for TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2014. Thanks for asking such great questions and for teaching me the correct… Continue Reading “Book Week in Nova Scotia: Shout Out to Bookstores”
Posted on May 3, 2014 by Catherine Austen
So far things are pretty awesome with my Children’s Book Week 2014 trip to Nova Scotia. (I haven’t actually begun working yet. Gruelling days are ahead. Or at least not quite so easy days as today.) First, I got to Halifax and found an ocean and… Continue Reading “Book Week in Nova Scotia: Day One (Saturday)”
Category: authors, book week 2014, children's booksTags: Canadian Children's Book Week, free comic book day, halifax, writers
Posted on May 2, 2014 by Catherine Austen
I’m heading off to Nova Scotia tomorrow for TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2014. Hurrah! I’m one of 29 lucky authors, illustrators and storytellers selected to tour schools and libraries outside their own province this year. I was thrilled to get Nova Scotia as… Continue Reading “Off to Nova Scotia for Book Week!”
Category: authors, book tour, children's books, school visits, What's NewTags: author visits, books, Canadian Children's Book Week, nova scotia, procrastination
Posted on April 30, 2014 by Catherine Austen
Unfortunately, the Spring conference in Montreal has been cancelled. CANSCAIP’s annual “Packaging Your Imagination” conference will be held in Toronto this fall.
Category: authors, children's books, What's New, writing, writing conferenceTags: CANSCAIP, creative process, editing, Imagine a Story, publishing, writing, writing workshops