Catherine Austen
Creative Writing
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Thank-you, Canada Council for the Arts!
I was fortunate to receive a Research and Creation grant from the Canada Council for the Arts last year, funding the past 8 months of dedicated writing time so I could draft a new teen novel. And today I drafted the final scene of… Continue Reading “Thank-you, Canada Council for the Arts!”
Awesome Authors 2022 is on!
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! Learn all the details from the Awesome Authors page… Continue Reading “Awesome Authors 2022 is on!”
Halloween Student Stories
It’s almost Halloween. To build the spooky atmosphere — and also to encourage creative writing — I’m offering these nine read-alouds, spooky stories written by students aged 11-17, all featured on my Cabin Tales podcast last October. They range from silly fun to gory… Continue Reading “Halloween Student Stories”
My Latest Picture Book
It has been a long time coming! My new picture book, When the Squirrels Stole my Sister, illustrated by Sean Cassidy, will be published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside this fall. Just in time to stock up on nuts. Here’s the blurb: My sister tamed… Continue Reading “My Latest Picture Book”
Catherine Austen lives and writes in Gatineau, Quebec.
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