Catherine Austen
Creative Writing
Category: podcast
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”
Cabin Tales Author Interview #29: Frieda Wishinsky
It’s the final Cabin Tales interview! With Frieda Wishinsky, award-winning author of more than 70 books for young readers, both fiction and non-fiction. Hear about her aversion to horror, her fondness for chronological order, and the similarities she finds in writing and gardening. 20… Continue Reading “Cabin Tales Author Interview #29: Frieda Wishinsky”
Cabin Tales Author Interview #28: Karen Bass
An interview with Karen Bass, award-winning author of 8 young adult novels including Graffiti Knight, The Hill, and Blood Donor. Hear about her favourite fictional monster, her preference for third-person point of view, and her memory of growing up on a farm telling herself… Continue Reading “Cabin Tales Author Interview #28: Karen Bass”
Cabin Tales Author Interview #27: Chris Jones
An interview with Chris Jones, illustrator of 25+ picture books and leveled readers plus multiple magazine features, and author-illustrator of graphic novels and comics for all ages. Hear about his love of wild settings, his resistance to the bound pages of a sketchbook, and… Continue Reading “Cabin Tales Author Interview #27: Chris Jones”
Cabin Tales Author Interview #26: Katherine Battersby, Peggy Collins, and Christine Tripp
An interview with author-illustrators Katherine Battersby, Peggy Collins, and Christine Tripp. Chris has illustrated more than 50 children’s books for educational publishers; Peggy has illustrated over a dozen books and she’s the author-illustrator of several. Katherine Battersby has illustrated 12 books, 7 of which… Continue Reading “Cabin Tales Author Interview #26: Katherine Battersby, Peggy Collins, and Christine Tripp”
Catherine Austen writes books for kids and teens, short stories for adults, and reports for corporate clients. She lives in Gatineau, Quebec.
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