Catherine Austen
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Good Reading
Posted on December 1, 2017 by Catherine Austen
I just received my copies of the latest Pot-Pourri — that’s the annual volume of youth writing published by the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA). This lovely book contains all the winning poems and stories from last year’s Awesome Authors Contest, a…
Category: books, contests, public libraries, short stories, What's New, writing, young writersTags: book covers, book release, books, Canadian writers, children's books, children's poetry, children's stories, children's writing, Contests, FOPLA, Friends of the Ottawa Public Library, Ottawa Public Library, poems, poetry, pot pourri, publishing, reading, short fiction, short stories, writers, writing, writing contests, youth writing
My Latest Story (Not for Children)
Posted on July 28, 2017 by Catherine Austen
My latest short story, “Mr. Boots,” has just come out in the Summer 2017 issue of The Fiddlehead. (Yes, that’s me peeking inside the magazine at left, and yes, I could use some eye drops and a mascara wand. What can I say? I’ve…
A Celebration of Reading
Posted on May 12, 2017 by Catherine Austen
My home town, Gatineau, is one of this year’s hosts of Canada’s largest festival of reading. We’re an official “Reading Town” this month, with events and presentations that come to a close tomorrow. It’s all part of the National Reading Campaign’s mission to make reading…
Judging Books by their Covers
Posted on March 13, 2017 by Catherine Austen
While browsing my online library catalogue, this book caught my eye: It captured me not because of its great reviews but because I could have sworn it was in my TBR pile with a different name. I searched through the pile and found this: Ah yes. Not…
Category: book covers, books, writingTags: book covers, book design, books, by gaslight, canadian novels, come barbarians, cover image, covers, novels, publishing, similar book covers, stock images, writers
Canadian Literary Short Fiction Markets (R-Z)
Posted on February 6, 2017 by Catherine Austen
Here is the last instalment of my favourite Can-lit journals aka short story markets. NB: These are not ALL the magazines out there in our northern land. This is my personal list of lit-mags that publish the kind of short fiction I read and write,…
Category: monday markets, short stories, writers' markets, writingTags: canadian literary journal, canadian literary magazines, canadian writers' markets, canlit, literary journal, literary magazine, literary short fiction, litmag, publishing, short stories, short story markets, submission guidelines, writing
Canadian Literary Short Fiction Markets N-Q
Posted on January 30, 2017 by Catherine Austen
Continuing on the last couple of posts, here are another 10 excellent Canadian literary journals that short story writers can submit to. The Nashwaak Review (Fredericton, New Brunswick) Publishes original work from new and established writers and artists from across Canada, with an Atlantic…
Canadian Literary Short Fiction Markets (A-E)
Posted on January 16, 2017 by Catherine Austen
I wrote short stories in my youth and published a dozen in Canadian literary journals–long defunct ones like Writ and Quarry, and still-going-strong ones like The Windsor Review and The New Quarterly (it really was a new quarterly back then). Though I’ve kept up…
Catherine Austen is an award-winning author from Gatineau, Quebec. Her favourite things are books and animals.
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