Category: writing
Posted on July 28, 2017
by Catherine Austen
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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…
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Category: authors, short stories, What's New, writingTags: canadian literary magazines, fiction, literary fiction, literary journal, literary magazines, literary short fiction, litmag, litmags, mr. boots, publishing, short fiction, short stories, the fiddlehead
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…
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Category: author talks, authors, public speaking, reading, writingTags: author visits, books, chelsea, children's books, creative process, mill road community space, national reading campaign, reading, reading festival, reading town
Posted on March 13, 2017
by Catherine Austen
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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…
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Posted on February 6, 2017
by Catherine Austen
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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,…
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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
Posted on January 30, 2017
by Catherine Austen
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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…
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Category: monday markets, short stories, writers' markets, writingTags: Canadian writers, canlit, literary journals, literary magazines, short fiction, short fiction markets, short stories, submissions, where to publish, writers, writing
Posted on January 16, 2017
by Catherine Austen
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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…
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Posted on November 11, 2016
by Catherine Austen
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A couple of cool things have happened this fall with my 2011 teen novel, All Good Children. First, All Good Children is now available in paperback! Orca Book Publishers has produced a gorgeous paperback version of the book. It’s blue, it’s ominous, it’s a…
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Category: books, teen novels, What's New, writing, young adult fictionTags: all good children, book promotion, book release, books, booktrack, children's books, children's novels, dystopian fiction, ebooks, orca, orca book publishers, paperbacks, publishing, soundtracks, writers, writing, YA novel, young adult novel
