Creative Writing
Posted on April 11, 2014 by Catherine Austen
It was a pleasure to spend the week touring schools along the Gaspe coast as part of the region’s BookFest 2014. I visited English elementary schools from Gaspe southwest to New Richmond, driving from town to town along the Atlantic Ocean (peeking over snowbanks sometimes… Continue Reading “Gaspe’s BookFest”
Category: authors, book tour, school visitsTags: author visits, book promotion, bookfest, children's books, festival du livre, gaspe, writers
Posted on June 12, 2013 by Catherine Austen
I’ll be in Hudson, Quebec, this weekend, for an awesome new event, Storyfest for Kids. Storyfest is Hudson’s annual celebration of writers, readers and storytellers, which has been taking place every fall for the past ten years. But that’s not the one I’m at. I’m… Continue Reading “Storyfest for Kids”
Category: authors, books, What's NewTags: author visits, cat books, children's books, hudson quebec, storyfest
Posted on May 3, 2013 by Catherine Austen
Next week I’ll be in Atlantic Canada on an author tour as part of the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award celebrations. My middle-grade comedy, 26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6 (Lorimer) is a nominated title in the 2012/13 English Fiction category. Classes all over the eastern… Continue Reading “Hello Hackmatacks!”
Posted on February 9, 2013 by Catherine Austen
Thanks to the Montreal Children’s Library for organizing such a fun author visit with the grade five classes of Westmount Park Elementary School yesterday (and thanks to Via Rail for getting me through the storm safely). It was great to meet the students, their teachers and… Continue Reading “Thanks!”
Category: authors, young writersTags: author visits, books, children's books