Creative Writing
Posted on January 24, 2020 by Catherine Austen
It was a real pleasure to be the Guest Quizmaster at the Ottawa heat of the Kids’ Lit Quiz this year. The contest was held at Elmwood School on Tuesday, January 21st. And even in the middle of a teachers’ strike (Go teachers! Fight… Continue Reading “Kids’ Lit Quiz 2020”
Category: authors, children's books, contests, reading, What's New, writingTags: book trivia, books, Canadian writers, canlit, Catherine Austen, children's books, Contests, elmwood school, glashan public school, guest quizmaster, holly bodger, jo rioux, kate jaimet, kidlit quiz, kids lit quiz, knoxdale public school, literature quiz, ottawa events, ottawa schools, quizmaster, reading, reading contest, writing
Posted on January 6, 2018 by Catherine Austen
Yes, it’s on! The Ottawa Public Library is holding its annual Awesome Authors Contest for youth aged 9-17. If you’re a young person in Ottawa with something to say, get to work on saying it well. (BTW, the 9-year-olds don’t have to compete with… Continue Reading “Awesome Young Authors in Ottawa”
Category: contests, monday markets, What's New, writing, young writersTags: Apollo the Child, author visits, awesome authors, Canadian writers, Catherine Austen, Contests, Eric Peladeau, fiction, graphic storytelling, Katherine Battersby, Michel Lavoie, OPL, Ottawa Public Library, poetry, poetry contest, publishing, revising, short fiction, short stories, writers, writing, writing contests, writing workshops, youth fiction, youth poetry