Catherine Austen
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Tag: children’s novels
SCBWI Spring Conference in Ottawa
Posted on April 8, 2016 by Catherine Austen
There are still a few spaces left for Ottawa’s SCBWI Art of Story Conference scheduled for the end of the month. For two days, guest speakers will offer workshops and presentations to everyone interested in writing or illustrating children’s books, from aspiring picture book illustrators to established YA novelists. There’s something for every…
Radio Interview at Noon
Posted on April 5, 2015 by Catherine Austen
The interview I did in Prince Edward County last month (last post) airs at noon today on 99.3 County FM. Lynn Pickering, host of “The County Writes…The County Reads” asks me about my background, my books, and my advice for young writers. Check it…
Cool Reads for Cool Kids
Posted on November 14, 2014 by Catherine Austen
My latest middle grade novel, 28 Tricks for a Fearless Grade 6, is featured in this month’s issue of Middle Shelf Magazine, in their “Cool Reads for Cool Kids” section (under the “Humor” category, natch – you’ll find my excerpt on page 22.) Check…
Evolution of a Novel
Posted on July 27, 2011 by Catherine Austen
My new middle-grade novel, 26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6, comes out next month from James Lorimer & Company. Just in time for back to school. It’s a comedy aimed at reluctant readers, and it’s my first book with a female protagonist: Becky Lennox. I love that girl. Her…
Category: authors, books, writingTags: book release, books, children's books, children's novels, creative process, editing, revising, writing
Laurel Leaves
Posted on June 21, 2011 by Catherine Austen
I like to stay grounded in the present in my writing (with an eye on future deadlines), but every now and then I try to look back on the work I’ve done. Or walk back to it, in this case. My first children’s novel, Walking Backward, was published by Orca…
Category: authors, books, writingTags: book awards, children's books, children's novels, walking backward
Dreaded Edits
Posted on February 23, 2011 by Catherine Austen
“Editing is the same as quarreling with writers — same thing exactly.” – Harold Ross, founder of The New Yorker magazine I am SO happy because I have finished Round One of edits on both my teen novel, All Good Children, and my middle-grade novel,…
Category: authors, books, writingTags: books, children's books, children's novels, creative process, editing, revising, writing
Fall Faves
Posted on November 21, 2010 by Catherine Austen
Writing isn’t going so well for me just now–I’m scattered among different projects and I keep going back and forth between two possible plot directions in my sequel to All Good Children. Not good. I don’t like writing blind. I don’t want to whine — that’s why I haven’t…
Category: authors, booksTags: children's books, children's novels, picture books, quiet book, shattering glass, whittington, YA novel
Catherine Austen is an award-winning author from Gatineau, Quebec. Her favourite things are books and animals.
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