Creative Writing
Posted on November 22, 2019 by Catherine Austen
Dozens of young writers in Ottawa will attend their book launch next week, as the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA) launches the latest volume of Pot-pourri. Pot-pourri 2019 features all the winners and honourable mentions from this year’s Awesome Authors contest… Continue Reading “Book Launch of Pot-pourri 2019”
Category: authors, books, contests, public libraries, What's New, writing, young writersTags: awesome authors, book launch, book release, books, Canadian writers, children's writing, comics, Contests, creative writing, FOPLA, Ottawa Public Library, poems, poetry, pot pourri, pot-pourri 2019, publishing, short fiction, short stories, teen writers, writers, writing, writing contests, young writers, youth writing contest
Posted on September 11, 2019 by Catherine Austen
August 2021 Update: When the Squirrels Stole my Sister is in the Fall 2021 catalogue of Fitzhenry & Whiteside, for publication this September. Cover image to come soon! [older post…] Years ago, I wrote a story about a clever squirrel who grew tired of waiting… Continue Reading “Thieving Squirrels in Fall 2021”
Category: books, children's books, illustration, picture book, picture books, squirrels, What's New, writing, writing procesTags: authors and illustrators, book development, books, Canadian writers, canlit, children's books, creative process, creative writng, delays, editing, fitzhenry and whiteside, grey squirrels, illustrations, inspiration, patience, picture book layout, picture book process, picture books, publishing, revising, sean cassidy, squirrel books, squirrels, squirrels stole my sister, writers, writing
Posted on November 30, 2018 by Catherine Austen
If you are a young writer of fiction or poetry, here are some excellent places to submit your work The updated lists are divided into teen markets and children’s markets (with a bit of overlap). Online and Print Magazines for Teen Writers: The Blue… Continue Reading “Young Writers’ Markets”
Category: writers' markets, young writersTags: alphabet soup, blue marble, books, canadian literary magazines, Canadian writers, canvas magazine, carousel, children's magazines, claremont review, Contests, cyber kids, hanging loose press, launchpad, magazines, new moon girls, poetry, polyphony lit, publishing, short fiction, short stories, skipping stones, stone soup, writers, writing, writing contests, yarn
Posted on August 10, 2018 by Catherine Austen
My tiny home office was featured in this week’s “Writing Spaces,” a regular blog post from The New Quarterly. This is a fabulous weekly feature from TNQ that offers a peek into the working spaces of each issue’s writers, along with inspiring anecdotes and… Continue Reading “Writing Spaces”
Category: authors, litmags, short stories, writingTags: canadian literary journal, canadian literary magazines, Canadian writers, canlit, creative process, english literature, fiction, home office, inspiration, lit mags, literary fiction, literary journal, literary journals, literary magazine, literary magazines, literary short fiction, literature, litmag, office space, offices, publishing, reading, revising, sulphur mountain, the new quarterly, tnq, workspace, writers, writing, writing space
Posted on July 20, 2018 by Catherine Austen
I was thrilled to receive my contributor copies of Issue 147 of The New Quarterly this week. My short story, “On Sulphur Mountain,” is one of eight stories featured in this issue. I’ve had a chance to read them all, and they’re wonderful —… Continue Reading “A Smattering of Evans”