Creative Writing
Posted on September 30, 2022 by Catherine Austen
I’m pleased to join the many authors making book recommendations on the new book discovery site, Shepherd.com. Check it out to discover the books your favourite authors recommend.
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Posted on March 8, 2021 by Catherine Austen
April 2021 Update: The readings listed below have passed, but I have one more National Public Reading coming up on June 9th, hosted by the Muskoka Authors Association, about writing for children and adults. Many thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts and… Continue Reading “national public readings”
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Posted on August 21, 2020 by Catherine Austen
Welcome to Cabin Tales: Spooky Stories for Young Writers. This is Episode Two: Nasty People meet Nasty Ends. It’s a long one at 50 minutes. I’m Catherine Austen. And my guests today are great Canadian writers Karen Krossing, Monique Polak, and Tim Wynne-Jones. Today… Continue Reading “Nasty People Meet Nasty Ends (Episode 2: Characters)”
Category: podcast, writingTags: bad beginning, books, Canadian writers, canlit, character exercises, children's books, children's novels, creative process, creative writing, dracula, fictional characters, fictional villains, introducing characters, karen krossing, monique polak, novels, reading, short fiction, short stories, tim wynne-jones, universe versus alex woods, writers, writing workshops, young writers, youth 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”
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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”
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