So far things are pretty awesome with my Children's Book Week 2014 trip to Nova Scotia. (I haven't actually begun working yet. Gruelling days are ahead. Or at least not quite so easy days as today.) First, I got to Halifax and found an ocean and sunshine and happy people walking all over wearing T-shirts. After a… Continue reading Book Week in Nova Scotia: Day One (Saturday)
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Be a Bard: CBC’s Shakespeare Selfie Challenge
Do you have immortal longings in you? Is there no creature loves you? Could you be bounded in a nutshell and count yourself a king of infinite space were it not that you have bad dreams? Now's your chance to tell all. To celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday this month, CBC Canada Writes is hosting a "Shakespeare… Continue reading Be a Bard: CBC’s Shakespeare Selfie Challenge
Gaspe’s BookFest
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 to check out the view) and stopping to give 12 presentations… Continue reading Gaspe’s BookFest
Book Launch
Gatineau/Ottawa friends (and out-of-towners who enjoy a Sunday drive), please come out to the Aylmer (Lucy Faris) Public Library on Sunday, March 30, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., to celebrate the release of my latest middle-grade novel, 28 Tricks for a Fearless Grade 6. There will be lots of refreshments, crafts for the kids, live music from… Continue reading Book Launch
Friday Fable: The Once-Published Writers and the Un-Published Writers
You may know the old story of The Hares and the Frogs: Once there were three hares who were always stressed out by all the predators in the fields. If it wasn't a fox in the grass, it was an eagle overhead. Hare life was an eternal grind of freezing and fleeing, with the odd… Continue reading Friday Fable: The Once-Published Writers and the Un-Published Writers
Catherine Austen 