Posted on November 22, 2019
by Catherine Austen
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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…
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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 February 8, 2019
by Catherine Austen
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I’ll be giving a writing workshop tomorrow at the Carlingwood Library to help kids aged 9-12 prepare their stories for the Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Contest. We’ll do two story-building exercises: one on Character, and one on Setting.
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Category: author talks, contests, friday form, school visits, writing, writing proces, writing workshops, young writersTags: author visits, awesome authors, Contests, creative process, creative writing, FOPLA, inspiration, Ottawa Public Library, setting, setting exercise, short fiction, short stories, writers, writing, writing contests, writing workshops, youth writing, youth writing contest
Posted on December 8, 2018
by Catherine Austen
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It’s time for all the young writers in Ottawa to get their awesome on! The Ottawa Public Library wants you to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and write a poem, short story, or comic (or all three!) to enter into the OPL’s…
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Category: author talks, authors, contests, public libraries, short stories, young writersTags: awesome authors, Canadian writers, canlit, Contests, Friends of the Ottawa Public Library, libraries, ottawa, ottawa events, Ottawa Public Library, ottawa writers, poetry, poetry contest, pot pourri, short fiction, short stories, writers, writing contests, writing workshops, youth fiction, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest
