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July 29,
2010
I learn
that
Orca Book Publishers will publish my book
STALKER in spring 2011, this one for their
Currents series - 'High-interest
intermediate novels (for 10-14 year-olds) aimed
at reluctant readers'.
June
16, 2010
MEETING MISS 405
is listed as one of the
Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2010 by the
Canadian Children's Book Centre.
June
4, 2010
MEETING MISS 405 wins the 2009/2010 BC
Chocolate Lily Award
(Fiction/Chapter Books
category)
May 5, 2010
I get my first glimpse of the
cover of SILVER RAIN, due out October 2010. I'm
thrilled with it. Check it out on my
Books page.
April 1, 2010
The Surrey NOW Newspaper
carries a piece about the book launch, complete with name typo and
misquote... 'I said I don't write light commercial fiction' rather
than I don't like... Check out the article
here. But other than that, all publicity
is good publicity!
March 29, 2010
Two of my stories for younger
children, 'When Papa Works the Night Shift' and 'Something to Worry About'
will be published by
REAL Kids Magazine.
March 4, 2010
I'm invited to present
a memoir workshop at the June
CanWrite! conference - the annual
conference of the Canadian Authors' Association.
February 26, 2010
The sequel to
MEETING MISS 405
is almost ready to go. I'll be presenting copies of the limited edition of
A STAR IN THE WATER
during school
visits, library readings, and other events promoting my books. Details
about the website contest
here.
February 3, 2010
MEETING MISS 405
is nominated for a third award - the 2010
Saskatchewan
Diamond Willow Young Readers Choice Award.
February 2, 2010
Saturday, April 10 is set for the official launch of
THE BALLAD OF KNUCKLES McGRAW
- 1 p.m. at the Newton Library in Surrey, to be followed by a kids'
writing workshop. Check
here for launch details.
January 8, 2010
In the next few weeks
I'll be launching the first contest, in which the prize will be
one signed limited edition
copy of THE STAR IN THE WATER, (or, 'What happens next?') - an unofficial companion to MEETING
MISS 405. This will be one of a only twelve copies used as contest and
draw prizes and special giveaways during school visits, presentations,
etc., in 2010.
Check here
for contest details as they
emerge.
December 18, 2009
I'm a grandma! Cooper Earle
Johnston was born today. Here he is dozing on his dad's chest just four
days later. (UPDATE: Jan. 8 - just 11 days later, Colton Robert Douglas
Brunt was born to my stepson David Brunt and his partner Becky Johnson.)
December 15, 2009
I get
my first glimpse of the cover of
THE BALLAD OF KNUCKLES McGRAW.
Once
again, illustrated by
Peter
Ferguson.
I love it!
October 26, 2009
MEETING MISS 405
is nominated for the 2010 OLA
Forest of Reading
Silver Birch Express Award.
July
15, 2009
My third
children's novel tentatively entitled
ELSIE AND THE
SILVER RAIN
is accepted for
fall 2010 publication
by
Orca Book
Publishers.
June 3, 2009
I launch the
Surrey
Writers' School
to pick up where the Surrey Creative Writing
Diploma Program left off when Surrey School Board cancelled it and other community programs.
May 13, 2009
MEETING
MISS 405
is nominated for a 2009-2010
Chocolate Lily Award
April 3, 2009
My
article on 'Showing not Telling' appears in the May issue of
The Writer
magazine.
In April and
May I will present four workshops 'Writing For Results' for staff of the
Fraser Valley Regional Library.
I will be
presenting workshops and participating the Blue Pencil Cafe manuscript
consultation sessions at the 2009
Surrey International Writers' Conference,
October 23-25,
Surrey, BC.
March 23, 2009
LPwordsolutions now accepts applications for the Take 5 Writer Mentorship
program that starts Sept. 2009. Information and application forms
here.
February 3, 2009
Heard today
that my second children's novel,
THE BALLAD OF
KNUCKLES McGRAW
will be published in spring 2010 by
Orca Book
Publishers.
January 15, 2009
My website gets
a facelift. I hope you like it.
My sideline, the Magic Carpet Storytelling Workshops program is now
involved with
Crescent Beach Community Services at Camp Alexandra's
'Bridging Generations' initiative - an inter-generational performance project, partially funded by the United
Way.
There's still space in the
February 7 one-day workshop Story, Plot & Theme. Details
here.
I am one of seven presenters on the Getting Started in Children's
Books panel,
presented by CWILL BC on
Monday, February 23. Details
here.
Check my blog for more news.
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