     I add a new page Clips and Pics to my website of reviews and articles about Meeting Miss 405.
S Sept. 23, 2008
     I announce that I now have copies of 'MM405' in my hand on my blog. It will be in bookstores any day!
     The Surrey International Writer's Conference website blog announces the book's publication.

    S Sept 1, 2008
     Vancouver's Tradewind Books schedules my children's novel Return of the Summer Fish for publication
     in spring 2010. That seems such a long way off... but there's lots to do!

S June 30, 2008

Mark your calendars. The book launch of Meeting Miss 405 - combined with workshops for adults
and kids - will be held on Sat. Nov. 1. Co-sponsored by Surrey Public Library. Get all the details here.

S June 29, 2008
I launch the first kids' contest - Check the Good Reading page to find out how you can win a new book.

S June 4, 2008 - Sink or Swim (alternate title A Star in the Water) the sequel to Meeting Miss 405
has now left home to make its way in the world. Keep your fingers crossed that it finds a good home soon.

S May 31, 2008
You can now pre-order your copy of Meeting Miss 405 from Amazon.ca.
Plan to drop in to the June 14 Spring Book Hatching at the Central Branch of Vancouver Public Library -
850 W. Georgia St. 1-3 p.m. Featuring new books, presentations, and readings by members of CWILL - Children's Writers & Illustrators of BC. More info at the CWILL blog here.

S May 23, 2008
And yet another call from a Brookside student! This time it was A.J. asking some great questions!

S May 16, 2008
Today's mail brings the copy proofs of my book, and a copy of the cover! I love it - the rich colours, the rather retro look, the fact that Tansy is not a traditionally 'pretty' child. The illustrator is Peter Ferguson - check out more of his work here.

S May 15, 2008
I spend fifteen enjoyable minutes on two separate phone interviews with Grade Six students from Brookside School in Surrey. Well-prepared with interesting questions, they are both interested in writing as a career. A copy of my book of writing exercises is now on their way to them, and I've promised their
school library a copy of MM405 when it is out.

S April 16, 2008
I leave for about a month's visit to the UK, which includes a presentation to a writing group in North Yorkshire, and introducing my husband to my old boarding school and stomping grounds in Truro, Cornwall.

S April 15, 2008
Check here for information about my presentations to schools. I'll be visiting Calgary in early November for the Kaleidoscope Children's Literature Conference, and hope to arrange class visits and book talks in the area while I'm there. But I am, of course, also happy to visit schools closer to home (Surrey, BC)

S April 13, 2008
I return final revisions on Meeting Miss 405 to my editor at Orca... next step is to see the copy proofs!

S March 16, 2008
I learn that I have been awarded a grant by the Canada Council to write the sequel/companion book to
Meeting Miss 405, current working title Sink or Swim.

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