Archive for November, 2010
Remembrance Day Links
Thursday, November 11th, 2010Friend and fellow writer Bill Swan is feeling proud over his stepson launching a new song at the True Patriot Love Foundation fundraiser dinner last night. Net proceeds from the song go to foundation, which raises money for Canadian forces and their families. Find the song on iTunes here. Today, Kathy Stinson is in Ottawa, [...]
Children’s Literature Awards
Thursday, November 11th, 2010Tuesday night , the Canadian Children’s Literature Awards Celebration was held at the Carlu in Toronto. That’s right–the same night as the Giller. I think it was on the mind of a few of the speakers, as they congratulated us for being at the most important literary event in Toronto that night. Not to undermine [...]
Online Interview, Arthur Slade and PYI Conference
Sunday, November 7th, 2010It’s been a busy few days in writing land. Yesterday was the annual CANSCAIP Packaging Your Imagination Conference. The day before that, I had the opportunity to drive one of the PYI speakers (Arthur Slade) to a couple of library presentations. And I should probably draw attention to my author interview on the Teens Read [...]