It’s out! Thanks so much to editors Ibi Kaslik and Christopher Doda for selecting my piece “Highlights for Children” originally published in The New Quarterly. Congratulations to all the contributors.
Author Archives: caroline
Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week
Charmed to have received the first copy of my new kids’ book, whimsically illustrated by the wonderful Ben Clanton. Look for it in bookstores next March.
Pleased to Meet You Debuts at the Whistler Film Festival
Writer-director Michael MacLennan’s adaptation of my short story “Hauska Tutustua” from Pleased to Meet You debuts in the shorts program at the 2011 Whistler Film Festival. December 2, 4:30 PM Village 8 Cinema. Click here for more information.
2012 International Dublin IMPAC Award Longlist
The Sky Is Falling is on the 2012 Dublin IMPAC Award longlist! It’s a thrill to be nominated along with so many wonderful Canadian and international authors. Congratulations everyone. The citation reads: The Sky is Falling immerses us thoroughly and believably in the paranoia of the 1980s Cold War era. An intelligent and delightfully acerbic writer, …
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How to Write a Book Review
Please join me for this presentation at Vancouver Public Library’s main branch. Thursday 20 October, 2011 in the board room on Level 7, 6:30 – 8:00 pm.
How I Lost the War Against War and Learned to Love Arnold Schwarzenegger
This piece, originally published in the Spring 2011 issue of Eighteen Bridges, is now available online. Read it here.
TD Canadian Children’s Book Week
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is now accepting host applications for Book Week 2012. Teachers and librarians can get more information here.
Birth of a Book Cover
The genesis of a book cover isn’t usually something the author is privy to. Not so with Groundwood, who kindly sent me the cover of my forthcoming (Spring 2012) middle-grade novel, Middle of Nowhere, in stages as artist Simon Ng worked on it. Here is the preliminary sketch. Here is the final version without the …
Canadian Bookshelf Guest Blog
My book list, Imperfect People, is posted at Canadian Bookshelf.
TD Canadian Children’s Book Week
I am delighted to have been selected for the 2012 TD Canadian Children’s Book Week, 5 to 12 May, 2012. I’ll be touring schools and libraries in Ontario with two new children’s books: Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week (Kids Can 2012); and Middle of Nowhere (Groundwood 2012). For details on on the touring …