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Launch, Hamilton SuperCrawl AND a Giveaway for Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet
It’s a BUSY week ahead with a book launch, an author reading AND a book giveaway…
Weird Stories Gone Wrong at the CNE 2019
Award-winning Weird Stories Gone Wrong seriesQuinn and the Quiet, Quiet comes out September/2019 Come to the…
Pick of the week, tech storytelling, a librarian’s letter, free teacher’s guides and more
Coming September 2019, Dundurn Press It’s been a busy week, lots to cover! FIRST, I want…
Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet BOOK TRAILER
My next book, Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet, comes out in September 2019! It’s the sixth…
OCULUM makes the 2019 Forest Kid Summer Reading List!
I couldn’t be happier to announce that my middle-grade dystopia, OCULUM, has just been selected by…
The BEST thing about writing for kids? …
The best–THE BEST–thing about writing for kids? Getting their letters and pictures! A few weeks ago I…
MORE fabulous kid’s art for OCULUM
J’s Granola Bar from OCULUM “E created a set of bookmarks that depict important scenes from…
Alex and The Other is one of The Year’s Best Books 2018!
Book 4 in the award-winningWeird Stories Gone Wrong series “With each chapter Dowding develops tension and…
10 Writing Tips for the 10th Anniversary Celebration!
It’s been a decade since my first book was published in April 2009. What have I…
The Gargoyle in My Yard, Ballerinas and Daisies
Gargoth of Tallus illustration by Emma Dolanwww.emmadarkandweird.com Imagine this gargoyle in a tutu, doing a pirouette. Kathryn…
A Diamond Willow Award Nomination for OCULUM!
CCBC Best Books Selection & Willow Awards stickers! So honoured to announce that OCULUM has been nominated…
Introducing The Gargoyle Shuffle
Gargoyle Image Courtesy Emma Dolan www.emmadarkandweird.com My first book was published TEN YEARS AGO today, on…
My Best Piece of Kidlit Writing Advice is …
Oculum, DCB, Sept/2018 Today, I’m really honoured to be the Guest Blogger on the Kick-Butt Kidlit…
The 5 Stages of a Book Cover for Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet
Coming September/2019, Dundurn Press A book cover is an amazing thing: salesperson, storyteller, harbinger of the…
Introducing Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet …
PRE-ORDER NOW Coming Sept. 2019 from Dundurn Press Here it is, the amazing cover for Quinn and…
Beautiful Heat Ascending in the Snow
Wandered the snowy streets of Toronto today, and came upon this beautiful, fragile image on the…
CM Magazine Recommends Alex and The Other
“The realities of middle school life combined with a creepy mystery adventure story make Alex and the…
Introducing the Weird Stories Gone Wrong 6 BOOK SERIES!
HERE THEY ARE! All six covers in the award-winning Weird Stories Gone Wrong series, and what a…
OCULUM at OLA Super Conference on Jan. 31!
OCULUM, Dancing Cat Books, 2018 Hey Librarian and teacher friends! I’ll be signing OCULUM, my new…
FREE Teacher’s Guides for OCULUM, Gargoyles, Weird Stories and more
It’s time for some FREE stuff! My publishers work hard all year long for me, and…
The Tin Foil Fairy
I was six the Christmas that the tin foil fairy appeared in my life. Other people…
The Ghost of Lego Past: an Ode
From whence did you come, you warrior’s badge of youth? From which ubiquitous movie tie-inwere you…
CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens Fall 2018, OCULUM makes the list!
Every spring and fall, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre puts out their list of the Best…
CM Magazine Review, Blackwells and the Briny Deep
BOOK 5, Weird Stories Gone Wrong,Now available! Click for order info “Fans of the short fiction…