, author of the Chrestomanci series and Howl's Moving Castle has passed away.
British author , renowned for his bestselling Redwall children's fantasy series, has died suddenly at age 71. The creator of the 21 story series, which sold an estimated 20 million copies, passed away on February 5.
Categories: Authors
Congratulations are due for Saskatoon's . On November 9, The Hunchback Assignments won the 2010 TD Canada Children's Literature Award, the children's literature equivalent of winning the Giller Prize.
steampunk thriller was selected from a stellar field of Canadian Children's Literature including Dragon Seer, Home Free, A Thousand Years of Pirates and Watching Jimmy.
Arthur will be reading from the second book in his , The Dark Deeps, at Saskatoon's Young Adult Author Extravaganza on November 25.
Categories: Awards, Authors, Saskatoon
After recently reading Julian by Gore Vidal which chronicles the life of the Roman emperor, I find myself exploring even earlier times with The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon. Telling the tale of Aristotle's tutoring of a young Alexander the Great, I am in constant awe of how she can communicate the feeling of a moment with concise sentences.
Categories: Reviews, Authors, Graphic Novels
Manitoba-based Karin Adams is the author of Lights! Curtains! Cows! and No TV? No Fair!, both available at McNally Robinson Booksellers. Humour and a kid-centered universe are the essential ingredients in her books. Karin's favourite stories remain those she read as a young(er!) person. Join us at McNally Robinson Grant Park on May 16, 2010 at 2:00 pm to celebrate the launch of No TV? No Fair!.
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The best thing about being a children's writer is that my favourite pastime (reading children's books) and my research (reading children's books) are one and the same. I am currently re-discovering the works of Judy Blume, children's author extraordinaire. As a reader, it's been great catching up with "old friends" like Peter Hatcher, Margaret Simon, and Sally J. Freedman (as herself, of course). As a children's author, I've spent some time thinking about why Blume's books are so beloved and enduring. Here's what I've come up with so far:
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