The Sunburst Awards, a juried prize for Canadian literature of the fantastic, have announced their shortlist in both adult and young adult categories. The 2008 prize will be for books published in 2007, and includes some of Canadian genre publishing's top names.
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy
is a rising force in both crime fiction and comic book writing. His latest novel, Severance Package, has just hit the shelves, and he was kind enough to answer a few of my questions through e-mail.
Categories: Interview, Mystery & Crime, Graphic Novels
Write and illustrate your own 10-15 page graphic novel, with original characters, story, and artwork. Content must be appropriate for ages 10-14.
The contest is open to anyone ages 10-14.
Submission deadline is . 1st, 2nd and 3rd-place winners will be contacted August 16. All submissions must be left at the Kids Desk in an envelope marked with the author/illustrator’s name, age, address, phone number, and parent’s name.
Submissions may be retrieved after August 16, 2008.
Have fun, and good luck!
To check out some inspiring graphic novels that have already been published, click here.
Categories: Fun, Saskatoon, Contests and Giveaways, Graphic Novels
The writing in 's latest novel will hit you like a freight train. There is power there, speed, and a fluid economy of words. But underlying it all is the sensation of being transported back in time to the heyday of crime fiction, when men were Marlowe, and dames were deadly.
Categories: Reviews, Mystery & Crime
You know him. Or maybe you are him: the teenager whose flying fingers and out-of-the-box thinking are pushing today's technology into the future so fast, the rest of us can hardly keep up.
He is also Marcus, the 17-year-old computer genius hero of Little Brother, a new YA novel by .
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