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Buried by Science!

Illustration by Karen Patkau It’s been a Bunsen-burning busy week around here with me wrapping up the revisions for the first of three science graphic novel scripts for Capstone Press and starting a short fun article for KNOW, a great new kids science magazine,...

Word Up in Whitby

Spring is on its way and in addition to bringing more writing projects, it also sees me heading out to Whitby, Ontario to be a guest at Words in Whitby 2006. The annual celebration of authors takes place on April 7, 8 and 9 at the Centennial Building in Whitby. The...

Canadian Kids Book Pulled from Awards List

With Freedom to Read Week only a few days away (oops – we’re in the middle of it now!), it’s ironic that the York Region District School Board is pulling from its list of Silver Birch nominees, Three Wishes, by fellow CANSCAIPer, Deborah Ellis....

First Second Gets Comics Marketing

Early last year, I read a press release [launches pdf!] that introduced me to a new comic publisher, called First Second Books. They’re actually an imprint of Roaring Brook Press (who apparently don’t have a website yet?!), so they’re coming from a...