writing news | Liam O'Donnell

Talking Power Play with Diamond Willow Award readers

by liam | Sep 30, 2012 | education, literacy, writing news

I’m incredibly honoured that my graphic novel Power Play is nominated for a 2012 Diamond Willow Award. Being one of the amazing “Tree Awards”, the winning book is chosen by the most important judges of all: the reader! Over the next few weeks,...

My graphic novel Media Meltdown reprinted, now with moar uber

by liam | Jul 11, 2012 | comics, literacy, media, writing news

So, my media-literacy-mystery-adventure-graphic-novel for kids, Media Meltdown just went into reprint, which is very cool. That means, we sold so many copies my amazing publisher ran out. That’s good news all around. The publisher and author & illustrator...

Kobo ganked my “Ganked” manuscript

by liam | Jul 3, 2012 | literacy, works in progress, writing news

I don’t too get excited over new tech gadgets, especially tethered appliances like e-readers, but I will say I love my KoboVox. However, now I’m ready to break up, sort of. I still love it for reading ebooks and surfing the web. Up until last week, I...

Start summer with a free Max Finder Mystery book

by liam | Jun 14, 2012 | comics, education, literacy, writing news

Love mysteries? Love comics? Love free stuff? Now is your chance to have all three in one giveaway contest. To celebrate the launch of my brand new monthly e-newsletter, Reading Change, I am giving away four signed copies of Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook...

Power Play nominated for 2012 Diamond Willow Award

by liam | Mar 3, 2012 | comics, writing news

I’m wearing many hats these days: teacher, librarian, video games and learning advocate and finally humble writer. Over at my blog, feeding change, I write my education / “video games aren’t evil” posts. Here at my main page, I like to stick to...