Readings and Events
Forest of Reading Festival of Trees, Ontario Library Association - May 15 and 16, 2012
CASE CLOSED? NINE MYSTERIES UNLOCKED BY MODERN SCIENCE is short-listed for the 2012 OLA Silver Birch award. Yippee! I will be planning to attend the awards ceremonies at the Harbourfront Centre, Queens Quay, in Toronto. Hope to see you there!
Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards, Toronto - October 4, 2011
My non-fiction book CASE CLOSED? NINE MYSTERIES UNLOCKED BY MODERN SCIENCE is short-listed for the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-fiction. I'll be attending the awards ceremonies at the Carlu in Toronto. You can find out more about the CCBC awards here.
Word on the Street - Sunday, September 25, 2011
I will be signing my book OFF TO CLASS: INCREDIBLE AND UNUSUAL SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD (OwlKids Books, 2011) at the OwlKids tent at Word on the Street, Queen's Park, in Toronto, on Sunday, September 25 from 11.30 to 12.00. For more info, click here.
Forest of Reading Festival of Trees, Ontario Library Association - May 11, 2011
No Girls Allowed is short-listed for the 2011 OLA Red Maple award. Willow Dawson and I will be doing a workshop at the OLA Forest of Reading Festival of Trees, as well as attending the awards ceremonies. Hope to see you there!
Interview - Jan 17, 2011
Read my complete interview with blogger Annika Paxman about my writing career and, in particular, creating Case Closed? at Munchkins and Manuscripts.
Word on the Street - September 27, 2009
Kids Can Press and I have donated 75 copies of my picture book, EARTH TO AUDREY, to First Book, an organization which provides new books to children in need. I will be signing the copies at the First Readers booth (#254) at Word on the Street in Toronto on Sunday September 27. You can find out more about First Book literacy programs at http://www.firstbookcanada.org.
Interview - October 1, 2008
Check out my interview about my graphic novel No Girls Allowed with Kelly Herold at Big A Little a!
Reading - September 28, 2008
I will be reading from my book NO GIRLS ALLOWED with illustrator Willow Dawson at the Children's Reading Tent at Word on the Street, Toronto, on September 28, 2008. For more info, click here.
Signing - June 13, 2008
Book-signing (NO GIRLS ALLOWED) with Willow Dawson, illustrator, at Kids Can booth, Book Expo, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 11.00 - 12.00.