So I flew to Saskatoon on Sunday for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards … but before I get to the awards, let me tell you about the coincidental run-ins I had with some of Saskatoon’s literary elite. First, I had dinner with Arthur Slade and Brenda Baker. This was not a coincidence, I confess. […]
Susin in the Big Apple!! With Kim Kardashian Even!
I just came back from a most AWESOME week in New York City with my 14-year-old. Aside from shopping, eating and theatre/sports/comedy outings nightly, I also attended a “reception in my honor” at the School Library Journal‘s offices in downtown Manhattan. They are the “world’s largest reviewer of books, multimedia and technology for children and […]
BC Book Prize, Bayside and Beyond
Well, a lot of good news to report! Last week I found out that Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom had been nominated for a 2011 Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Award (the Shining Willow). Then, yesterday evening, the phone rang. I assumed it was a telemarketer – it was just around the time they […]
CBC Bookie Awards
This is kind of cool – Dear George Clooney has been nominated for a CBC Bookie Award. If you click on the link, you can vote for George! (or, for another title if it happens to be your favorite). I think the Bookies are like a branch of Canada Reads.I just came back from a […]
Rocky Mountain Book Awards
I’m quite late in posting this because since I got home from Alberta I have been working FULL TIME. This is very unusual for an author, and is making me admire people who work Monday to Friday, nine to five, greatly! My full-time job will only last six weeks – I’m a week and a […]