And finally, the piece de resistance of my time away – the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards. Check out the link for their 2011 selections! The awards ceremony took place in the Manitoba Young People’s Theatre, down at the Forks. It was FILLED with kids (I think 450). There were four young presenters who did […]
Indigo Teen Read Awards
I just found out recently that Word Nerd has been nominated for the Indigo Teen Read Awards! If you have a moment, go to their site – there are lots of cool categories. Word Nerd can be found under “Best Canadian Read” – better yet, if you feel so inspired, please vote for it! The […]
“Word Nerd” Wins the OLA’s Red Maple Award!
I may be home from Toronto, but I’m not off of my cloud. What an incredible week. I am absolutely amazed by the Ontario Library Association and their ability to pull off an event like the Forest of Reading. On “my” day, May 12th (where, in different ceremonies, the Blue Spruce, the Red Maple and […]
“Word Nerd” Nominated for Rhode Island Teen Book Award
… So my “Google Alerts” informed me the other day that “Word Nerd” has been nominated for the Rhode Island Teen Book Award. What tickles me about this is twofold: One, it means at least a handful of Americans have read my book (sales! sales! sales!), and two, I’m on a list with Carl Hiaasen, […]
Good Reader Review of Word Nerd
Oh, I’m a terrible blogger, I know. But today I received this review thanks to Google alerts (I suspect all writers do this – you punch in the title of your book and any time anything is written about it, you get an e mail alert – yes, we really are that vain). Anyway, I […]