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		<title>Writing in the Reading Room</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 2, I conducted writing workshops at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. The Reading Room there is a vibrant place with volunteers and staff dedicated to putting books into the hands of children and teens. The teens I wrote with were enthusiastic writers and positive critics of each others&#8217; work. Librarian Patrick Gracey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2010/03/04/writing-in-the-reading-room/</link>
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		<title>Hot YA Dystopia Novels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YA Dystopia novels are uber-popular ever since the release of Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. So if you like dystopia novels and are looking for more to read, check out this list of Half a Century of English-Language Young Adult Dystopias, compiled by Amy H. Sturgis. My novel Pure is on the list, as well as many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2010/02/24/hot-ya-dystopia-novels/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Appearances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m looking forward to conducting a writing workshop at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto on March 2. It&#8217;s exclusively for patients of the hospital, but if you&#8217;re looking for an event that is open to the public, please join me for a reading at the Barbara Frum Branch of the Toronto Public Library at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2010/02/10/upcoming-appearances/</link>
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		<title>Cleavage Makes Social Responsibility List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls, which features my short story &#8220;Profanity,&#8221; is on the 2010 Amelia Bloomer List, part of the American Library Association&#8217;s Social Responsibility Round Table. Here&#8217;s the link for more info.
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		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2010/02/10/cleavage-makes-social-responsibility-list/</link>
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		<title>Video Trailer for Take the Stairs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this new trailer for my novel Take the Stairs, which was nominated for the Ontario Library Association White Pine Award. Resource Links says, &#8220;Through reading Take the Stairs, one develops a greater appreciation for the commonality that runs through people’s lives: suffering, struggle, and hope.&#8221; Thanks to Air Productions for creating the trailer, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2010/01/19/video-trailer-for-take-the-stairs/</link>
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		<title>Ask the Pros</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re an aspiring author, you may want to check out this conference on November 7, 2009. Packaging Your Imagination, organized by CANSCAIP, offers a day of inspirational workshops with professional authors, illustrators and performers. This year, I&#8217;ll be there as a moderator for an &#8220;Ask the Pros&#8221; panel, where experts Marie Campbell (agent, editor), Peter Carver [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2009/10/15/ask-the-pros/</link>
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		<title>Young Voices 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Young Voices Magazine is here!
This is my fourth year as an editor of this magazine of teen writing and art, published by the Toronto Public Library, and I&#8217;ve loved every minute of it. It excites me to think that the influential authors and illustrators of tomorrow may be first published within the pages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2009/10/15/young-voices-2009/</link>
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		<title>Granted!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My novel-in-progress received a second writing grant, this time from the Toronto Arts Council. The novel is tentatively called The Yoyo Prophet. It&#8217;s about fifteen-year-old Calvin Layne, who becomes an overnight sensation as a yoyoing street performer. With almost three-quarters of the book written, it&#8217;s great to have the support and encouragement to finish it! I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2009/09/17/granted/</link>
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		<title>Book Trailer for Cleavage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thrilled to announce that Cleavage, an anthology about teens and body image that includes my story &#8220;Profanity,&#8221; now has a book trailer. Thanks to Air Productions for putting it together and Jamye Dawicki for the awesome music.

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		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2009/08/28/book-trailer-for-cleavage/</link>
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		<title>WordPlayer Summer Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished a week of WordPlayer writing workshops at Pegasus Studios summer arts camp. It was my third year teaching 9 to 13 year-olds at the camp. This year, I used an otherworldly theme, and we wrote stories based on the photography of Gregory Crewdson, created our own fantastic characters (everything from our version of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenkrossing.com/2009/07/26/wordplayer-summer-camp/</link>
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