Through the Florida Council of Teachers of English (FCTE), an award committee selects “the book that best represents an adolescent’s overcoming a situation – not of his or her own making – in such a way to provide significant insight and hope to a reader.”
At Authors for Indies Day last year, I recorded this short interview for Turning Pages, produced by local cable channel CogecoTV. The show looks at what’s happening in the world of books and publishing through conversations with authors, readers, and publishing professionals. Thanks to host Roxanne Beale, owner of Roxanne’s Reflections Book & Card Shop, a well-stocked independent bookstore in Fergus, Ontario. It was a pleasure to chat about books and writing, and to visit her store for Authors for Indies Day. Here’s to supporting our indies!
Thanks to YA author and blogger Melanie Fishbane for this interview on her blog. I’m very excited about Melanie’s debut novel about the teen years of L.M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, to be published by Razorbill Press in 2016. This is a novel not to be missed!
To read Melanie’s interview of me and my latest novel, Punch Like a Girl, click on the image below. Thanks, Melanie, for the great questions.
Thanks so much to the SCBWI members who chose to vote for Bog, and the SCBWI staff for implementing the award back in 2011 and organizing the annual voting. Bog is a shy cave troll, and not fond of humans, but he’s eager to add the sparkling Crystal Kite trophy to his horde of gems and stones. (If you haven’t read Bog, just let me say that trolls are fond of collecting silver, amethysts and even polished bone.)
There were plenty of excellent titles in the running for the Crystal Kite Award this year, and I’d particularly like to mention the shortlisted books: If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers, written by David J. Smith and illustrated by Steve Adams, and Mama and Little Gray, written by Aimee Reid and illustrated by Laura J. Bryant. Congrats on being finalists!
In Punch Like a Girl, a teen girl with a hero complex tries to rescue others, whether they want it or not, in order to avoid facing her own fears of assault. To watch the book trailer, click here.
This week, I was interviewed by BC author Robin Stevenson on her blog! Robin has published eighteen novels for kids and teens, including her latest, The World Without Us. You can read my recent interview with Robin about her novel here.
To read Robin’s interview of me, click on the image below. You can read about why I wrote Punch Like a Girl, why there’s a butterfly on the cover, what I’m writing now, and more. Thanks, Robin, for the great questions.
I’m honoured that Punch Like a Girl is one of two runners-up for the 2017 Joan F. Kaywell Books Save Lives Award.
