Books without Boundaries: YA fantasy authors talk crossover appeal

On  

Saturday, June 16, 2018

2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

at

Bakka Phoenix Books
84 Harbord Street
Toronto, ON

outstanding authors of young adult fantasy

Erin Bow

James Bow

Lena Coakley

V. S. McGrath 

L. E. Sterling 

will participate in a panel discussion about the crossover appeal of young adult novels

 In addition to meeting a quintet of authors of YA speculative fiction
and hearing them discuss their books,
there will be an opportunity to purchase books
and get them signed!

The First Page: Student writing challenge from CBC Books

CBC Books has created a writing challenge 

for students in Grades 7 to 12 

and 

the two winning entries 

 (one for Gr. 7-9 and one for Gr. 10-12) 

will be selected by

 award-winning YA author
Erin Bow

The Challenge:  
• Write the first page of a novel (any literary genre) set in 2167 with the protagonist dealing with an issue currently relevant  (climate change, diversity, gender, refugees, leadership, etc.) and show how it has played out 150 years from now.
• Write 300-400 words.  Be sure to give your "book" a title.

Eligible Participants:
• All Canadian residents who are full time students enrolled in Gr. 7 to 12 may enter.

Timeline:
• Submit between November 9, 2017 9 a.m. ET and November 30, 2017 6 p.m. ET

Selection:
• Author Erin Bow will judge the entries based on the following criteria:

• use of language;
• originality of subject;
• expression of a current affairs theme;
• writing style; and
• adherence to the contest's requirements.

• Shortlists of 10 entries per grade category will be selected from which the winner will be chosen.

Prizes:
• One year subscription to OwlCrate, a monthly delivery of a box of books (winner may select middle grade or young adult)
• The school library of each winner will also receive 50 YA books chosen by CBC.

Full details of this writing challenge are provided at CBC Books 

with rules and regulations available here.  

A Little Taste of...new youngCanLit: Multi-author book launch (Waterloo, ON)

Partake in a little taste of youngCanLit,

middle grade and young adult, 

at this multi-author book launch

for

A Little Taste of Poison

by R. J. Anderson

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster

978-1-481437714

352 pp.

Ages 10+

September 2016

Reviewed here

The Swan Riders 

by Erin Bow

Margaret K. McElderry Books

978-1481442749

384 pp.

Ages 14+

September 2016

Icarus Down

by James Bow

Scholastic Canada

978-1-4431-3913-7

374 pp.

Ages 12+

August 2016

Howard Wallace, P.I.

by Casey Lyall

Sterling Children's Books

978-1454919490

272 pp.

Ages 8-12

September 2016

on

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

 at 7 p.m.

Words Worth Books

96 King St. S.

Waterloo ON

(519) 884-2665