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After Life has been shortlisted for two 2019 Canadian Children’s Book Centre awards:
Earlier this year, After Life was also included in several lists of important children’s books for 2019, including:
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Children 2019 (National Council for the Social Studies)
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens 2019
I am thrilled to be launching After Life: Ways We Think About Death at my favourite Toronto bookstore, Queen Books, on September 30, 2018, at 1:30. Everyone welcome!
After Life: Ways We Think About Death is here! And I'll be launching it in Victoria at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 8, at the Baumann Centre (925 Balmoral Road). Proceeds from books sold at the launch will be donated to Learning Through Loss. With music by Claire Butterfield. Everyone is welcome!
My second book, After Life: Ways We Think About Death, will be available from Orca Book Publishers on September 4, 2018. Stay tuned for information about launches and other events!
What’s the Buzz?: Keeping Bees in Flight was nominated or shortlisted for several awards.
In 2015, in addition to being a Junior Library Guild Selection, What’s the Buzz? was an Ontario Library Association Best Bet book and a finalist for the Lane Anderson Award, celebrating the best in Canadian science writing.
In 2016, What’s the Buzz? was included in the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens and was shortlisted for the Green Earth Book Award and the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. It was also a finalist for the Animal Behavior Society Outstanding Children’s Book Award and a nominee for the 2016/17 Red Cedar Book Awards.
What's the Buzz?: Keeping Bees in Flight has been awarded the designation, "A Junior Library Guild Selection" for Fall 2015.
Here's how it works: The Junior Library Guild reviews more than 3,000 new titles for children and teens each year, selecting about 700 of them. Librarians in the United States and Canada then choose from the JLG selections to build their collections. According to the Junior Library League:
"We've developed a keen sense for finding the best of the best. Over 95 percent of our selections go on to receive awards and/or favorable reviews. And, according to statistics provided by Collection HQ, from 2013 to 2014 JLG Selections circulated 81% more than other books published for children and teens."
Thank you, Junior Library Guild! And thank you Orca Book Publishers!
I will be signing copies of my book, What's the Buzz?: Keeping Bees in Flight, and selling my own Flower Power honey at The Local General Store (my favourite shop in Victoria), on Saturday, September 26, from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be an apple tasting, music by Wild Honey, and lots of other bee-themed products for sale. Best of all, 10 percent of the proceeds will go to Sierra Club Canada for their great work in protecting the bees.
Hope to see you there!
I will be launching my book, What’s the Buzz?: Keeping Bees in Flight, from Orca Book Publishers, at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 20, at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary.
Books, an observation hive, prizes – fun!
I hope you can join me!
My first book, What’s the Buzz? Keeping Bees in Flight, will be available from Orca Book Publishers on September 22, 2015.
