…not that it’s a surprise, of course!
This was a nice review of Cathy Beveridge’s Tragic Links by the Montreal arts and culture magazine. The reviewer says “Canadian history can seem like a boring and daunting topic for young teens, but this award-winning author has found a way to liven up the subject matter, making it memorable for its readers by retelling its stories through the eyes of a teenager, as opposed to the pages of a textbook.”
Their website, incidentally, is worth a look, especially if you are in Montreal: roverarts.com

The SFU Summer Publishing Workshops are underway at the moment. Next week I’ll be learning how to make some lovely manuscripts into publishable works (substantive editing). I guess it will take a LITTLE longer than the two days the course runs for — but it’s a start. There are at least a couple of Ronsdale authors involved: Keith Maillard (Dementia Americana) will be one of the panelists for the Symposium on the Book (From Memories to Memoir), and Brian Brett (contributor to Writing the West Coast) is a faculty member for the Book Publishing Immersion Workshop.

Sunday, August 16: Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North). Illustrated talk, “The Facts behind the Fiction,” Grand River Branch, United Empire Loyalists Association. Central Presbyterian Church, 7 Queen’s Square. Cambridge, ON, 2:00 pm.

Sunday July 12, join Ainslie Manson at The Gallery @ Artisan Square from 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. for Writing and Illustrating for Children — Where Do You Start? The panelists are Ainslie Manson, Kirsti Wakelin, Cynthia Nicholson, Norma Charles  (author of Chasing a Star and The Girl in the Backseat) and Ellen Schwartz. For more information visit: http://www.biac.ca/writersfestival/events.php