I’ve started a list of Kawartha Lakes authors, but I don’t think I have everyone yet. If you know of an author to add to the list, please contact me.
This list will soon be expanded so each author has his/her own page, which will include a biography and bibliography.
Authors in neighbouring regions (Peterborough, Haliburton, Durham and Muskoka) will also be added eventually.
Thanks, everyone!
Sara
On Tuesday, April 30, the Lindsay branch of the Kawartha Lakes Public Library will present author Terry Fallis at 2 P.M. and again at 7 P.M.
For more information, call 705-887-6300 or 705-324-9411 ext 1265
Terry Fallis is the author of The Best Laid Plans, and The High Road, satirical novels of Canadian politics. His debut novel (TBLP) was originally self-published in 2007 and won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. Then McClelland & Stewart published TBLP in September 2008. He also won theGold Medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Regional Fiction – Canada East category. In 2010, the Waterloo Region chose The Best Laid Plans as the One Book, One Community selection. In February, 2011, The Best Laid Plans was crowned the winner of CBC Canada Reads as the “essential Canadian novel of the decade.” In November 2011, CBC-Television announced that The Best Laid Plans is indevelopment as a six-part TV miniseries.
McClelland & Stewart published the sequel to The Best Laid Plans, called The High Road, in September 2010. It was a finalist for the 2011 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, in April, 2011. McClelland & Stewart published Terry’s third novel, Up and Down, in September 2012, and it debuted on the Globe and Mail bestsellers list.
The editors at Carina Press have posted their wish lists, and they’re pretty much looking for anything:
Of course, our standard disclaimer applies: PLEASE note that in the end, what we really want is a good story, so even if yours doesn’t fit the descriptions below, don’t hesitate to send it to us anyway! Sometimes we don’t know what we want until we get it in our inbox.
If you have a novel looking for a home, check their lists and submissions page.
*Don’t miss the #carinapitch opportunity Thursday, April 4, 2013.
Call for Submissions: Mysterious Entity Theatre presents a call for proposals in Peterborough. We are thrilled to announce the fourth call for submissions to Playpen — our new script development program. We are currently looking for original unpublished scripts, or works-in-progress, that have not been previously produced. Scripts that have been submitted to previous Playpen calls are not eligible. Writers must have a STRONG connection to our region. Please specify your local connection in a cover letter to be included with your submission. We are looking for work that expresses or explores marginalized voices and stories. Past original work developed by Mysterious Entity has tackled issues such as mental health, sexuality, gender and race. We are committed to presenting work with an inherent political and social conscience. If you think that your work fits our mandate, this is an opportunity to have one of Peterborough’s leading professional theatre companies contribute to the exploration and further development of your script. One submission per artist please. For more information and to submit work that has never been produced or published, please send a synopsis along with a cover letter and your resume with a script sample (20 page max) to m.entity@gmail.com.
Deadline: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 5 PM
For more information: http://mysteriousentity.com/
Source: http://www.kawarthanow.com/column.asp?colID=11#ixzz2OK6W8jvp
Thursday April 11 at 7 PM at the Bobcaygeon Library, meet Jean Booker, the author of several children’s books and short stories for both children and adults. Ms. Booker’s newest title STILL AT WAR is set in post-war England, as seen through the eyes of a teenage girl named Ellen.
Jean Booker was born and educated in the north of England. She came to Canada after a ten-year correspondence with a pen-pal in Montreal. She lived in Montreal for a year, then came to Toronto where she met and married Neil. She now has two daughters and two grandchildren. She had various office jobs to support her writing habit and graduated from Glendon College, York University, with a degree in English in 1993. She has written many articles and stories for children and is a longtime member of CANSCAIP.
PUBLICATIONS
Ellen’s Secret. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 1995.
Mystery House. Toronto: Ginn, 1988; Toronto: Stoddart, 1987.
Keeping Secrets (formerly Ellen’s Secret). Scholastic Canada, 2010
Keeping Secrets (formerly Ellen’s Secret). Scholastic Canada, 2010
AWARDS
Shortlisted, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for Ellen’s Secret, 1995.
The Local Author Series is a series of presentations by the City of Kawartha Lakes Public Library in which local authors have an opportunity to share their writing experiences and books with readers.
For more information or if you are interested in taking part in the Spring Local Author Series, please contact Diane Lansdell at 705-324-9411 xt 1265.
If you’d like to be a featured author and tell us about your books, please contact me. We’d love to feature you!
kawarthalakeswriters.com 