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kcdyer, Wednesday January 14, 2009 - 6:34pm

Interested in hearing from the horse's mouth what it takes to get published when writing for kids?

 If you are in the Vancouver area, check out this event on Monday, February 23 from 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the downtown branch of the Vancouver Public Library:

 

 

If you are not anywhere near Vancouver, or if you can't make the event, feel free to post any questions you might have in the comments section, below. I'll do my best to answer 'em!

 

~kc

also blogging as leftwriter

kcdyer, Monday January 12, 2009 - 8:26pm
Tags: Eric Walters

The top of the year to you! Things are slowly getting back up to speed here at SiWC Central. Our valiant Warrior Webmaster Dale McGladdery has finally managed to defeat the demons that have thrown up their walls of fire onto our picture pages, and new photos are beginning to appear.

 

 And to start your year off right, here are the links to a few clips from 2007 and 2008 conference presenter Eric Walters. He's done up some YouTube spots to promote his new books FLASH MOB, SKETCHES  and  ALEXANDRIA OF AFRICA.

 

Enjoy!

 

~kc

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kcdyer, Wednesday December 10, 2008 - 10:00pm
Tags: CC Humphreys, VPL

 

SiWC 2008 alum Chris Humphreys will be doing a reading from his new book this week:

 Sez CC:

I am doing a reading from my new novel: 'Vlad, The Last Confession' at the Central Library downtown, Alma van Dusen Room, on December 12th at 7.30. Hope to see you all there!

 

~kc

also blogging as leftwriter

kcdyer, Monday December 8, 2008 - 10:35pm

...but we are almost ready to upload photographic evidence of SiWC 2008!

 

In the meantime, a note for those in and around the Vancouver area, looking for a shopping suggestion or two this weekend:

 HERE is a link to my Flickr page with the poster advertising A Triple Author Event this weekend at Once Upon a Huckleberry Bush bookstore in Vancouver. The three authors, all alumni of the 2008 conference (and one of whom is perhaps Very Well Known to readers of this blog) will be handing out candy canes and signing books.

In an interview from the North Pole, a jolly man in a red suit was quoted as saying, "My elves may not get toys made in time for Christmas. They are too busy reading...

kcdyer, Wednesday December 3, 2008 - 10:54pm

Lots happening!

Keep an eye out here for news about photos from this year's conference. We've got a newsletter coming out soon, too -- and don't forget that tomorrow is contest day, just in time for our now-traditional Friday giveaway.

Hope you are enjoying a cheer-filled holiday season!

 

More soon...

 

~kc

also blogging as leftwriter

kcdyer, Tuesday December 2, 2008 - 4:36pm

Looking for gift ideas for teens from eleven to eleventy?

 I'm posting new suggestions every day on my leftwriter blog -- come on over and have a look. And if you'd like to join in the fun and offer a suggestion of your own, I'll throw your name in the draw to win an autographed copy of MS. ZEPHYR'S NOTEBOOK.

 

Happy Holidays!

 

~kc

also blogging as leftwriter

kcdyer, Saturday November 29, 2008 - 4:18pm

 

 

Hope you are recovered from your surfeit of turkey feasting, if that's how you've spent the last few days. If not -- here's hoping you were writing!

I spent the morning enjoying the wit and wisdom of former SiWC presenter Nancy Warren at her Breast Cancer Fundraiser. More pix and thoughts about the event will appear on my blog -- the link is below.

So without further ado, here is the winner of our Thanksgiving Mira Book Give-Away...

Lisa Norman!

Congratulations, Lisa. Drop me a line at ...

kcdyer, Thursday November 27, 2008 - 6:33pm

 

 

 

As promised, in celebration of our southern neighbour's Thanksgiving holiday, our latest Friday give-away!

Just reply in the comments section and choose the title of your favourite book to complete the following sentence -- 'I am most thankful to have read...'

If you want to say _why_ that particular book makes you so thankful...all the better!

Deadline for the give-away is Friday night, as usual -- Friday, November 28th at midnight PST. (That's Pacific Standard Time, not Provincial Sales Tax...)

I'll put all the eligible comments into a hat and draw for a MONDO Mystery collection from MIra Books:

THE TENTH CASE by Joseph Teller

14 by JT Ellison

THE DEAD ROOM by Heather Graham

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kcdyer, Wednesday November 26, 2008 - 4:54pm

 

The sky is falling!

But wait...

The New York Times explores the weird world of the business of publishing these days HERE.

 

~kc

kcdyer, Tuesday November 25, 2008 - 3:26pm

 

...to win the UK's Bad Sex in Fiction Award for her book SHIRE HELL. You can read the full CBC story HERE or the Guardian's take on it HERE.

Rachel Johnson sounds like a good sport and has said she is honoured to accept the award, apparantly given because her animal metaphors were particularly appalling.

~kc

also blogging as leftwriter

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