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November 8, 2021
First Review for A Struggle for Hope – Highly Recommended!
"The action keeps readers on the edge of their seats. A touch of romance softens some of the harsh realities the characters face. And the comfort, compassion and belonging to a communal family sustains their struggle for hope in the face of adversity."
Highly Recommended. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Click here for the full review from CM: Canadian Review of Materials.
October 27, 2021
A Struggle for Hope book signing
Delighted to sign books at McNally Robinson Booksellers. Click here to order A Struggle for Hope from McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg. Also available from other Canadian booksellers.
A Struggle for Hope to launch on November 4
Delighted to sign books at McNally Robinson Booksellers in preparation for my book launch.Please join me at my virtual launch hosted by Belle Jarniewski, Executive Director of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada.
This Holocaust Education Week event is jointly sponsored by Scholastic Canada, McNally Robinson Booksellers Winnipeg, The Winnipeg Jewish Federation and The Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada.
Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021
Time: 7 p.m., Central Time
To register, click here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtd-6oqjMsHdRidoBnHTH3fcR8x3wgPm4u
Click here to order from McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg. Also available from other Canadian booksellers.
September 2, 2021
Struggle for Hope Featured on the CBC's Fall 2021 Middle-Grades List
Delighted to find my newest Holocaust novel from Scholastic Canada featured on CBC Book's list of the
35 Canadian Middle-Grade Books to Watch for in Fall 2021
. It will be released on October 5, 2021, but is available for
preorder
. Visit Carol Matas at http://www.carolmatas.com
July 8, 2021
Holocaust Education Week 2021
I am really honoured that my newest novel from Scholastic Canada will be launched as part of Holocaust Education Week, with the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada and the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg.
Click here to pre-order A Struggle for Hope.
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June 19, 2021
Cloning Miranda Rights Sale to Korea/Sakyejul Publishing
Cloning Miranda was originally the first of a three-book series I published with Scholastic Canada. The series was translated into numerous languages all over the world and is still used widely in German schools in an English edition. A few years ago I had the idea to update the science and revamp the book. A small independent publisher, Fictive Press, also liked the idea. We decided we would combine all three books into one big story. Then I began an extensive revision. I'd say about half the book has been revised – including sentence by sentence. But we didn't feel it was enough to rename it as a new book, so we stuck to the original title and published it.
This is our first big foreign rights sale and I couldn't be happier.
The novel asks some big questions – like, what does it mean to be human? It delves into the moral issues of genetic engineering and cloning and would be a fun book to read and discuss in schools.Visit Carol Matas at http://www.carolmatas.com
December 15, 2020
Science Fiction can tackle the big questions.
I love to think about the big questions and I love to write about the big questions. Thanks so much to Lindsey Carmichael for hosting me on her blog so that I can talk about science fiction and how it is perfectly suited for tackling big questions like, "What does it mean to be human?"
August 30, 2020
Teaching the Holocaust
Teachers: Please feel free to use these videos in the classroom when teaching the Holocaust or any of my novels.
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June 25, 2020
Past Crimes, a Paranormal Thriller for Adults!
Hello readers!
So this is a bit of a story about a story.
I wrote Past Crimes a number of years ago as a thriller for adults. However, my publisher at that time decided that they could sell it better as a Young Adult novel, because that's what I am known for. The rights have now reverted to me because that publisher went under. And one of the publishers I now work with, Fictive Press, has decided to publish it as it was meant to be, for adults. Naturally I am thrilled, no pun intended.
So for anyone who wants to read a short thriller with paranormal elements, I encourage you to have a look. We all have assumptions about how the world works and sometimes we manage to get through most of our lives without those assumptions being challenged. The protagonist of Past Crimes has no such luck! All her assumptions about how the world works are blown up, literally and figuratively. And to save those around her she must open her mind to the idea that "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Please feel free to comment or email about my new venture into the adult thriller genre. I am already planning a new Ros Green sequel.
Visit Carol Matas at http://www.carolmatas.com
So this is a bit of a story about a story.I wrote Past Crimes a number of years ago as a thriller for adults. However, my publisher at that time decided that they could sell it better as a Young Adult novel, because that's what I am known for. The rights have now reverted to me because that publisher went under. And one of the publishers I now work with, Fictive Press, has decided to publish it as it was meant to be, for adults. Naturally I am thrilled, no pun intended.
So for anyone who wants to read a short thriller with paranormal elements, I encourage you to have a look. We all have assumptions about how the world works and sometimes we manage to get through most of our lives without those assumptions being challenged. The protagonist of Past Crimes has no such luck! All her assumptions about how the world works are blown up, literally and figuratively. And to save those around her she must open her mind to the idea that "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Please feel free to comment or email about my new venture into the adult thriller genre. I am already planning a new Ros Green sequel.
Visit Carol Matas at http://www.carolmatas.com
Past Crimes, a Paranormal Thriller!
Hello readers!
So this is a bit of a story about a story.
I wrote Past Crimes a number of years ago as a thriller for adults. However, my publisher at that time decided that they could sell it better as a Young Adult novel, because that's what I am known for. The rights have now reverted to me because that publisher went under. And one of the publishers I now work with, Fictive Press, has decided to publish it as it was meant to be, for adults. Naturally I am thrilled, no pun intended.
So for anyone who wants to read a short thriller with paranormal elements, I encourage you to have a look. We all have assumptions about how the world works and sometimes we manage to get through most of our lives without those assumptions being challenged. The protagonist of Past Crimes has no such luck! All her assumptions about how the world works are blown up, literally and figuratively. And to save those around her she must open her mind to the idea that "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Please feel free to comment or email about my new venture into the adult thriller genre. I am already planning a new Ros Green sequel.
Visit Carol Matas at http://www.carolmatas.com
So this is a bit of a story about a story.I wrote Past Crimes a number of years ago as a thriller for adults. However, my publisher at that time decided that they could sell it better as a Young Adult novel, because that's what I am known for. The rights have now reverted to me because that publisher went under. And one of the publishers I now work with, Fictive Press, has decided to publish it as it was meant to be, for adults. Naturally I am thrilled, no pun intended.
So for anyone who wants to read a short thriller with paranormal elements, I encourage you to have a look. We all have assumptions about how the world works and sometimes we manage to get through most of our lives without those assumptions being challenged. The protagonist of Past Crimes has no such luck! All her assumptions about how the world works are blown up, literally and figuratively. And to save those around her she must open her mind to the idea that "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Please feel free to comment or email about my new venture into the adult thriller genre. I am already planning a new Ros Green sequel.
Visit Carol Matas at http://www.carolmatas.com
