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The Children's Fiction Writing Award

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The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference is proud to announce the first Children's Fiction Writing Award. Children in two age categories, eight to twelve and twelve to fifteen, will unleash their own incredible imaginations to create a truly unique story, which will then be published in an anthology.

The designated genres for this year's award are science fiction, fantasy and mystery. The winning stories in each age group will be professionally edited, then collected into an anthology.

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The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference

[image error] The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference featuring local children's authors and illustrators in Calgary and the surrounding area, will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre in north west Calgary.

Discover the wealth of talent in your own backyard!

The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference represents a fabulous opportunity for children to meet local writers, chat with them about their work and obtain an autographed and...

Magic in Stories for Children - Things that Never Were

That fact that C S Lewis' Narnia is populated by creatures from just about every myth or legend in human history, most of them unconnected to each other in any previous stories, has never sat well with critics and purists of the fantasy genre. However, children don't care and simply appreciate a really good story. Children are very familiar with mythological creatures and many think they are real, or at least were at some point in the past. To some young children, a dinosaur or mammoth is...

Magic in Stories for Children - The Roots of Magic

A belief in the ability to influence supernatural powers by prayer, sacrifice or invocation dates back to prehistoric religions and may have originated in the need to explain aspects of the weather such as the wind, rain or thunderstorms. Magic in one form or another appears in ancient cultures around world in Egypt, Greece, India, the Middle East and elsewhere. Early texts of ceremonial magic include the use of mysterious symbols, the speaking of magic words to command spirits, the use of...

An Interview with Carmen Ferreiro Esteban

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My guest today is author Carmen Ferreiro Esteban

Tell us a little about yourself.

I was born in Galicia (northern Spain), a land of rolling hills and green valleys surrounded by the ocean, thought in medieval times to be 'Finisterre,' the place where the world came to an end. I have a Ph.D. in Biology and worked in research for over ten years. Currently I work as a freelance writer and translator (English<>Spanish).

My YA fantasy, Two Moon Princess, about my experiences living between two...

Book signing at Chapters Chinook Centre in Calgary, Sunday October 4

[image error] Today I will be signing copies of The Doomsday Mask at Chapters at Chinook Centre at 6455 MacLeod Trail SW. I will also be signing copies of The Heretic's Tomb, The Emerald Curse, The Clone Conspiracy, The Sorcerer's Letterbox and The Alchemist's Portrait. Hope to see you there.

Workshop at the Writer's Retreat with the Institute of Children's Literature

This coming week, I will be conducting a workshop with the Institute of Children's Literature in the Writer's Retreat. Anyone can take part and all are welcome. You will just need to register on the message board to be able to post questions.
October 5-7, 2009 Workshop: The Motivated Writer @ The Writer's Retreat Do you find you have trouble staying motivated on your writing journey? Then drop into the Writer's Retreat discussion board to get tips from our workshop leader, Simon Rose, on...

Book Signing at Chapters in Calgary, Friday, October 2

Today I will be signing copies of The Doomsday Mask at Chapters in SW Calgary at 9631 MacLeod Trail SW. I will also be signing copies of The Heretic's Tomb, The Emerald Curse, The Clone Conspiracy, The Sorcerer's Letterbox and The Alchemist's Portrait. Hope to see you there.

The Children's Fiction Writing Award

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The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference is proud to announce the first Children's Fiction Writing Award. Children in two age categories, eight to twelve and twelve to fifteen, will unleash their own incredible imaginations to create a truly unique story, which will then be published in an anthology.

The designated genres for this year's award are science fiction, fantasy and mystery. The winning stories in each age group will be professionally edited, then collected into an anthology.

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The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference

[image error] The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference featuring local children's authors and illustrators in Calgary and the surrounding area, will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre in north west Calgary.

Discover the wealth of talent in your own backyard!

The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference represents a fabulous opportunity for children to meet local writers, chat with them about their work and obtain an autographed and...