Joyce Grant's Blog, page 18
September 25, 2015
WOTS, Harbourfront, Sunday Sept. 27, 11:45
See you at Word on the Street this Sunday, Sept. 27. I’ll be at the Fitzhenry & Whiteside booth, KS27, signing copies of Gabby. Remember, it’s at a new location–Harbourfront, this year. See you there! Word on the Street website.
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September 16, 2015
The Pits at Night is Beautiful
I’m doing my second round of revisions to Tagged Out. I went down to Christie Pits, where the novel is set, for inspiration. I found it.
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September 12, 2015
Tagged Out
The latest word is that my new book will be called Tagged Out. (We’re 99% certain that’s going to be the title.) We went from Bottom Nine, to Hit by a Curve, to Out at Home — to Tagged Out. Here’s … Continue reading →
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August 18, 2015
49th Shelf’s “Most Anticipated” list (yay!)
Are you familiar with the Canadian readers’ website 49th Shelf? If not, head over there and register because it’s a smart, thoughtful portal for great books. And with that in mind, ahem, it is with absolutely no modesty whatsoever that … Continue reading →
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July 14, 2015
Awesome new Gabby trailer
When Gabby drops her magic book, whatever she spells comes to life. Watch as the C-A-T appears, in this wonderful trailer by 12-year-old filmmaker Super-Connor of connor-ations.tumblr.com.
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July 7, 2015
Out at Home
The title of my baseball book may be “Out at Home.” It still has to pass muster with Lorimer’s marketing and publishing experts, but Out at Home seems to be the leading contender. I like it–it not only harkens to the book’s … Continue reading →
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July 6, 2015
Colour Gabby
Print out some great Gabby colouring pages (by Jan Dolby) and bring them to the cottage or send them with your child to camp. Just make sure to pack a lot of orange crayons! To download free Gabby colouring pages, click … Continue reading →
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June 12, 2015
Hit by a Curve — my first novel!
I’ve just hit ENTER and sent my first novel manuscript to my editor, Kat, at Lorimer Publishing. It all started last August, when Christie Harkin–who had signed me for the Gabby series at Fitzhenry and had recently moved to Lorimer–sent out a … Continue reading →
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May 26, 2015
One World Schoolhouse Foundation on CTV News
There was a terrific news piece on CTV News recently about One World Schoolhouse, the foundation that brought Gabby and 11 other great kids’ picture books to St. Lucia and Grenada last year. CLICK BELOW TO WATCH THE CTV PIECE: … Continue reading →
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May 25, 2015
Wonder how picture books are made?
The idea for Gabby came from some research I’d done about literacy and “kinesthetic learning”–many kids learn to read faster if they can touch actual letters, like Scrabble tiles. Gabby’s magic book creates letters. Whatever she spells with the letters, comes to life. … Continue reading →
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