Sylvia McNicoll's Blog, page 13
May 5, 2013
Halifax Canadian Children’s Roundtable Book Launch-Day 1 of TD CCBC Book Tour
What a great event to reacquaint and meet with the Maritime kids lit gang: the Canadian Children’s Roundtable Book Launch. Twelve authors and illustrators recounted lively yet candid and honest recounts of the journeys behind their new books alongside snacks … Continue reading →
April 25, 2013
Va Va Va Voom Visits in Schools
What makes for a really great author visit in the school? Excitement–from the moment you approach the school you see a welcome poster on the door. The announcements declare your presence. The library displays your books. The kids … Continue reading →
April 12, 2013
Dying to Go Viral Giveaway!
Goodreads Book Giveaway Dying to Go Viral by Sylvia McNicoll Giveaway ends June 30, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
February 23, 2013
The Winning Booktrailer
Hurray for grade 8 students (at Jack Chambers Public School) Nishit, Justin And Sumar. They created this dramatic book trailer and they honoured copyright! Thank you to Mrs. Gulliver too for inspiring (or maybe just assigning) her students to look … Continue reading →
February 19, 2013
Research and the Bomb Detonating Robot
We’d rather be writing still I think most readers would be surprised how often an author must stop to research things even for fiction. It ruins the right brain flow if we’re not absolutely sure about say, how a school … Continue reading →
February 6, 2013
Authors rule in Kidslit quiz!
We competed against Toronto’s best and brightest young readers and we didn’t lose. Oh sure, you think authors should score high on a quiz about books. What about a quiz on cartoons, cats, finance, flowers, prisons and prisoners, body parts, … Continue reading →
February 3, 2013
OLA/CANSCAIP Superconference Mass Launch
Friday, February 1, 2013, CANSCAIP authors and illustrators celebrated their new creations with their favourite people, librarians. Who likes books better? As usual I cruised the aisles as did fellow volunteers Lena Coakley (author of Witchlanders) and Allison Bourda, … Continue reading →
January 21, 2013
Smile You’re on Radio
Multi-media, I love the sound of that word. As writers, our chosen media is usually print but Ontario Library Association wanted to produce some 15 second radio commercials to publicize the fantastic Forest of Reading Program. Because my novel crush. … Continue reading →
January 11, 2013
A Blog/Vlog
My daughter, Jennifer Filipowicz, a science fiction writer herself, introduced me to a new media form: blogging. Here Jennifer interviews me about crush.candy.corpse, writing and life in general. If you’d like to know more about her writing life visit her … Continue reading →
January 6, 2013
Stars, rankings, reviews
We’re all obsessed, writers. We look for book reviews and count the stars and worry about the comments and why someone can seemingly love everything about a story and then just give it 2.5 stars. As though the reviewer has … Continue reading →
