I Suddenly Remembered My Charlemagne

Both of my 2015 books were selected by the Ontario Library Association as Best Bets! Prairie Fire made their Top Ten list, and A Thousand Nights received an Honourable Mention.

They get official stickers this year and everything! (OWEN was also a Top Ten last year, but the stickers are new!)



As a side bonus, I kept getting yelled at by random librarians at the OLA conference, which took place last week, as they were all upset about the ending of Prairie Fire. #Iregretnothing :)

45 days until EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR!

The American School Library Journal does their own version of March Madness every spring. This year, THE STORY OF OWEN went up against a non-fiction book called THE PORT CHICAGO 50, and Rachel Hartman (Seraphina, Shadow Scale), who I adore beyond all reason, was the judge, and said some really nice things about my book.

(I agree with her 100%, actually. Her line of reasoning is brilliant, and her decision is wonderful. The only thing that makes me sad is that Elizabeth Wein is the judge of the next round, and now I'll never find out what she thinks of OWEN. But that is a little thing, and not really super important.)

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If any of you have read and posted about PRAIRIE FIRE, and I have somehow missed it (I have been traveling a lot, so my internet has been all over the place), let me know. Likewise, if any of you read it and review it on Amazon, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. Um, unless you hated it, in which case never tell me. :)

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I am off to Homer, New York this weekend for a writing workshop/book club event. It should be fun! I will get to drive a lot and sing and maybe come up with a plot for SPINDLE. Or something.

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I am sure I'm forgetting something. It's very annoying. I have my food for tomorrow (aaaaaaah, work!), and I think I've sent all the emails I need to? That's the dream, anyway. I want to watch THE CLONE WARS so that I can watch REBELS so that I can't be spoiled for it on tumblr accidentally.

Hello, f-list!

I just wanted to let you know that if you (or, um, any of your children who happen to attend a local university...) are in Toronto this weekend, and have some free time, I am having a book launch for PRAIRIE FIRE.

Time: 3PM
Place: Bakka Phoenix Bookstore, which is on Harboard Street, near Spadina
Plans: There will be a reading and then I'll sign the books (for sale at the store). Also, there will be cookies.

(The Rachel Formerly Known As Cupcake Rachel is making the cookies. She no longer makes cupcakes, hence the change in her name. But, ye gods, these cookies.)

ANYWAY, I would love to see you, if you are able to come (or send envoys).

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For those of you who can't make it, the book is available to order (and presumably in store? I have no idea, but you can check after March 1), in both the US and Canada.
US: Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, Amazon
Canada: Chapters, Bakka Phoenix, Amazon

Overseas is still limited to online, but if you look on BOOK DEPOSITORY they are usually pretty good, and don't charge for shipping.

And, as always, if you have time to review it (Goodreads, Amazon, whatever bookstore you went with, etc), that is amazing.