I’m thrilled to have a copy of the anthology You Look Good For Your Age, by Rona Altrows, University of Alberta Press. I have a short...

The third in the Veil of Magic series has an official go-ahead from Coteau. This will be my fifth book, and I’m thrilled. I’m also...

After months of delays and distractions, the readings for Cursed! are finally up. My genius husband Mark Harding composed and performed...

Cursed! is launched into the world, at a lovely launch attended by many of my favorite people. They energized me through a terrible...

Orca has created lovely artwork for the launch poster, but for some reason I can’t upload it to this site. Instead, I’ll issue my own...

It’s time to wrap up the spring contest on howweirdcanyouget.com. Kids were asked to submit magical ideas for Griffith the wizard to...

Feather Brain has been nominated for the 2010-2011 Red Cedar Award (BC’s Reader’s Choice Award). Check out the other nominees at...

Crow Boy is now out in the world. We launched it on Saturday at Monkeyshines, always a great place to hang out. There were lots of family...

Crow Boy has arrived. I received a very heavy box today, holding my free copies of Crow Boy, all the extras for my family, and the stack...

Here’s the cover for Crow Boy. I love that crow! Maureen

Feather Brain has been nominated for the Golden Eagle Reader’s Choice Award. It’s for Alberta authors only, voted on by kids in southern...

I’m having another contest for Feather Brain. Griffith the wizard is looking for more ideas to develop into magical products; check out...

Feather Brain has received an Honourable Mention for the 2009 YA Sunburst Award (that’s The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the...

Here’s the Scholastic cover for The Nexus Ring, published for a grade six in-class book club of fantasy novels. Maureen

Feather Brain is a CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens 2009 selection. For anyone who doesn’t know, the Canadian Children’s Book Council...

It’s time to conclude the contest for howweirdcanyouget.com. Griffith, the wizard who owns the site, asked for magical ideas. For the...

It’s been an exciting week: Coteau has set a launch date for the sequel to The Nexus Ring. Well, not a date exactly, but a season – ...

Feather Brain came in second place for the 2009 Silver Birch Express, which makes it a Silver Birch Express Honour Book.

Have any great ideas for magical wonders? Enter them in the contest on howweirdcanyouget.com. It’s meant for kids, and the prize will go...

And another one! The Nexus Ring has been nominated for the 2009 Diamond Willow, the Saskatchewan Reader’s Choice Award. Maureen