Thank you to the Miramichi Reader for their lovely review of Freddie the Flyer. It’s so heartening when the reviewer really gets the aim and intent of a book (and its authors) and connects with it! “The North is a place of extremes with its harsh climate and its exquisite beauty, where one calls toContinue reading “Miramichi Reader Dreams Along with Freddie!”
Category Archives: Books
Kickstarter is launched for kid’s book!
For the next two weeks, I’m inviting backers to support my first Kickstarter campaign for my debut chapter book aimed at 7 to 9-year-old readers! To learn more about Fever on the Forgotten Coast, please visit my Kickstarter project page where you’ll find a video, information, and all the fun rewards levels I cooked up.Continue reading “Kickstarter is launched for kid’s book!”
Freddie on CBC Books’ fall list!
Such a lovely surprise to see Freddie the Flyer included in CBC’s “45 picture books to check out this fall” alongside fellow Nova Scotia author and illustrator friends Sal Sawler and Jack Wong (not to mention David Suzuki and Robert Munsch)! Can’t wait to check all these out with my daughter!
Glowing Booklist Review of Freddie!
Freddie the Flyer.By Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail and Fred Carmichael. Illus. by Audrea Loreen-WulfOct. 2023. 32p. Tundra, $17.99 USD (9781774880807). Gr. 1–3. 629.13092 The story of an Indigenous boy who dreamed of taking to the sky unfolds across the year in thispicture-book biography that draws on Gwich’in and Inuvialuqtun languages, the power of an unshakeable passion, and,Continue reading “Glowing Booklist Review of Freddie!”
School Library Journal Dialog Day: They Dreamed Big
In exactly one month I get to take part in this amazing day of virtual sessions for librarians and educators being put on by the School Library Journal! And the special guest speaker is the famous Texan actor/director Matthew McConaughey himself. AND there are a ton of other authors and illustrators I love like GeorgeContinue reading “School Library Journal Dialog Day: They Dreamed Big”
Freddie the Flyer already taking flight!
Fred and I are grateful for the early interest in our book. Last month we did an interview for CBC North and you can listen to that here! A journalist with Canadian Press also did an article on Fred and the book, and it was picked up – and translated – for publication across NorthContinue reading “Freddie the Flyer already taking flight!”
Halifax Kids’ Day – November 4, 2023
Save the date! I’m so excited to be part of Afterwords Literary Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia this fall! Come join us on Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 1-4pm at the Halifax Central Library for this FREE event with a dozen children’s book authors from the region and beyond. There will be activities, snacks, storytimes,Continue reading “Halifax Kids’ Day – November 4, 2023”
Creating, Joining, and Elevating Writing Groups
I went out on a limb this spring and taught a brand new workshop called Creating, Joining, and Elevating Writing Groups and I LOVED it. We’ll probably offer it again through the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia, but I would really enjoy sharing it with other organizations as a webinar, virtual workshop, or in-person sessionContinue reading “Creating, Joining, and Elevating Writing Groups”
Spring/Summer Classes and Summer Camps
I just wrapped up a three-session online interactive workshop called Creating, Joining and Elevating Writing Groups for the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia. I’m so glad I got to work with this group of 12 writers from the province! There were novice writers up to multi-published ones, and we’d all had varied levels of experienceContinue reading “Spring/Summer Classes and Summer Camps”
FREE Storytime to Support Wildfire Survivors
When the wildfires began in Nova Scotia this week – one of them in an area I frequent and where lots of acquaintances live – our family tried to come up with ways to help. When we evacuated Houston in 2017 during Hurricane Harvey, we had an active and high needs five year old inContinue reading “FREE Storytime to Support Wildfire Survivors”