Finalists Announced for Geoffrey Bilson Award

Finalists for the GEOFFREY BILSON AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE were announced yesterday. Sponsored by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Bilson Endowment Fund the winner of this award will receive $5000. Congratulations to all the nominees and finalists, but a special shout out to finalist Laura Best, author of BITTER, SWEET (Nimbus Publishing

“A Canadian Legend”

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I’m a huge Trooper fan. I’m very proud of my cuz, Ra McGuire, Tooper’s lead singer. He’s been singing in a band since he was twelve… I don’t think he’d want you to count how many years that’s been, but he’s still singing, still touring, still making albums,

A Quote of Note

Found on Jessica Page Morrell‘s blog yesterday: “Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” ~ Octavia Butler In my opinion, that’s worth memorizing! .