Apr 18, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

Douglas Smith and the Aurora Award Ebook Bundle

Douglas Smith is an award-winning Canadian author described by Library Journal as “one of Canada’s most original writers of speculative fiction.” Recently, he curated an ebook bundle featuring past winners and finalists for Canada’s Aurora Award for speculative fiction. The bundle is still available for a few more days, and Doug thought his readers might be interested in this great... read more

Apr 2, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

Book Signing at Chapters Crowfoot, April 2

This Saturday, I’ll be at Chapters Crowfoot in Calgary from 11 am to 5 pm. I’ll be signing copies of The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic’s Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, and Flashback. Chapters is located at 66 Crowfoot Terrace NW in Calgary. Hope to see you... read more

Mar 30, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

Writing for Children and Young Adults – Classes at Mount Royal University in April

Writing for Children and Young Adults Evening classes at Mount Royal University in Calgary from April 6 to 27, 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Explore the process of writing books for children and young adults aged 8 to 12. Focus on structure, character development and research, and their importance in your stories. Examine how to turn a creative story idea into a marketable, finished... read more

Mar 21, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

Writing for Children and Young Adults – Classes at Mount Royal University in April

Writing for Children and Young Adults Evening classes at Mount Royal University in Calgary from April 6 to 27, 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Explore the process of writing books for children and young adults aged 8 to 12. Focus on structure, character development and research, and their importance in your stories. Examine how to turn a creative story idea into a marketable, finished... read more

Mar 14, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

Online Course with the University of Calgary – Writing for Children and Youth – March, April, May

Writing for Children and Youth – March 22 to May 16 The children and youth writing market is a rich and vibrant one. In this online course, you will examine the writing process from initial concept to finished work including how to turn ideas into stories, story structure, developing characters, the creation of outlines and the importance of editing and revision. You will also examine ways to... read more