#TuesdayTalk with Jocelyn Shipley. Her new novel, Shatterproof, is on shelves now! Tell us a bit about your book. Thirteen-year-old Nate needs a break from looking after his recently disabled mom, so one day when she thinks he’s at a cross-country meet, he goes to the mall with Lug, a …
#TuesdayTalk with Pam Withers. Her novel, Bungee Jump, is on shelves now! Tell us a bit about your book. Thirteen-year-old Chris and his younger sister need to help make their family’s new bungee jump operation work, which means battling rumours that the island it’s on is haunted. What was the …
#TuesdayTalk with Frieda Wishinsky. Her novel, Camp Disaster, is on shelves now. Tell us about your book. Camp Singing Hills feels more like Camp Disaster to Charlotte. She’s not sure how can she survive two weeks there, especially with Madison who’s not only making the counselor’s life miserable but has …
#TuesdayTalk with John Wilson. His new book, Lost, is on shelves now. Tell us about your book. My latest book is Lost, in the Orca Currents series. For the third time, Sam and Annabel pit their wits against the fabulously wealthy and unscrupulous collector, Humphrey Battleford. When they win a …
#TuesdayTalk with Diane Dakers, author of Bad Business, part of the Orca Currents series. How do you get into the mind of your target audience? I am considerably older than my 15-year-old character, and I don’t have children. So I have to search inside myself to find my inner 15-year-old …
#TuesdayTalk with Melanie Jackson. Melanie’s most recent Orca Currents novel, Eye Sore, launched this May. When did you decide to become a writer? From the word go. My mother read to me, and I got into stories at an early age. I remember being so angry with Cinderella’s ugly stepsisters …
