I'm really honoured to say that FIREFLY has been selected as one of ten Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice Award Snow Willow nominees for 2024! Thank you, this is really wonderful and the first time one of my books has been nominated for the Snow Willow.
What does it mean? This wonderful list of Canadian books (find them all here) is curated by the SYRCA committee, and selected for students in grades 6-8. For the next few months, the list and books will be available in schools and libraries across the province as a suggested read for kids in those grades. The books will get read, passed around, loved, absorbed, and the readers will vote on their favourite in spring of 2024. Congrats to my fellow nominees!
The Willow Awards are for young readers in grades 2-8, and over the years they have been very good to me, in fact my very first book, The Gargoyle in My Yard (2009) received the honour of a Diamond Willow nomination in 2010.
I ran around the house like a mad thing when I got that email telling me the book had been nominated. It slowly sank in that not only did I get to PUBLISH a book, but that other people would read it and if they loved it, it would be NOMINATED for AWARDS. Big revelation there.
It's been a wonderful career, I've been incredibly lucky. Thank you to the Willow Awards and all the other nominating committees and readers who have shortlisted or selected one of my books as a winner. It's always an amazing and humbling surprise.
Thank you as always to my publisher, DCB, and of course, thank you to my wonderful readers too! Keep reading, all.
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