Win free books with a 49th Shelf Giveaway and Colouring Contest!

Just back from a week in Paris (!) and I've got a few exciting free book contests for you.

First up, you could WIN a FREE COPY of OCULUM on the 49th Shelf Giveaway. Contest ends October 28th/2018.
One of 5 copies to be won, all you have to do is enter.

Enter to win OCULUM here: 49th Shelf Giveaway

Second, your child can win a copy of Blackwells and the Briny Deep in the Bloor-Gladstone Colouring Contest. Contest ends October 27th/2018. I'll be selecting the winners and doing a reading from the book that day at the library.

More info and how to enter the Blackwells and the Briny Deep Colouring Contest. 

Note: your child can pick up a colouring contest form at the branch any time between now and October 27th, or join us at the branch before 1:30 that day. Or just drop by to join in the library halloween festivities.

Hope you enter and win some books!

More about OCULUM on this Blog.
More about Blackwells and the Briny Deep on this Blog.

And also, a picture of me in Paris this week:

The author, October 2018

Blackwells and the Briny Deep is COMING ...

Coming September/2018

Emma, Jonah and William Blackwell start out on a perfectly ORDINARY afternoon sail...

Until they see the PHANTOM SHIP.

Then get caught in a MEGA-STORM.

And finally RUN AGROUND and get separated on an ENCHANTED ISLAND with screaming mermaids, zombie pirates, and cursed figureheads!

It will make a great sea yarn one day, if they can just survive it!

Welcome to Blackwells and the Briny Deep, book five in the award-winning WEIRD STORIES GONE WRONG series, coming this September! For kids ages 9-12, who love a little horror and spooky in their books ... or just a great sailing story! (I didn't read all that Arthur Ransome and sail for decades on the Great Lakes for nothing.) 

Do you hear the distant drums? And what about that weird screaming!

William and the Mermaid Queen,
Illustration by Shawna Daigle

PRE-ORDER Blackwells and the Briny Deep 

Watch the YOUTUBE book trailer with illustrations by series illustrator Shawna Daigle

GOODREADS reviews

Blackwells and the Briny Deep BOOK TRAILER!

Emma Blackwell used to love mermaids. 
Jonah Blackwell used to think he liked pirates. And William Blackwell just wanted 
to be a good captain ... 

... at least they DID, until they see the 
phantom ship, run aground and get 
stuck on an enchanted island with screaming mermaids, zombie pirates and cursed, shipwrecked figureheads.

It'll make a great sea story one day,
if they can just survive it!

My new book, Blackwells and the Briny Deep, is coming out in September/2018 ... and it has a great new BOOK TRAILER!

This is book 5 in the award-winning Weird Stories Gone Wrong series, hope you enjoy it.

More About Weird Stories Gone Wrong on this BLOG