News About the Books and Me


Teaching

Next September, from the 9th to the 15th, I'll be teaching the Writing for Children program at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta. The Banff Centre is one of Canada's foremost arts institutions and I'm delighted to be part of this program. For more information on this and other creative writing programs, go to The Banff Centre's writing page.

I will not be teaching Writing, Creativity and the Brain in the Masters of Literacy Education for Mount Saint Vincent this coming summer.


Dragon Seer's Gift
My new book is now available. Dragon Seer's Gift, the sequel to Dragon Seer, is set in present-day St. Johns, Newfoundland.

On Line Articles and Interviews

Ted Blades of "On the Go" at CBC Radio in St. John's interviewed me when Dragon Seer's Gift was released. Here's a link to the On the Go podcast.

When Secret Under My Skin was published, Quill and Quire magazine commissioned Newfoundland journalist Kathryn Welbourn to write this profile "The Secret Under Her Skin" which appeared in the October 2000 edition.  Quill and Quire is the Canadian book trade magazine.

To read a longer interview, visit CM Magazine this is an on-line magazine about Canadian children's literature. It also has many author profiles.

To hear me read from The Secret Under My Skin and listen to a discussion about the book, visit the Alder Institutes's archive of recordings from the radio program "Open Air." Go to the Open Air Program Archive and page down to Episode 39, December 21, 2000, or search the page for Janet McNaughton. You will need a Real Audio player to listen. This is a long interview.

More Information

If you need information for a school project, go to my biographical fact sheet

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