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.
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