The Quebec Writers' Federation Finalists & the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Season 2, Ep. 21
As #winterstormwarnings arrive, perhaps you may want to curl up with some of the writers' books that were shortlisted for the Quebec Writers' Federation awards - Linda speaks to some of the writers shortlisted for the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature, in addition to one of the poets shortlisted for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. She also spoke about the QWF Gala and the times she slipped on floor-length ballgowns over her jeans for the Governor General's Awards before entering Rideau Hall in Ottawa. So she asked the writers interviewed for this episode how they felt about being shortlisted. Here are the writers who are featured in this episode:
Monique Polak (Room for One More, Kar-Ben Books)
Su J Sukol (Zee by Nimbus Publishing)
Nadine Neema (Journal of a Traveling Girl by Wandering Fox, Heritage House Press)
Sarah Venart (I am the Big Heart by Brick Books)
Host & Writer: Linda Morra, Co-producers: Linda Morra & Marco Timpano, Music: Raphael Krux
