Spooky Halloween Blog Tour Wrap-Up, and Forest of Reading Nominations!

Happy Halloween! Our Spooky Halloween Blog Tour for The Night Wanderer traveled across six different blogs this week, and included reviews, interviews with author Drew Hayden Taylor, and giveaways!

If you missed it, never fear: just click on the links below!
Oct. 25: Teresa's Reading Corner
Oct. 26: A Girl Reads A Book and YA Book Shelf (plus a bonus interview)
Oct. 27: Chick Loves Lit
Oct. 28: Word of Mouse Book Reviews
Oct. 29: Tahleen’s Mixed-Up Files

The ebook is live on Kobo, and until Halloween you can take advantage of special promotional pricing.

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In other news, the nominations for the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading awards have been announced! Annick Press has three books nominated:

• Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road (Priscilla Galloway with Dawn Hunter): Red Maple award (non-fiction)
• The Bite of the Mango (Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland): Red Maple award (non-fiction)
• Kaboom! (Gillian Richardson): Silver Birch award (non-fiction)

Congratulations to all the nominated authors and illustrators!

Check Out Our Spooky Halloween Blog Tour, Oct. 25-29!

In celebration of the release of our ebook edition of Drew Hayden Taylor's The Night Wanderer, six blogs are hosting a spooky Halloween blog tour from Oct. 25-29. There will be interviews with the author, reviews, and giveaways, so stop on by!

Here's the trick-or-treat schedule:
Oct. 25: Teresa's Reading Corner
Oct. 26: A Girl Reads A Book and YA Book Shelf (plus a bonus interview)
Oct. 27: Chick Loves Lit
Oct. 28: Word of Mouse Book Reviews
Oct. 29: Tahleen’s Mixed-Up Files

The ebook will be live on Kobo next week, along with some special promotional pricing, so check back in on Monday!

Drew Hayden Taylor: Vampires and Tricksters

Drew Hayden Taylor has written many successful plays, columns, and short stories over the years. Recently, he's been writing novels, too. He started with a book for young adults, The Night Wanderer, that tells the tale of a vampire returning to a native reserve. Here's the book trailer: enjoy!




Taylor's new novel, Motorcycles and Sweetgrass, is popping up everywhere, it seems. Reviews of the book and interviews with Taylor have appeared in the CBC News book section, the Globe and Mail, and NOW Magazine. (I even spotted a review on the blog Kevin From Canada!) In the Globe and Mail interview, Taylor says, "I’ve got my next three novels in my mind, waiting to burst forth." We're looking forward to them already!

Book Trailer: The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden Taylor

Our latest book trailer, The Night Wanderer, is up -- and it's pretty spooky! Hope you enjoy it.

Interview with Author Drew Hayden Taylor on Cynsations

Drew Hayden Taylor, author of The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel, talks about his inspiration for writing for teens and what it's like to get published in an interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith's posted on her fabulous blog on literature for children and teens, Cynsations.