Toronto The Word on the Street 2011 appearance
Just received the happy news that I have been invited to read from my upcoming novel, STAR Academy: Dark Secrets at the 2011 “The Word on the Street” book and magazine festival in Toronto. I will be...
View ArticleNew Battle of the Atlantic book with Scholastic
I have just been commissioned by Scholastic Inc. to write an historical novel set in World War 2 during the Battle of The Atlantic. This story has special resonance for me because three of my maternal...
View ArticleGemini nomination for Jimmy Two Shoes!
Jimmy Two Shoes has just been the nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Animated Series!
View ArticleSTAR Academy reviewed in FernFolio!
Just as Dark Secrets, the sequel to STAR Academy, is about to hit the shelves this coming September, I’m happy to see that the original is still generating some favourable reviews, like this one in...
View Article**** You’ve watched my shows… you’ve read my books and articles… and now you...
Yes, it’s official. I’m up for adoption. I should have done this decades ago… found myself a nice family that could set me up with a remittance, a ticket into skull and bones, or at least a wine cellar...
View Article**** STAR Academy sequel Dark Secrets released!
Tuesday is not usually a big day for me. Pleasant, but nothing special. An “in between” day, if you will. But today is an exception, not just because it’s the new season of the Rick Mercer Report, but...
View Article**** Chapters Indigo guest blog for Star Academy: Dark Secrets
My friends at Chapters Indigo asked me to write a blog entry about Dark Secrets, the funny/scary sequel to my first novel, STAR Academy. You can click here (that grey bit) to go to their site, read it...
View Article**** Open Book: Toronto – Proust Questionnaire
I recently filled out the Proust Questionnaire for Open Book: Toronto. I was in a cheeky mood. I like it. You can read it by clicking here.
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I haven’t posted in ages, and as I review the past year, I know why. I’ve been involved with writing and producing the second season of Finding Stuff Out, which is now in post-production and reaching...
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Sink and Destroy hits the bookstores today!
After three long years of research and writing (and more research and re-writing), my newest novel, Sink and Destroy is finally in bookstores. Part of Scholastic’s I Am Canada series for younger...
View ArticleAsk Amanda Forsythe
This is a new page for readers who have questions they would like to ask Amanda. She’s busy with a science project at the moment, studying ways for humans to stay fit and healthy during long-term space...
View ArticleVancouver Lyceum Chooses STAR Academy for its Reading List
The Vancouver-based Lyceum of Literature and Art has chosen STAR Academy for its Grade 6 reading program beginning November 25, 2009. The Lyceum was founded by Dr. Christianne Hayward and according to...
View ArticleMilton book signings at Chapters Indigo
Was at the new Chapters Indigo branch in Milton, Ontario, yesterday to sign copies of STAR Academy. It’s a really nice outlet, just a few months old, with an intimate boutique feel. They actually have...
View ArticleUpcoming Ottawa book signings for STAR Academy at Chapters Indigo
I will be in Ottawa on Saturday, November 21st for book signings at several Chapters Indigo stores in Ottawa and the surrounding area. Will possibly visit some smaller independent stores as well. It...
View ArticleSecret Canadiana in STAR Academy?
It’s less than five weeks until I’m due to deliver the sequel to STAR Academy to my editor, Amy Black, at Random House / Doubleday. So it’s only appropriate that I procrastinate by writing about one of...
View ArticleMagi-Nation
Just finished a script for season 2 of Magi-Nation. For those of you who don’t know the show, it is a world unique to itself, with lots of fantastical creatures and possibilities. So much so that it’s...
View ArticleNibiru aka Planet X 2012
This week has found Amanda Forsythe somewhat distracted from her work on photon-sail powered interstellar space travel, due to the flurry of internet chatter and media reports about the impending...
View ArticleStar Academy now available in eBook version at Shortcovers.com
For those of you who don’t care about reading your copy of STAR Academy while having a nice, long soak in a hot bath, it is now available as a e-book to upload to your computer. You can find out more...
View ArticleAmanda Forsythe’s Diary – Entry One – Downview Days and Danes
N.B. The following is not my blog, but rather is a guest entry from Amanda Forsythe. Amanda has asked that I periodically allow her to blog on my site, and since so much of my content is devoted to...
View ArticleCanadian Children’s Book Centre review of Star Academy
STAR Academy has just been reviewed in Canadian Children’s Book News, published by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Here’s a link to the online version of the review by Trevor Froates....
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