​ Maria Birmingham
Children's Book Author/Writer/Editor
Follow me on Twitter: @mkbirmingham
Specializing in content for kids
NEWS
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THE LATEST...
I'm happy to say I've received a 2016 Citizen Award for Arts Acclaim from the City of Brampton!
(More on that soon!)
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality is nominated for the 2017 Red Maple Award!
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality is nominated for the 2016 Norma Fleck Award!
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality is nominated for the 2015 Science in Society Award!
Look what landed on my front porch-- advance copies of A Beginner's Guide to Immortality!! August 2015
EVENTS
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September 2015: A night out at the Lane Anderson Awards dinner.
May 2015: A look back at my Hackmatack Author Tour in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
April 2014: I attended the Forest of Reading Author Tour in North Bay and Parry Sound. Click here for pics and all the details. What a great time!
May 2014: I also attended the Forest of Reading Ceremony in Toronto. Click here for the details!
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AWARDS etc.
A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO IMMORTALITY: From Alchemy to Avatars
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality is nominated for the: 2016 Norma Fleck Award and 2017 Rocky Mountain Book Award. It was also shortlisted for the 2015 Science in Society Book Award.
TASTES LIKE MUSIC: 17 Quirks of the Brain and Body
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Tastes Like Music was nominated for the: 2015/2016 Red Cedar Book Award, 2016 Rocky Mountain Book Award, and 2015/2016 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award. It was also shortlisted for the 2015 Information Book Award, as well as a finalist for the 2014 Lane Anderson Award.
WEIRD ZONE: SPORTS
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Great news!! Weird Zone: Sports won the 2014/2015 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
Weird Zone: Sports is a top read in the 2015 TD SUMMER READING CLUB
Weird Zone: Sports was nominated for a 2014 Silver Birch Award
Weird Zone: Sports has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Spring 2013 Selection
ARTICLES
From Quill and Quire: 2014 Lane Anderson Award Finalists Revealed (August 20, 2015)
From The Chronicle Herald: 2014/2015 Hackmatack winners announced (May 8, 2015)
Interesting article about why kids need to read non-fiction -- and it just happens to recommend
Weird Zone: Sports (August 5, 2014)
Brampton Guardian article on Weird Zone: Sports (November 1, 2013​)
JUST FOR FUN
Look what just arrived -- advance copies of
Tastes Like Music. Exciting!
July 2014
October 16 - 2014
I spotted this interesting book
on a Chapters' bookshelf today!