Member Review
I joined the Writers' Union because it is a 'Union.' That is, it is an organization that responds to its membership and provides a forum for us to express and debate common concerns. It has been important to me, for example, to collectively consider issues such as the appropriation of voice, the representation of writers of colour, and the protection of the creative community.
Member Profile
Anne Laurel Carter
2008
Anne Carter writes fiction and teaches creative writing in schools, privately, and at the University of Toronto. Her published work includes picture books, juvenile and YA stories, and an anthology of womens' memoirs published by Random House. Her latest novel, The Shepherd's Granddaughter, won
- the Canadian Library Association Best Book of the Year for Children Award 2009
- The Society of School Librarians Best International Book Award 2009
- an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society 2009
- the Jane Addam's Honor Award for peace 2009
- nomination for the Red Maple Award 2010.
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Publications
Last Chance Bay. Penguin, 2004.
To Pirate Island, Our Canadian Girl. Penguin, 2004.
The F Team. illus. Rose Cowles. Orca, 2003.
My Home Bay. illus. Alan & Lea Daniel. Red Deer, 2003.
Circus Play. illus. Joanne Fitzgerald. Orca, 2002.
My Wedding Dress. Random House, 2007
Wide as Wings. Penguin, 2005
The Shepherd's Granddaughter. Groundwood Books, 2008
Out of the Deeps. Orca Books, 2008
Night Boy. Orca , 2012
Awards
Mr. Christie Award for Best Picture Book, 2003.
Nominated, Blue Spruce, 2004.
Finalist, Silver Birch, 2002.
Vicky Metcalf Award for "Surviving the Iron Lung", 1999.
CLA Best Book of the Year for Children for Last Chance Bay, 2005
CLA Best Book of the Year for Children for The Shepherd's Granddaughter, 2009
Golden Oak Award Nominee, 2008
Honor Book for the Jane Addam's Award for The Shepherd's Granddaughter, 2009
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Eligible for National Public Readings Program :
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