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Spring Break Writing Workshops With Karin Adams

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Hello Young Winnipeg Writers!

I’m very excited to announce that I will be offering a creative writing workshop for young people ages 9-12 through the Winnipeg Public Library!

The fun workshop is called “Make Your Writing Shine!”. It is one hour long, and I will be sharing my FAVOURITE tips and tricks for turning good writing into GREAT writing! (If you’ve written something that you want to transform from marvelous into absolutely magical,  bring a 1-2 page sample with you to work on!).

There will be three workshop sessions taking place during spring break at the following branch locations:

Westwood Library – 986-4747
Saturday, March 26 @ 11 a.m.

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St. Vital Library – 986-5632
Monday, March 28 @ 2 p.m.

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Fort Garry Library – 986-4919
Thursday, March 31 @ 6:30 p.m.

**To register, please call or visit the hosting branch.**

To read about my workshops in the library newsletter, please click here.

Hope to see some new and familiar Winnipeg faces!

Karin 🙂

Fun at Chapters In Winnipeg

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Hello Winnipeg and Manitoba Readers (and folks I met from out of town, too!).

Just a big HELLO to everyone I had the pleasure of meeting at Chapters Polo Park last Sunday. It was exciting to be a part of the hustle and bustle as people prepare for Christmas. There was a beautiful Christmas tree,  live music, the wonderful smell of coffee filling the air, and hundreds of people looking for books! It’s great to see that the love of books is alive and well in Winnipeg!

I chatted with so many people throughout the afternoon, and my six hour visit absolutely flew by! I met young readers, parents and grandparents, fellow writers, friends and family who stopped by to say hello, and even old friends who happened to come by – it was a pleasure to meet you all, and talk about writing and my books. Thank you for picking up copies of “No TV? No Fair!” and “Lights! Curtains! Cows!” – I hope that you or the people you plan on giving them to enjoy the stories!

A big thank you to the terrific staff at Chapters for organizing the event, for your enthusiasm for local authors, and for making me so comfortable at the store.

Happy reading!
Karin 🙂

Snow! Snow! Snow!

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For those of you Manitobans checking this out, don’t worry – I’m not writing about an impending September snowstorm. (I’m not saying that it’s not possible.  But there’s no need to break out your shovels and ski pants. Yet.). I’m talking about snow for a whole other reason.

My readers often ask “what are you working on now”?. I love that question because it means you’re excited to read what I might write next – that’s a great feeling! Of course, I don’t want to say too much not only because I don’t want to spoil any surprises, but because as I’ve learned – a story can change quite a lot from the exciting stage where you’re just dreaming about it to the also wonderful moment  when you see your book in print.

So here’s my answer to the question “what are you working on now?”. The answer is: three middle grade books, each having something to do with “snow”. My first two books were set in the summer. We have gorgeous summers in Manitoba! But boy, do we have winter with a capital W, and snow, snow, snow! So I decided it was time to add a bit of blizzardy bluster to my books.

I’ll definitely post more about forthcoming books when I’m closer to completion, but for now what I can tell you is my next book will go great with a steaming mug of hot chocolate!

Take care, and stay warm! 😉

Karin 🙂