Thursday, December 15, 2011 - Riverview, NB, Riverview Library, 6:30pm-8:00pm: Jennifer will be reading Christmas stories, including her own 'Gadzooks the Christmas Goose' for the Riverview Library's 'Christmas Stroll Event'. Contact the Library at (506) 387-2108 for more information
Saturday, December 3, 2011 - Dieppe, NB, Chapters, 1pm-3pm: Jennifer will be signing her Christmas book, 'Gadzooks the Christmas Goose'
Saturday, October 15, 2011 - Riverview, NB, Riverview Library, 1pm-4pm: Jennifer will be giving a writing workshop for teens (13+) entitled "Write On!" Register at the Desk or by calling the Library at (506) 387-2108
January 2010 - Gadzooks the Christmas Goose receives a "Highly Recommended" review in the University of Manitoba's Canadian Review of Materials, a highly respected resource for teachers and librarians. Read the glowing review here.
December 2010 - Gadzooks the Christmas Goose featured in ThisWeek
Gadzooks the Christmas Goose is the featured story by Margaret Patricia Eaton in ThisWeek. Jennifer discusses her influences, the genesis of the story and her future projects.
Click HERE for the full article!
October 2010 - Chocolate River Rescue Makes Splash in Kitchener-Waterloo
The Waterloo Region Public
Libraries officially
launched their 2nd Annual Let's Read program
and announced Chocolate River Rescue as their 2010 Book Choice
title at Word on the Street on Sunday, September 26th. A great time was had by
all. There was singing and dancing,
firefighters and chocolate,
and a suspenseful reading by Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr. Here are few pictures
from their blog.
August 2010 - Gadzooks The Christmas Goose will be released in October 2010!
A warm children's Christmas story with a Maritime flare by Jennifer McGrath Kent and illustrated by Ivan Murphy. For more information on this book and how to order it, click here!
June 2010 - Chocolate River Rescue has been chosen as the 2010 title for the “Let’s Read!” program sponsored by the Kitchener-Waterloo community libraries. “Let’s Read” is a library-focused family book club initiative that encourages families to read together. Last year, over 850 families participated in the program. Jennifer will be travelling to Waterloo this fall to visit some of the participating libraries. When the dates are finalized, they will appear on the Appearances page.
June 2010 - White Cave Escape has bee shortlisted for the 2011 Hackmatack Award
About Hackmatack
The Hackmatack Award is an Atlantic Canadian book award which allows children to choose their favourite Canadian and Atlantic Canadian books. For more information on the selection process and for the complete list of the 2010-2011 shortlisted books, visit www.hackmatack.ca
May 22, 2010 - Article Literary Stardom - Award-winning author Jennifer McGrath Kent shares stories about Petitcodiac, Hillsborough with young people by Thomas Hodd appears in the Telegraph Journal.
OCT. 2009 -
White Cave
Escape (the sequel to Chocolate River Rescue) has been short-listed for
the 2010 Silver Birch Award!
The Silver Birch Award is part of the Ontario Library Association’s “Forest of Reading” initiative which encourages young readers to read a selection of Canadian books over the course of the school year. Students can then vote for their favourite book in the spring. For more about the OLA Forest of Reading Festival, and to see the complete list of this year’s nominated titles, please go to: http://www.accessola.com/ola/bins/content_page.asp?cid=92
