Philippa Dowding is a Canadian writer of children's literature,[1] whose novel Firefly was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2021 Governor General's Awards.[2]

She has also been a four-time nominee for Forest of Reading's Silver Birch Awards, receiving nods in 2017 for Myles and the Monster Outside and in 2020 for Oculum.[3]

Works

Weird Stories Gone Wrong series

Nightflyers Handbook series

References

  1. ^ "28 Canadian middle-grade books coming out in spring 2021". CBC Books, March 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize". Coast Reporter, November 17, 2021.
  3. ^ "Here are the 2020 Silver Birch Fiction Award finalists: 10 great Canadian books for readers in Grades 3-6". CBC Books, June 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Caitlyn Paxson, "Oculum, by Philippa Dowding / Pulse Point, by Colleen Nelson, Nancy Chappell-Pollack". Quill & Quire, July 2018.
  5. ^ Stephanie Johnson, "Firefly". Canadian Review of Materials, April 16, 2021.
  6. ^ Lisa Rainford, "Children’s author Philippa Dowding to read from Jake and the Giant Hand". Toronto.com, October 21, 2014.
  7. ^ "Myles and the Monster Outside". Kirkus Reviews, June 29, 2015.
  8. ^ "Carter and the Curious Maze". Kirkus Reviews, August 30, 2016.
  9. ^ Sally Lodge and Shannon Maughan, "Spring 2018 Children's Announcements: Publishers A-F". Publishers Weekly, January 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "Blackwells and the Briny Deep". Kirkus Reviews, June 25, 2018.
  11. ^ Teresa Iaizzo, "Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet". Canadian Review of Materials, May 8, 2020.
  12. ^ Emily Donaldson, "The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden, by Philippa Dowding". Quill & Quire, January 2014.
  13. ^ "The In Character Interview, with Philippa Dowding". Open Book, December 15, 2016.

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Winners of the Governor General's Award for young people's literature — text
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