Vicki Grant » CCBC Book Club Selection

Stellar News!

vickigrant — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:36:30 +0000

I just got word that Not Suitable for Family Viewing has been nominated for the 2012 Stellar Award, British Columbia teen readers’ choice award. Once again, it’s in very good company. Here’s the full list of nominees:

Shadow Boxing by Sherie Posesorski
thinandbeautiful.com by Liane Shaw
Dreamfire by Nicole Luiken
Living Outside the Lines by Lesley Choyce
My Parents are Sex Maniacs by Robyn Harding
Not Suitable for Family Viewing by Vicki Grant
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Pop by Gordon Korman
The Gryphon Project by Carrie Mac
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Swim the Fly by Don Calame
The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones

All the Usual Suspects…

vickigrant — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:01:23 +0000

Just got word that Not Suitable for Family Viewing was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Canadian Juvenile Crime Fiction. (“Juvenile?” Who you calling juvenile?) I’m up against a tough crowd, all with records as long as my arm.

The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones.
Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard.
Homicide Related by Norah McClintock.
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade

The Arthur Ellis Awards will be presented by the Crime Writers of Canada in June.

Coming to a Book Club near You

vickigrant — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:37 +0000

A good choice for junior and senior high school students

Not Suitable for Family Viewing has been chosen as an official Book Club selection by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre.