Barbara Radecki

I was invited to join The Rights Factory in this week’s Agent Provocateur podcast discussion about the shift in mainstream media that has been, until recently, dominated by male writers. How does that shift impact readers today, and what does it mean for storytelling moving forward?
This interesting panel features my agent Sam Hiyate and editor dianeterrana, as well as Marc Côté from Cormorant Books
Tune into Episode 5 for the full discussion!

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Available for free download in 49th Shelf Teachers’ section:

with discussion questions for Messenger 93, published by DCB Young Readers.

Happy to visit and chat about the book at your YA book club!

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Messenger 93 Canadian Kids' Books, Bestsellers, Reading Lists, Author Recommendations, Book Suggestions

I did a Proust Questionnaire, everyone! For The Rights Factory. And it was fun and personally illuminating. If you want to know my discovered secrets, check it out!

A Q&A with Author Barbara Radecki Barbara Radecki is a multi-talented author and actress. Her acclaimed debut novel, THE DARKHOUSE, came out in 2016 and earned her a spot on the shortlist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. Her second novel, MESSENGER 93, came out last year and was a CBC Books and Forest of Reading pick. Below, she....

If you haven't had a chance to read Messenger 93 yet: check it out! Messenger 93 is part of this cool giveaway at 49th Shelf Just enter for your chance to win one of 3 copies [and/or to win any of the other wonderful books]. Between now and April 26!

List of the current giveaways | The 49thShelf List of the books currently available for our giveaway draws. Enter for your chance to win one!

Happy ! Please join me and fellow author Loretta Garbutt in supporting and reading Canadian today and any day!












Thanks Paul Coccia for the fabulous video!

Please join us 6-7pm ET tonight at the Boneshaker Reading Series! Esteemed poet Marilyn Dumont will read from her work, then my good friend Rod Carley reads from his rollicking theatre tale KINMOUNT, followed by my reading from MESSENGER 93. After, we'll stay on for a Q&A. Can't wait to 'see' you there!
Register here:

Boneshaker Author Reading Series - Crowdcast Register now for TPL Programs's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Tuesday December 08, 2020 at 6:00 pm EST.

Q&A about Sailor Moon / Sailor Neptune / and writing novels!
Join us at this live streamed event today, SAT NOV 28 at 1pm ET.

Pretty Heroes Online Interview with Canadian Sailor Moon Cast From the original English dubs of Sailor Moon recorded in Canada by DiC and Cloverway, join our interactive interview featuring: Barbara Radecki - voice of S...

Hey writers! Mapping Your Story, my 8-week UofT SCS course, is coming at you online! It doesn't matter where you are in the world, join us for 8 weeks of strategies, tools, Q&As, and feedback on how to create an engaging, dynamic story (fiction, memoir, screenplay).

3438 - Mapping Your Story The foundation of any good story is… a good story. This 8-week session led by novelist and screenwriter Barbara Radecki focuses on the fundamentals of effective storytelling for fiction, memoir, and...

For story mappers: When Words Collide literary festival recently offered a panel on story structure. Diane Terrana, Paul Coccia, and I were hosted by the marvellous Elizabeth Grotkowski and we had a lively chat about useful tools and secret tricks. Take a look!:

2020 When Words Collide: Mapping Your YA Novel It doesn’t matter if you’re a new or experienced writer, our stories sometimes stumble when we try to take them from that sparkling idea to the reality of th...

This review of Messenger 93 in The Miramichi Reader is my dream. Reviewer Gemma Marr looks at the big picture of the story, and also into the nooks of creation and writer/reader questions. Thank you!!
"Messenger 93 is ultimately a novel focused on unpacking assumptions and facing difficulty. It is also about love, mystery, and growth... Centring a cast of well-developed and intricate characters, this intense and haunting novel pulls readers along on a complicated quest, and asks critical questions for readers to return to long after M’s journey comes to an end."

Messenger 93 by Barbara Radecki | The Miramichi Reader Barbara Radecki’s sophomore novel, Messenger 93, opens with a flutter of information. A mind-bending conversation with a crow kicks off the absorbing thriller.

Here’s another awesome initiative by The Writers’ Trust of Canada. Design an alternate cover for Messenger 93 for a chance to win a stack of books (and a nice prize to the winning author too)!!

Ready, set, ✏

Margaret Atwood, Johnnie Christmas, and Jenny Heijun Wills challenge *you* to share an original drawing inspired by a spring book to win! Entries can be digital, on paper, a make-up look, a gif, anything. Read the full contest details and see a list of spring books for inspo at writerstrust.com/drawtheword

How to Enter:
1. Buy and read a new Canadian book published in spring 2020.

2. Draw something inspired by the book.

3. Post your work of book art using , tag , and nominate two more readers to take part.

4. Win books! Win money! Challengers Margaret Atwood, Johnnie Christmas, and Jenny Heijun Wills will select four winners. The winning artists will get a package of Canadian books and the featured book authors will each receive $500 to help them write another. writerstrust.com/drawtheword

Thank you and The Canadian Children's Book Centre for featuring the Q&A clip from my Messenger 93 (Virtual) Book Launch!

Diane Terrana asks me some pretty cool questions!

*Bibliovideo is a new channel dedicated to Canadian kids' books.

Author Interview: Barbara Radecki on Her New YA Novel, Messenger 93 Enjoy a Q&A with author Barbara Radecki and learn more about her new YA novel, Messenger 93 (published by DCB). https://www.dcbyoungreaders.com/ Watch the fu...

Here's a list of gratitude to all the Canadian indie bookstores currently carrying Messenger 93. Thank you to them, and to ALL bookstores everywhere for supporting writers and readers.
Misty River Books Laughing Oyster Bookshop bolenbook 'sbooks Owl's Nest Books McNally-Robinson For Kids &sons The Book Keeper WordsWorth Books & Co. EpicBooks Different Drummer Books A Novel Spot Bookshop Another Story Bookshop Ben McNally Books Novel_Idea_Bookshop Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore Biblairie Ggc Ltee Westminster Books

For a limited time, DCB is offering all e-books on all e-platforms for sale. Even new releases like Messenger 93! They would like to acknowledge this unsettling time, and the balm and escape books and reading can offer.

The (Virtual) Book Launch Party for Messenger 93 is up on YouTube now. If you missed it, if you want to see it again, just press play!

Messenger 93 (Virtual) Book Launch! For those that missed it, this is the entire Virtual Launch Party -- broadcast live -- for the release of my second novel, MESSENGER 93. Since we couldn't ce...

Welcome, everyone! Here is the link for the Virtual Launch Party for MESSENGER 93. *Tomorrow night* Wed. April 22, 7-8pm. Chats, and performer-readings, and a Q&A. Please join us! All you have to do is click and register and we will take care of the rest.

You are invited to join a Webinar: Messenger 93 (Virtual) Book Launch !!! Featuring Author Barbara Radecki, Special Guests, and selected readings. The event will also have a Facebook Live component if you would prefer to use that platform. This unique and interactive Virtual Book Launch will feature Author Barbara Radecki, Special Guests, selected readings and a unique Q&A session. The event will be a live Zoom Webinar which will be additionally broadcast via both Facebook Live and YouTube Live and YOU're invited to join in on all the...

Please join us for The "Messenger 93 (Virtual) Book Launch!!!"
Wednesday April 22, 2020 7 PM

Barbara Radecki's second novel, Messenger 93, was released in Canada on April 19, 2020 (with an April 28 release-date for the US). It has already been named to the CBC’s list of top spring reads for YA!

This unique virtual Book Launch event will feature Author Barbara Radecki, Special Guests, selected readings and a unique Q&A session. The event will be a live Zoom Webinar which will be broadcast via both Facebook Live and YouTube Live, so please spread the word!

Barbara is really looking forward to officially launching Messenger 93 and you're invited to the live celebration!

Hello everyone! This is the official Canadian Release Day for my 2nd novel, MESSENGER 93 🎉🎉
Coming soon: Virtual Book Launch details. 🍾🦅
In the meantime, here is a small snippet from the book, read by me, and included on CBC's authors' reading list (scroll alphabetically).

Canadian children's writers & illustrators are sharing readings of their books online | CBC Books As book tours and festivals are cancelled and Canadians stay indoors, writers across the country are filming readings of their books for viewers.

Some thoughts and revelations shared to The Miramichi Reader today!

The Barbara Radecki Interview • The Miramichi Reader In seven days, she will fall,” say the crows. “As she falls, so do we all.” Who falls? wonders M. The ominous, supernatural message starts M on a quest that could save more than one life.

Colin Mochrie says it’s ! As well as being hilariously funny, he is a wonderful writer, and a dear human. Thank you Colin Mochrie for reading The Darkhouse and supporting the initiative! Thanks
DCB for publishing our books!

Another session of Mapping Your Story coming up! Jan 22-Mar 11

3438 - Mapping Your Story The foundation of any good story is… a good story. This 8-week session led by novelist and screenwriter Barbara Radecki focuses on the fundamentals of effective storytelling for fiction, memoir, and...

A sad story with a dash of hope. Coles notes: Canadians aren't reading Canadian books anymore. We used to, we want to, we love them when we read them, but digitization has made our books harder and harder to find and elevate, and so to read and buy. Even libraries don't have a system that distinguishes Canadian. Hope is: we're aware of it, and we're demanding a system that will change digital platforms so they identify local books. We're a way off from change and success. But in the meantime: we are aware of it! We can search out Canadian and Canada-based Indigenous authors! Here are a few of my faves: Diane Terrana's The World On Either Side; Joanne Vannicola's All We Knew But Couldn't Say; Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Crusted Snow; Alicia Elliott's A Mind Spread Out on the Ground; Tanya Tagaq's Split Tooth; Joshua Whitehead's Jonny Appleseed, Esi Edugyan's Washington Black. And if you haven't read The Darkhouse, that's still in libraries and available online (pretty cheap now too!). And, yes, Messenger 93 is coming out in Spring 2020. Yeah, okay... that should keep you busy for a while!

Why aren't Canadians reading Canadian books? Increasing corporate domination of the publishing world has made it harder for homegrown titles to standout – in stores and online

I can’t wait to share my new YA novel, Messenger 93, with you! Thanks to The Rights Factory and DCB. Countdown begins to Spring 2020.

Nothing says cozy holidays like a dark coming-of-age mystery! If you're looking for a gift or for a treat for yourself on these chilly days, The Darkhouse might be just the read for you!
https://www.amazon.ca/Darkhouse-Barbara-Radecki/dp/1770864784/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Mapping Your Story is back at UofT SCS for an 8-week Fall session. If you're having trouble envisioning your story -- fiction, screenplay, or memoir -- let's work together to bring it into sharper focus.

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Picture just wrapped on this modern adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. I co-wrote the screenplay with writer-director Jonathan Lizecki. Co-director Alex Appel started us on this amazing journey, and I can't wait for you to see it one day! We have a very special cast and crew, including Alicia Witt and Bebe Neuwirth.

Alicia Witt Takes Lead In Indie Feature ‘Modern Persuasion,’ Based On Jane Austen Book EXCLUSIVE: Another Jane Austen adaptation is on its way. Alicia Witt is set to star in the indie feature Modern Persuasion, a modern adaptation of Austen’s Persuasion to be directed by Alex A…

Get ready for another summer intensive of Mapping Your Story at UTM! Details in the link, but basically we discuss effective storytelling, and then workshop outlines for your fiction, memoir, or screenplay. Yes, it's "intensive," but it's also fun. July 23-27.

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Thank you to everyone for making my experience at Pretty Heroes so much fun. It was uplifting to panel-chat, sign, and hang out with my fellow Sailor Moon actors and some truly inspiring creative Magic Girls: Stephanie Morgenstern, Sabrina Grdevich, Vincent Corazza, Lauren Landa, Amanda Miller, Carly Savard, Emmanuelle Chateauneuf, Becky Dier-McComb. Thanks to all my booth visitors for sharing your bright spirits and your stories, for supporting my book, The Darkhouse, and for helping raise funds for Sistering: A Woman's Place. You helped a truly worthy cause! Special thanks to Emily Gonsalves and her amazing team and Eugene Fong for all their hard work.

If you're a Sailor Moon fan, I'll be here on June 16 and 17, representing Sailor Neptune. Neptune Deep Submerge!!!

Barbara Radecki – Guest of Honour Barbara Radecki worked for many years as an actor, performing in TV, film, and hundreds of commercials. She is known for voicing the role of Sailor Neptune in the original English dub of the popula…

I know from personal experience how invaluable reader feedback can be when you're creating a story. If you're a writer looking for feedback on your story or writing, you can find me at Mentorly. It's amazing how much information can be shared in a 1-hour session.

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