The folks at the Toronto Star got word of our writing competition. Here’s a peek at the article below.
Ian Rankin
Author! Author?
Who will be acclaimed with stories started by professional writers and finished by high school students?
Write Across Ontario will give four winning students, one from each grade, $500 and their story published online in the Open Book Magazine.
It was easy to recruit award-winning authors Miriam Toews, Johanna Skibsrud and Ian Rankin for the story-starter competition, says Geoffrey Taylor, director of Authors at Harbourfront Centre. “Everybody believes, whether it’s young readers or young writers, that’s the future of publishing,” he says…
To read the rest of Barbara Turnbull’s article, click here!