by Pam | Oct 8, 2020 | Blog, Literacy, Media
I was honored this past spring to be one of 9 authors interviewed during a week-long celebration of the Ontario Library Association’s annual Forest of Reading event. This was thanks to my young-adult novel Stowaway (Dundurn Press) being nominated for a Forest of...
by Pam | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog, Books, Media, Parenting Tips
65% read books in print format 28% read e-books 14% read via audio devices African-Americans.: 16% read on smartphones, 8% on computers, 4% on e-readers 40% read print books only 6% read digital only College grads are four times more likely than high...
by Pam | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog, Media
Tracker’s Canyon by Pam Withers: “Well-plotted …cinematic. …thrilling. … Easy, fast-paced adventure/mystery.” REVIEW Tristan enters British Columbia’s Swallow Canyon on an expedition feeling a mix of trepidation and excitement. His...
by Pam | Feb 10, 2015 | Media
Multiple-book contracts, a stream of advance checks, work sold before it’s written, readers chomping at the bit for your next book—for many writers, this is the stuff of dreams and goals. For series writers, it’s a common reality. But does this silver lining come with...
by Pam | Feb 10, 2015 | Media
Jake Evans and Peter Montpetit are only 15 years old, but already they’ve survived whitewater rapids, an avalanche, perilous mountain climbs, getting lost in the woods and marooned on an isolated Pacific island, and a run-in with the police. You might say...
by Pam | Feb 10, 2015 | Media
“An accidental novelist” is how Pam Withers describes herself, and it was actually enforced unemployment that led to her becoming a writer of adventure stories for adolescents. Pam was born July 31, 1956, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second of six...