Jessica Renwick's Blog

Every year, kids throughout Saskatchewn get to vote on their favourite book in the Sasktachewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards, The Willow Awards. I’m so honoured that Ghosts of Gastown was selected as a 2025 finalist in their Snow Willow category! Seriously, it’s among some fantastic Canadian titles.

You can check out the awards and all the other fantastic finalists here:

https://willowawards.ca/

Saskatchewan readers, I hope you enjoy Hope and Oliver’s spooky tale!

With Ghosts of Gastown coming out this fall, I have gifts for anyone who preorders it! Woot! Who doesn't love book swag?

If you order early from any retailer (and for those who already have ordered), fill out the Google form at the link below so I can send you a goodie package.

You'll receive:

✨ A GHOSTS OF GASTOWN bookmark,

✨ A GHOSTS OF GASTOWN sticker,

✨ A personalized bookplate with my signature (made out to a reader(s) of your choice) to put in your brand new book when it arrives!

Here's the link to retailers: https://www.jessicarenwickauthor.com/...

Here's the link to the preorder form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

Hope you are having a spooktacular day!

Jessica

I am incredibly excited to announce that I have been recognized as a Book Excellence Award Winner for my book, The Guitar of Mayhem, in the Children's Fiction Category.

Out of hundreds of books that were entered into the Book Excellence Awards competition, my book was selected for its high quality writing, design and overall market appeal.

To view my complete award listing, you can visit: https://honorees.bookexcellenceawards...

I am so excited to share with you all that The Book of Chaos has been recognized as the Gold Winner of the Children's Literary Classics Book Awards in the Chapter Books/Middle Grade - General category!

Please see the press release and link to the full list of winners below:

NEWS
Literary Classics Announces 2019 Youth Media Book Awards
Release Date: November 15, 2019
Literary Classics
pr@clcawards.org

SOUTH DAKOTA – The 2019 Literary Classics International Book Award recipients have been announced. Selected
from submissions by entrants around the globe, these distinguished honorees are recognized for their contributions to the
craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing exceptional literature for a youth audience. In this highly competitive industry,
these books represent the foremost in literature in their respective categories.

The competition this year was tremendous, and we congratulate all honorees for their outstanding and inspiring work.
Literary Classics is proud to recognize this year’s award-winning titles which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary
Classics selection committee.

Please visit the following link to see the full list of this year's honorees: http://www.clcawards.org/2019_Award_W...

I am incredibly excited to announce that The Book of Chaos has been recognized as a Book Excellence Award Winner in the Children's Fiction Category.

Out of hundreds of books that were entered into the Book Excellence Awards competition, The Book of Chaos was selected for its high quality writing, design and overall market appeal.

To view my complete award listing, you can visit:
https://honorees.bookexcellenceawards...

I got some fantastic news today! The Book of Chaos has earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval and is up for their Children's Literary Classics 2019 Awards (announced in November). They left the book a really nice review here on Good Reads.

As a newbie author, it feels really nice that other people are enjoying the book and feel confident promoting it! I'm beyond grateful that Fable and her friends are touching the lives of others (and not just mine).

You can check out the announcement here:
http://clcreviews.blogspot.com/2019/0...

I hope you're all having a wonderful week <3

Happy Reading,
Jessica