An excerpt from Stranded

by Jocelyn | Sep 22, 2020 | News & Events, Reading & Writing, Things I Like...

I’m happy to share an excerpt from my new book, Stranded, published by Orca in their Soundings series, and in their new ultra-readable format for striving teen readers. CM magazine gave Stranded a 4**** Highly Recommended review and called it a fast-paced...

An Excerpt from Raw Talent

by Jocelyn | Aug 28, 2018 | News & Events, Reading & Writing, Things I Like...

I’m very happy to share an excerpt of my new book, Raw Talent, about a girl who wants to be a pop star but suffers from stage fright, published by Orca in their Limelights performing arts series. CM magazine gave Raw Talent a 4**** Highly Recommended review and...

An excerpt from Impossible

by Jocelyn | Feb 9, 2018 | News & Events, Reading & Writing, Things I Like...

I’m very happy to share an excerpt from Chapter Two of my new book, Impossible, published by Orca in their Soundings series for ages 12 and up. Resource Links (December 2017) called Impossible “… perfect for reluctant readers in either a literature...

An excerpt from Shatterproof

by Jocelyn | Oct 17, 2016 | News & Events, Reading & Writing, Things I Like...

I’m so happy to share an excerpt from Chapter 3 of my new book Shatterproof, published by Orca Book Publishers in their Currents Series for reluctant readers aged 10 – 14. Hope you like it! Copyright © 2016 Jocelyn Shipley. All rights reserved.  “She...

Telling Tales Festival

by Jocelyn | Sep 12, 2013 | News & Events, Reading & Writing, Things I Like...

Looking for a fun family event in the GTA this Sunday, September 15? Come to Telling Tales, a FREE festival of stories and music at Westfield Historic Village in Rockton. Organizers have been working on this Fifth Anniversary of the Telling Tales Festival for months...

How to play “Pianoball”

by Jocelyn | Nov 6, 2012 | News & Events, Reading & Writing, Things I Like...

Not everything I write is as dark as my YA novel, How to Tend a Grave. Sometimes I produce amusing poetry for kids. And that can lead to other exciting things, like inventing a new sport. Here’s how it happened. I got my start in poetry at an early age, when I...