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Whale Song wins 2007 Book Cover of the Year!

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:04:04 +0000

Last May one of my very loyal fans entered my novel Whale Song in Erin Aislinn's Book Cover of the Month contest. Whale Song won for the month of May!

For the past 2 or so months, Whale Song has been competing for Erin's 2007 Book Cover of the Year award.

I am proud to announce that...
WHALE SONG has won the 2007 Book Cover of the Year award!

Thank you to everyone who voted. I wish I could take credit for this beautiful, haunting cover, but I can't.

It was designed by Kam Wai Yu, graphic designer for Kunati Books.

April 17th - Operation Teen Book Drop

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:24:57 +0000

"Operation TBD" puts 10,000 books into North America’s top pediatric hospitals in celebration of Support Teen Literature Day on April 17

According to a press release sent out by readergirlz, an online book community for teen girls, "Teen patients in pediatric hospitals across the United States and Canada will receive 10,000 young adult novels, audiobooks, and graphic novels Thursday as readergirlz and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) celebrate the second annual Support Teen Lit Day on April 17."

I was hoping to "drop" copies of Whale Song to teens at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, but they already had an event planned. So after some careful consideration of all worthwhile charities, schools etc, I decided to give my books to the Youth Emergency Shelter Society in Edmonton.

I was very pleased to go by their office this morning and drop off 4 copies of Whale Song for 4 resident teen girls and 4 copies of The River for 4 resident teen boys. These kids are in the SkY Program (Skills for Youth).

I also gave Y.E.S.S. two extra copies of each book to either give to new teens entering one of the programs or to place in the START House, a program is for 16-19 year olds who have no viable living alternative. These youths live at START House and attend school or work. .

I feel very blessed to have been able to do my part for Operation Teen Book Drop and I look forward to participating next year.

This afternoon, you'll be able to find me at the TBD Authors forum.

Today, from 6-8pm Pacific/9-11pm Eastern, I'll be participating at the Post-Op Party online. Lots of prizes, chat with me and other authors and more.

For more information on Operation TBD, please visit http://www.readergirlz.com.

I'm being interviewed LIVE on WorldWideArtist radio!

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:46:56 +0000

Cheryl Kaye Tardif is interviewed LIVE on WorldWideArtist radio!

Monday, April 7th, 2008, at 8:00 pm EST

Cheryl will be talking about writing and publishing on "The World of Publishing" show hosted by Reign.

To listen live, go to:

http://www.worldwideartist.net.

Introducing the NEW Whale Song Discussion Guide for Book Clubs & Schools

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:15:45 +0000

Whale Song is the perfect choice for book clubs and schools!

Not only is Whale Song a “beautiful” and “compelling” novel, it has had an emotional impact on many readers and it explores numerous topics. Reading it, you will learn about living in an isolated town, the lives of killer whales, west coast native traditions and legends, the effects of racism, the impact of bullying and abuse, the choice and consequences of assisted death, the depth of a parent’s love, and surviving great tragedy. In the end, I hope you will come away feeling inspired and hopeful.

This guide was designed to help book clubs, schools and individuals get the most out of Whale Song. It will give you some insight into how to interpret this work of fiction and the subtle or not-so-subtle messages found in the book. While this novel was originally marketed mainly for women 30-60 years old, it has now broken all boundaries in age and gender. My youngest reader that I know of is 7 and the oldest is 108. And Whale Song has become an international hit.

Spoiler Warning: The following book club discussion questions on Whale Song reveal important details from the novel. You should finish reading it before continuing.

View the Discussion Guide online or download the PDF.

Cookin' with Cheryl on Celebrity Chefs

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:02:47 +0000

Edmonton's own best selling author shares a Christmas story that mixes with her Strawberry Dumplings.

Watch the video!

For the recipe, please go HERE!

*Please note: No fire extinguishers were harmed in the making of this film.

Listen to Cheryl on CBC Radio--LIVE

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:11:14 +0000

Listen LIVE tomorrow, December 12th, between 6:00 and 8:30 AM (Mountain time) as I talk about my new Christmas project--Alliance for Children's Enrichment--and Whale Song.

http://www.cbc.ca/livemedia/cbcr1-edmonton.asx

"Celebrity Chefs" features author Cheryl Kaye Tardif

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:10:25 +0000

CityTV will be filming an episode of "Celebrity Chefs" (at Cheryl's house, in her kitchen). Filming is tomorrow at 1:00 pm. The segment is scheduled to air on the show "Your City" on CityTV Edmonton on Tuesday, December 11th at 6:30 p.m.

A past episode featured actor/comedian Tom Green. Celebrity Chefs with Tom Green (Video)

More information about this later, plus the recipe and the story behind the recipe that Cheryl will be making with her lovely 'sidekick', daughter Jessica. A link to the show will be posted too when available, so check back.

Cheryl Kaye Tardif in Quill & Quire

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:31:17 +0000

Cheryl was interviewed by Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. In a 2-page news feature on her publisher Kunati Books, Cheryl talks about her novel Whale Song and what is expected of Kunati authors.

"Kunati is looking for aggressive promoters."

Cheryl also mentions her own promotional marketing strategies and the results.

There is a typo in one of her quotes--"April 17th" should read April 11th. Whale Song was released April 1st. Cheryl's official launch was April 7th, and four days later on the 11th, Whale Song made Amazon.ca's bestsellers list.

Check out the December 2007 issue of Quill & Quire.

Whale Song ranks just under Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:12:59 +0000

Ranked #5, just under Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling, Whale Song is on one reviewer's top 10 list for 2007. Reviewer Amanda Richards puts author Cheryl Kaye Tardif on the same list as Rowling, Stephen King and Khaled Hosseini.

http://mostlyfiction.com/top_picks.htm

(scroll to the bottom and look for "Amanda Richards")

Cheryl is interviewed on Blogcritics.com

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:42:13 +0000

Mayra Calvani interviews me on Blogcritics.com...

Cheryl K. Tardif is the author of Whale Song, an emotional novel that has been getting a lot of attention lately. Cheryl took some time off from her busy schedule to do this interview. Among other things, she talks about her recent virtual book tour and finding a publisher.

Why don’t you start by telling us a bit about your book, and what inspired you to write such a story?

To read the answer and more, please go to Blogcritics.com.