Philippa Dowding is a Canadian writer of children's literature,"28 Canadian middle-grade books coming out in spring 2021". CBC Books, March 25, 2021. whose novel Firefly was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2021 Governor General's Awards."Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize" . Coast Reporter, November 17, 2021.
She has also been a four-time nominee for Forest of Reading's Silver Birch Awards, receiving nods in 2017 for Myles and the Monster Outside and in 2020 for Oculum."Here are the 2020 Silver Birch Fiction Award finalists: 10 great Canadian books for readers in Grades 3-6". CBC Books, June 4, 2020.
Works Oculum (2018)Caitlyn Paxson, "Oculum, by Philippa Dowding / Pulse Point, by Colleen Nelson, Nancy Chappell-Pollack". Quill & Quire, July 2018. Firefly (2021)Stephanie Johnson, "Firefly". Canadian Review of Materials, April 16, 2021.
Weird Stories Gone Wrong series Jake and the Giant Hand (2014)Lisa Rainford, "Children’s author Philippa Dowding to read from Jake and the Giant Hand". Toronto.com, October 21, 2014. Myles and the Monster Outside (2015)"Myles and the Monster Outside". Kirkus Reviews, June 29, 2015. Carter and the Curious Maze (2016)"Carter and the Curious Maze". Kirkus Reviews, August 30, 2016. Alex and the Other (2018)Sally Lodge and Shannon Maughan, "Spring 2018 Children's Announcements: Publishers A-F". Publishers Weekly, January 26, 2018. Blackwells and the Briny Deep (2018)"Blackwells and the Briny Deep". Kirkus Reviews, June 25, 2018. Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet (2019)Teresa Iaizzo, "Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet". Canadian Review of Materials, May 8, 2020.
Nightflyers Handbook series The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden (2014)Emily Donaldson, "The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden, by Philippa Dowding". Quill & Quire, January 2014. Everton Miles is Stranger than Me (2016)"The In Character Interview, with Philippa Dowding". Open Book, December 15, 2016.
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