http://cathymariebuchanan.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 02 May 2012 18:29:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1263" align="alignleft" width="190" caption="Little Dancer Aged Fourteen"][/caption] My second novel, The Painted Girls, has sold at auction in the US to Sarah McGrath (edited A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Ten Year Nap) at Riverhead/Penguin and in Canada to Iris Tupholme (edited Room, The Book of Negroes) at Harper Collins. Set in ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/the-painted-girls [youtube width="480" height="295"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f14KICnb7qw[/youtube] http://cathymariebuchanan.com/trailer Sign up now for my newsletter and get up-to-date information on events, news, interesting blog postings, and behind-the-scenes notes straight from my desk. Name: Email address: http://cathymariebuchanan.com/subscribe-to-newsletter Harriet Beecher Stowe’s idea that Niagara Falls possessed the power to lure those who gazed at it too long into throwing themselves from the brink was once quite widely held. And as Tom says in The Day the Falls Stood Still, people once did reference the falls using phrases like ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/discussion-questions CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN’s debut novel, The Day the Falls Stood Still, is a New York Times bestseller, a Barnes & Noble Recommends Selection, a Barnes & Noble Best of 2009 book, an American Booksellers Association IndieNext pick, a Canada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novel of the Decade, and a ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/about-cathy-marie-buchanan [caption id="attachment_78" align="alignright" width="161" caption="Ruth Buchanan"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_75" align="alignright" width="161" caption="Al Buchanan"][/caption]The second of five children, Cathy Marie Buchanan was born and bred in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Her father was a teacher, and her mother, a former teacher, was a homemaker. She grew up in an area not all that different-looking than ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/meet-cathy-marie-buchanan Here’s your chance to learn more about The Day the Falls Stood Still landmarks.  Click on a landmark on the map. http://cathymariebuchanan.com/interactive-map Cool stuff to do in Niagara Falls. Most of it is free, and plenty of it’s good for you! Stand at the brink of the falls Stand at Table Rock on the Canadian side of the river April 1 - September 15 (8:00 am to 10:00 pm) or September 15 - ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/cathys-niagara-falls-top-10 "What a wordsmith! What a work of depth and breadth! What a world newcomer Cathy Marie Buchanan brings to propulsively glittering and gorgeous life in The Day the Falls Stood Still. Few first novels exhibit the mastery, maturity and majesty of Buchanan’s riveting fictional debut, a heart-wrenching, soul-racking, spell-binding ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/praise [caption id="attachment_1205" align="alignleft" width="190" caption="Little Dancer Aged Fourteen"][/caption] The Painted Girls My second novel, The Painted Girls, has sold at auction in the US to Sarah McGrath (edited A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Ten Year Nap) at Riverhead/Penguin and in Canada to Iris Tupholme (edited Room, The Book of Negroes) at Harper ... http://cathymariebuchanan.com/news