News

January 2011
     Shane speaks at the National Reading Summit in Montreal.

October 2010
     Shane will be the “Open Book Toronto” Writer in Residence, writing blogs and responding to e-mail queries.

May 2010
     “The Secret Fiend: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 4th Case” appears from Tundra Books in Canada and the United States

May 2010
     "Vanishing Girl" wins 3 national awards in 4 days – The IODE Violet Downey Award, the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award, and the CBA Libris Award.

March 2010
     "Vanishing Girl” is shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association’s Young Adult Book of the Year AND Children’s Book of the Year

February 2010
     The Boy Sherlock Holmes now set to be published in China, Spain, France, Slovenia and at least one other soon-to-be-named country, as well as Canada and the United States

December 2009
     Book panel on the national CBC Radio program “The Next Chapter” picks “Vanishing” Girl as a top YA novel for the book buyers in Canada

October 2009
     “Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Third Case” published

     “Death in the Air” published in paperback edition

     Shane appears on the cover of “Quill & Quire” magazine, special children’s literature October issue, including an in-depth feature article

July 2009
     Shane begins a 4-month term as Writer in Residence for the Innisfil Public Library system, including the Lakeshore, Cookstown, Stroud and Churchill branches

     “Vanishing Girl” chosen as a Premier Selection by the Junior Library Guild of America (the third consecutive Boy Sherlock book to be so honored)

June 2009
     “Eye of the Crow” shortlisted for the Red Cedar Award, BC Children’s Choice (with this nomination, it has been shortlisted for every “Forest of Reading” award across Canada)

May 2009
     “Death in the Air” shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Readers Children’s Choice Award

     “Death in the Air” shortlisted for The Violet Downey Award

     “Death in the Air” shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year

April, 2009
     “Eye of the Crow” published in paperback edition

November 2008
     Eye of the Crow nominated for the Silver Birch Award

October 2008
     Eye of the Crow wins a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Gold Medal, U.S.

August 2008
    Eye of the Crow shortlisted for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

July 2008
    Eye of the Crow wins the Arthur Ellis Award for best juvenile crime fiction in Canada

May 2008
    Eye of the Crow wins The Violet Downey Award for best children's novel in Canada

April 2008
   Death in the Air: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Second Case, released

April 2008
   Eye of the Crow awarded the Canadian Library Association's Honour Book award for both Children's Book of the Year and Young Adult Book of the Year

January 2008
   Death in the Air, the forthcoming second volume in the Boy Sherlock Holmes series, is chosen as a Premier Selection by the Junior Library Guild of America

January 2008
    Eye of the Crow named one of the Ontario Library Association's Top Ten YA books for the year

December 2007
   Eye of the Crow named one of the "Books of the Year" by Quill & Quire magazine.

December 21, 2007
  Shane is interviewed on CBC Radio's Ontario Today.

September 2007
   Publication of Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case in Canada and the United States.

July 2007
   Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case, is chosen as a Premier Selection by the Junior Library Guild of America
   Eye of the Crow receives a starred review in Quill & Quire magazine