Philippa Dowding Explained

Philippa Dowding is a Canadian writer of children's literature,^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Works

• Oculum (2018)^[4]
• Firefly (2021)^[5]

Weird Stories Gone Wrong series

• Jake and the Giant Hand (2014)^[6]
• Myles and the Monster Outside (2015)^[7]
• Carter and the Curious Maze (2016)^[8]
• Alex and the Other (2018)^[9]
• Blackwells and the Briny Deep (2018)^[10]
• Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet (2019)^[11]

Nightflyers Handbook series

• The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden (2014)^[12]
• Everton Miles is Stranger than Me (2016)^[13]

Notes and References

1. https://www.cbc.ca/books/28-canadian-middle-grade-books-coming-out-in-spring-2021-1.5962503 "28 Canadian middle-grade books coming out in spring 2021"
2. https://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/inuk-author-norma-dunning-wins-25k-governor-generals-fiction-prize-4766110 "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize"
3. https://www.cbc.ca/books/here-are-the-2020-silver-birch-fiction-award-finalists-10-great-canadian-books-for-readers-in-grades-3-6-1.5588971 "Here are the 2020 Silver Birch Fiction Award finalists: 10 great Canadian books for readers in Grades 3-6"
4. Caitlyn Paxson, "Oculum, by Philippa Dowding / Pulse Point, by Colleen Nelson, Nancy Chappell-Pollack". Quill & Quire, July 2018.
5. Stephanie Johnson, "Firefly". Canadian Review of Materials, April 16, 2021.
6. Lisa Rainford, "Children’s author Philippa Dowding to read from Jake and the Giant Hand". Toronto.com, October 21, 2014.
7. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/philippa-dowding/myles-and-the-monster-outside/ "Myles and the Monster Outside"
8. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/philippa-dowding/carter-and-the-curious-maze/ "Carter and the Curious Maze"
9. Sally Lodge and Shannon Maughan, "Spring 2018 Children's Announcements: Publishers A-F". Publishers Weekly, January 26, 2018.
10. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/philippa-dowding/blackwells-and-the-briny-deep/ "Blackwells and the Briny Deep"
11. Teresa Iaizzo, "Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet". Canadian Review of Materials, May 8, 2020.
12. Emily Donaldson, "The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden, by Philippa Dowding". Quill & Quire, January 2014.
13. http://open-book.ca/News/The-In-Character-Interview-with-Philippa-Dowding "The In Character Interview, with Philippa Dowding"