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FIREFLY
FIREFLY AWARDS
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WelcomePhilippa Dowding is the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award (2021) and The Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award (2022) for her book FIREFLY (2021, DCB).
Philippa is also a poet, musician, and copywriter, winning marketing awards for Zoomer, Maclean's, Chatelaine, Today’s Parent, Canada's History, and more. Her poetry and short fiction have appeared in Taddle Creek Magazine, The Adirondack Review, The Literary Review of Canada, and elsewhere. She writes full-time from her home in Toronto. FULL BIO 
A leather-bound copy of FIREFLY, a gift from the Governor General. Click image for more photos and news about the GG award ceremonies.
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New book coming 2025, more news soon.
OCULUM ECHO 
BEST BOOK SPRING 2023
Canadian Children's Book Centre CBC Best Canadian Books for Kids 2022 "A very well-written and an imaginative description of a future world struggling to survive; Highly Recommended" CM Magazine, OCT/2022 The International Educator Quill & Quire 2022 49th Shelf Fall Most Anticipated Books |
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