CAROL MATAS

Available now at Indigo and McNally Robinson Booksellers " A Storm Unleashed is an important book for our time. Mia is a 12-year-old ...

September 16 is pub day for A Storm Unleashed . Available for order at Indigo , which named it as one of Indigo's Most Anticipated Canad...

Kirkus has reviewed Kai and the Golem !  "... the sense of repetition (in particular, Kai’s refrain “That’s not what I want!”) is soot...

 Kids in Australia and New Zealand will soon be reading A Storm Unleashed .  This is the announcement made by my agent Amy Tompkins: "A...

ZEVI TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT has been chosen by PJ Library as a PJ Our Way Selection. And I have been honoured, too, and awarded the PJ Our Wa...

My new middle grade novel, A Storm Unleashed , will be out this fall with Scholastic Canada. Set in 1933-35 Berlin, it is the story of Mia a...

  Kai and the Golem, my second picture book, is slated for release on November 4, 2025. And we have a cover! Who knew a Golem could look so ...

Transatlantic Agency has just announced two book deals! And, I'm thrilled that both these new books will be published in 2025. Kar-Ben h...

 Yay! Zevi Takes the Spotlight has been included in the CCBC's  Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2024  in the Hi-Lo Middle Years Fic...

What a wonderful evening at McNally Robinson booksellers where I joined Sidura Ludwig, author of Swan  and Rising , and Colleen Nelson, auth...

Many thanks to Deborah Kalb for  her blog interview about my two latest books:  Zevi Takes the Spotlight   for middle grades. "I wanted...

  Zevi Takes the Spotlight has been chosen by School Library Journal as one of 42  Stellar Middle Grade books for 2024 . MATAS,  Carol.  Z...

What a wonderful review from the Association Of Jewish Libraries (AJL). “Prolific Canadian author Carol Matas has another winner with this f...

Zevi Takes the Spotlight has been chosen by the Children's Book Council for their BUILDING A HOME LIBRARY  list of books for ages 12-14...

  Zevi Takes the Spotlight is out! Here it is on the shelf at my very favourite bookstore, McNally Robinson , in Winnipeg! Zevi Takes the S...

Zevi Takes the Spotlight just got the most amazing review from CM: Canadian Review of Materials . I'm not just thrilled, I'm touche...

Take a look at my post " Carol Matas: Psychics and Murders, Oh My! " on the blog of scientist and author L. E. Carmichael where I ...

Zevi wants to be a star so it's wonderful that he has received his first review and it comes with a star from School Library Journal !  ...

Cloning Miranda will be out in Korean in early January. I love, love, love the cover! It's wild.  And for those of you who want to read...

 On Monday night, December 4, at 7 PM, I'll be joining two other authors and a very distinguished moderator, Mavis Reimer from the Unive...