News (from 2007 to now)

• Feb 10, 2012: Will also be visiting school in Moose Jaw, SK April 22-26, and will join instructing staff at this year's Youthwrite writing camp in Edmonton AB in July.
• Feb. 9, 2012:The revision for my latest teen novel is going well! Two additional teaching engagements coming up, very exciting. In March I'll lead an editing workshop during Mondo Szumigalski, a poetry festival celebrating poet Anne Szumigalski, using an unfinished Szumigalski novel. I'll also be teaching a two day course and the University of Winnipeg early in 2013. Details on the Appearances page once available. 
• Dec 17, 2011. Very pleased to be mentoring Justina Elias as part of the 2012 Sheldon Oberman program offered by the manitoba Writers' Guild. Spring dates are filling up fast! In addition to the Sheldon Oberman mentoring, I will be leading the teen writing course for ACI Manitoba, and offering four workshops/seminars in McNally Robinson's new classroom space. Oh, and I've been invited to go WHITE WATER RAFTING in Colorado. I'll keep a notebook in a ziplock bag...it's all good :-)
• Nov. 22, 2011: Anita remembered to renew her driver license! In other news, she has a second book coming out with Stabenfeld--an audio book called The Wilderness Cure. She is currently seeking a North American publisher for it, and Wager the Wonder Horse.
• July 4, 2011 update: Anita will be leading a second nine-week YA novel writing intensive beginning in September. See "Appearances" for details.
• February, 2011 update: Stabenfeldt International has bought rights for my new middle grade novel,  Wager the Wonder Horse, for their horse book club, and will publish in Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German, Hungarian and Czech. About the book club:"Our horse book club is all about the love and passion for horses and ponies and the joy of reading. Horse ‘crazy’ girls from 9 countries are delighted about the mix of educating and entertaining horsy books and gifts they get in their monthly club parcels."
• December, 2010 update: Anita will lead a creative writing class for teens beginning February 2011. Details here: http://www.creativemanitoba.ca/youth/mentorship-16-19-years;    She will lead creative writing sessions for homeschoolers in February and March at Aqua Books, details tba;  She will present presenting on writing and editing a novel at a publishing conference in May, details tba; Will serve as mentor to emerging writer Tara Lee B
• August 23, 2010 update: Anita was featured as a clue in Walter D. Feener's Canadiana puzzle in the Saturday, August 21 edition of the National Post newspaper. Wild.
• August 1, 2010 update: Horses are most on Anita's mind this summer, both in writing (YA WIP), and in real life as she spends as much time as possible at the barn with Wager the Wonder Horse. For emerging writers, or writers new to YA: a nine week YA fiction writing intensive workshop has been scheduled. See Appearances page for details.   She is also booked for workshop at Words Alive festival in Brandon, and for a panel discussion at this year's SAG conference in Brandon.
• January 16, 2010 update: Creative Writers: join us at the School of Writing at CMU, now in its 4th year. From May 10-14, 2010, Margaret Sweatman (fiction), Barbara Nickel (poetry), Joanne Klassen (life writing), and Anita Daher (writing for children & young adults) will be offering courses in a supportive and challenging environment for writers of many skill and experience levels. The School of Writing is held at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, a beautiful and hospitable environment. Cost is $520, which includes some meals; inquire about bursaries. Accommodation is available. More information can be found at www.cmu.ca/schoolofwriting or email schoolofwriting@cmu.ca. Application deadline is March 1, 2010.
• October 17, 09:  Two Foot Punch is now a best seller in Canada!
• October 16, 09: Two events coming up quick--on Saturday, October 17, 1 pm, Anita will present at the Winnipeg Millennium Library's Meet the Author teen book club event, also featuring Martha Brooks. Then on Saturday, October 24, Anita will present and take part in a panel discussion at the 2009 Enterprising Women's Conference, "Navigating Your Way to the Top." Panel "More Than Words" too be mooderated by Charlene Diehl, and features fellow panelists Chandra Mayor and Deborah Schnitzer
• Anita has been invited to teach at the Spring 2010 CMU school of writing. Details soon!
• August 1, 09: Anita is not currently accepting requests for public readings outside of Winnipeg, or school bookings.
• May 23, 09: Anita will be leading two workshops in support of the Manitoba Writers' Guild. The first, The End, What Next? concerns preparing and submitting a manuscript, and will take place on Saturday May 30. The second, All Up in the Koolaid: the 411 on Writing for Teens will take place on June 20. Email Anita for details.
• May 23, 09: Shaw TV interview with Anita (and Wager) about On the Trail of the Bushman available online here. Best viewed with Internet Explorer.
• April 27, 09:**Autographed copies of  On the Trail of the Bushman  now available. Email  for details**
• March 20, 09: Spider's Song has been named finalist for a Manitoba Book Award! The awards will be announced during a gala event April 25, 09 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
• February 10, 09: Racing for Diamonds named finalist for the 2009 Diamond Willow Saskatchewan Reader's Choice award!
• February 6/09: On September 21st Anita was on a Greyhound bus in Northern Ontario when a stabbing occurred. The court proceedings were drawn out, but finally there is closure.
• December 5/08: Workshops and Presentations page has been updated.
• October 1/08 Update: Anita will speak, blue pencil, and lead workshops at both Brantford Book Camp and Summer Writing Workshops in August 2009.  Coming up a little sooner, Anita will be long time Winnipeg radio darling Ron Robinson's guest during his next edition of In Conversation at Aqua Books, coming up November 20, 08.  Check Appearances for details.
• September 14, 08 Update: Poacher's in the Pingos launch will be Tuesday, October 14, 08 at McNally Robinson Grant Park in Winnipeg
• May 30, 08 Update: Anita will be presenting at Simon Fraiser University's Symposium on the Book on July 12, Vancouver Campus. Ten authors will discuss "From Thrillers to True Crime: Inside the Art and Craft of Crime Writing."Also, she's been invited to extend her stay at writer-in-residence at Winnipeg's Aqua Books until the end of August.21
• May 1, 08 Update: Both Spider's Song and Racing for Diamonds have been named finalists for the 2008 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile crime fiction. The awards are coordinated by Crimewriters of Canada, and will be handed out on June 5th in Toronto.
• March 25, 08 Update: Upcoming Event. Saturday, May 31, 6:00 pm: Speaking Volumes, Prairie Fire Magazine's 15th annual benefit banquet, Winnipeg, MB. , with voyageur-style hatchet throwing, interpretive cabins and a truly scrumptious dinner. After dinner, relax by the cozy fireplace and open your mind to readings by award-winning authors Faith Johnston and Anita Daher. Details here:http://www.prairiefire.ca/news.html
• January 22, 08 Update: New appearance details available here. In addition to conducting school visits and writing workshops, Anita is scheduled to present at the Northwords Writers Festival in Yellowknife, NT, June 2008, and at Bushplane Days in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, September 2008.
• December 30, 07 Update: Sound Files of 2007 Winnipeg International Writer's Festival Spider's Song and Racing for Diamonds presentations are now available as Windows Media Files on Books as well as Media pages. Spider's Song Q & A includes discussion concerning cutting.
• November 30 Update: CM Magazine (Canadian Review of Materials) has given Two Foot Punch a prized 4/4, Highly Recommended rating. You can read the review in the Dec. 7/07 issue.
• November 7 Update: On Friday November 9 Anita will be stepping in for Sandra Birdsell and will read and sign at the 10th St. Emporium in Brandon, MB, as part of the Words Alive Literary Festival. She will also lead a previously scheduled blue pencil session on Saturday November 10 at the library.
• November 2 Update: Two Foot Punch is now available! Call your favourite bookstore to reserve/order your copy. A few online options in Canada: McNally Robinson, Amazon.ca, or Chapters.ca (though Chapters seems to be a little behind as of this date). Coming soon in the US: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.
• July 26 Update: Anita will be leading a portion of the Manitoba Writer's Guild youth writing camp, Spell It Out. She will also appear on the school stage during Thin Air, the Winnipeg International Writer's Festival. See Appearances page for details.
• April 29 Update: Anita is the recipient of the 2007 John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. (Okay, Anita is trying to maintain her composure, but as the kiddies say, SQUEE!!)
• April 17 Update: Anita has been selected for the 2007 TD Canada Trust Children's Book Week tour.
• arch 23 Update: Anita has been named a finalist for the 2007 John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. Congratulations to all awards finalists!March 23 Update: Anita will appear on episode six of A Total Write-Off, a show that has been described as a cross between Just for Laughs, and Whose Line Is It Anyway? The show will be aired across Canada on BookTelevision and CLT. Check local listings.
• February 24 Update: Racing for Diamonds (Orca Young Reader) is now available!
• February 24 Update: Running for His Life (Working title, Orca Sports imprint) has been accepted, and will be published fall 2007
• December 7 update: Millennium Library has been confirmed as the host for Anita's Racing for Diamonds launch. Also, Anita will be reading as a part of The Writers' Collective / Aqua Books Free Your Mind Reading Series on Wednesday, March 21. See Appearances for details.
• November 21 update: Both of Anita's new books, Racing for Diamonds (An Orca Young Reader) and Spider's Song (A Penguin Canada young adult psychological thriller) will be launched in April 2007. See Appearances page for details.
• November 18 update: Anita will teach two workshops for the Winnipeg Writer's Collective, one in January, and one in February. See Appearances page for details.
• November 18 update: Anita is now accepting bookings for 2007. See Appearances page for dates available, and here for details on presentations and workshops.
• October 2 update: Anita's nine week Writing for Children class begins Thursday, October 5. Details on Appearances page and through the Manitoba Writer's Guild. Correspondence option available. For more information contact Jamis at the Guild at 942-6134 or email info@mbwriter.mb.ca