DARKWING tells the story of Dusk, the first bat, 65 m.y.a when the last dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, and the first cats were evolving. Here's me talking about this incredibly interesting (and dangerous!) setting, and my younger hero's adventure: youtu.be/TMUk3-Zc4sk

A windfall profit tax on the fossil fuel industry would generate billions in revenue that could help finance climate solutions, protect nature and make life affordable. The budget comes out next week! Sign the petition to call for a windfall profit tax: ow.ly/2HJB50RbNnL

Born this day in 1806, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the greatest engineers of his day, and was the inspiration for my Theodore Grunel in Skybreaker, the reclusive inventor of a clean energy engine who disappears forever into the sky...

🎉The first time ever that the Hans Christian Andersen Award has been won by a Canadian -- and it couldn't have happened to a more talented artist!
Congratulations, Sydney!🎉

Dear TV producers, please make fabulous, award-wining miniseries of:

1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay
2. A Fine Balance
3. The Corrections
4. The Secret History
5. The House of Mirth

Thank you.

Teachers, if you're doing my Silverwing books with your class, there are excellent study guides with plenty of ideas on my website. Free to download! Go here: kennethoppel.ca/teacher-study-…

It's publication day for PUPPET! Silvester's wooden boy steps bravely out into the world. Walker Books Julia Green FBA

On this day in 1975, Toronto's CN Tower was completed, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure. (In 1808, the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse was the city's tallest structure. Both play a crucial role in GHOSTLIGHT...)

The “red pages” in the Silverwing graphic novel were the brilliant idea of Christopher Steininger to convey the intensity (and yes, visceral nature) of a certain climactic sequence!

Like Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire?

You'll like Ghostlight.

Today is World Down Syndrome Day and I wish the world had more people who were as kind, non-judgmental, story-loving, curious, and generally wonderful as my daughter. #worlddownsyndromeday

I didn't manage to work the Planetarium or Mackenzie House into GHOSTLIGHT, but they have great ghost stories behind them! Find out more on my tour of Toronto's spectral hotspots:
thestar.com/life/together/… pic.twitter.com/fjKl6OnTAC

'It’s sad and horrifying that many people care so little about humanity that they would put us all at risk just to accumulate obscene wealth.'

Read David Suzuki's latest Science Matters column: ow.ly/q9Px50QV0oI

In SUNWING, I introduce many new bat characters of different species, including the Hoary Bat!

I have many favourite things in my office, including this compass my wife got for me at a maritime outfitter in London in 2002, as I was finishing AIRBORN. (It became part of the story.)

The Grange has not one, not two, but four reported ghosts. The house is one of Toronto's oldest, and has had plenty of opportunities to accumulate the wakeful dead. In Ghostlight, I speculate on one possibility. Find out more : thestar.com/life/together/……

Are you brave enough to attend our Summer Scares is at @summerscares.bsky.social Middle-Grade webinar on Monday (3/11)?! 💀😱Join us at 4 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT for a conversation with Justina Ireland, Kenneth Oppel, and Reimena Yee 🦇 @ reimenayee.com! Register now: bit.ly/3T66Bd1

On this day in 1917, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the great airship inventor, died. His company's two most famous ships were the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg -- and a huge inspiration for my Airborn novels.

One does all sorts of odd research. When I was writing THE NEST, I spent a lot of time with these amazing little architects.

The Masked Reader, a great way to engage and terrify students at the same time. Kenneth Oppel