February 2010
Johansen has been invited to be a guest at the 2010 Skopje International Book Fair in April 2010, where she will be launching the Macedonian-language translation of her book Torrie and the Snake-Prince (Тори и принцот-змија) April 12-14.

She will also, on April 9, be launching the latest volume of her Warlocks of Talverdin series, The Shadow Road, in Vienna Austria.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada. Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil des Arts du Canada, qui a investi 20,1 millions de dollars l'an dernier dans les lettres et l'édition à travers le Canada.


The Shadow Road has been reviewed in CM Magazine.

November 2009
The cover art for The Shadow Road,
Book IV of The Warlocks of Talverdin, has been finalised. The Shadow Road will be released in the spring of 2010.

October 2009
Torrie and the Dragonslayers has been reviewed in Resource Links.

The Macedonian-language translation of Torrie and the Snake-Prince (Тори и принцот-змија) has been published by Vermilion Books, translation by Marija Todorova.

September 2009
Download or listen to the author reading a chapter from Torrie and the Dragonslayers here.

August 2009
"How Torrie met Cossypha", a short story set during Torrie and the Dragonslayers, is available here for free download.

Warden of Greyrock has had a number of recent reviews, and now has a video clip on Youtube of a sample read by the author.

June 2009
Torrie and the Dragonslayers, the next volume in the Torrie fantasy series, is available for pre-order.

Johansen has a podcast at WIER (Writers In Electronic Residence), featuring a reading from The Drone War, a discussion of mentoring, anda sample of the writing submitted by students during Johansen's most recent participation in WIER.

April 2009
Warden of Greyrock was reviewed at McNally Robinson.

"The Storyteller", title story of the collection The Storyteller and Other Tales, is in issue № 38 of the Australian magazine Andromeda Spaceways.

March 2009
Beyond Window Dressing: Canadian Children's Fantasy at the Millennium has been reviewed in Canadian Literature.

Johansen was a guest at The Reading Series at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo Ontario, Monday, March 16, 4pm, STJ 3027, where she read from The Storyteller and Other Tales. She also spoke to Dr. Deman's science fiction class about Steampunk Tues. the 17^th. For a booklist to accompany the talk, click here.

January 2009
Warden of Greyrock, the third book in the Warlocks of Talverdin Series, is scheduled for release in April.

December 2008
The Canadian Library Association's journal Feliciter reviewed Beyond Window Dressing: Canadian Children's Fantasy at the Millennium.

November 2008
On November 5^th, Johansen reads at the Oshawa Public Library's A is for Author reading festival.

Johansen tours Quebec for TD Canadian Children's Book Week 2008, touring November 15 - 22.

October 2008
The Storyteller and other Tales has been reviewed at Teens Read Too.

Treason in Eswy has been reviewed at Teens Read Too.

August 2008
Johansen reads at Word on the Street (Halifax) on the 28th of September.

Try out Wren's bannock recipe from Torrie and the Snake-Prince.

The Storyteller and other Tales has been reviewed at FantasyLiterature.net

A video clip of a reading from The Storyteller and other Tales that includes... a fox!

A video clip of a reading of chapter one of Treason in Eswy is now online.

July 2008
Johansen will be part of TD Canadian Children's Book Week 2008, touring Quebec November 15 - 22.

May 2008
The fantasy short-story collection The Storyteller and other Tales is scheduled for publication in September 2008.

May 2008
Nightwalker won the 2008 Ann Connor Brimer Award.

March 2008
Treason in Eswy, book two of the Warlocks of Talverdin series, has been released.

Torrie and the Snake-Prince was selected for the 2008/2009 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award shortlist.

Johansen was a guest at Animaritime 2008

February 2008
Nightwalker has been selected for the Saskatchewan 2008 Snow Willow Awards shortlist.

Nightwalker has been selected for the Ontario Library Association's Best Bets list. Books are selected on the basis of their literary/artistic merit as well as their appeal for children. Torrie and the Snake-Prince was selected as an honourable mention for the OLA Best Bets list.

January 2008
The cover art for Treason in Eswy, book two of the Warlocks of Talverdin series, is now available. And Johansen is Orca's featured author of the month.

December 2007
Watch videos of the author
reading excerpts from:
Nightwalker
The Serpent Bride
The Cassandra Virus
The Drone War
Torrie and the Pirate-Queen
Torrie and the Firebird
Torrie and the Snake-Prince
Interview with the author, part one
Interview with the author, part two

November 2007
Beyond Window Dressing? Canadian Children's Fantasy at the Millennium is scheduled for publication in December 2007.

October 2007
Torrie and the Snake-Prince is on the short list for the 2008 Silver Birch Award.

Torrie and the Snake-Prince was reviewed in the latest Resource Links, as was The Drone War.

September 2007
The Drone War, sequel to The Cassandra Virus, was published on September 4.

Torrie and the Snake-Prince was reviewed in Atlantic Books Today.

The Drone War was reviewed in CM Magazine.

Orca has released eBook editions of The Cassandra Virus and Nightwalker.

August 2007
Torrie and the Snake-Prince will be translated into Macedonian and published by Vermilion Books (Вермилион) of the Republic of Macedonia, as Тори и принцот-змија.

July 2007
The Cassandra Virus was chosen as a Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice selection.

May 2007
Nightwalker, has been reviewed in Resource Links, CM Magazine, and the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.

April 2007
Nightwalker, has been selected by Voya for their annual list of the Year's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

March 2007
The Cassandra Virus has been shortlisted for the Canadian Association of Children’s Librarians Book of the Year for Children Award.

Nightwalker, book one in the Warlocks of Talverdin series, has been released, and was reviewed by Teens Read Too.

February 2007
Torrie and the Snake-Prince has been released.

Torrie and the Firebird has been selected by the Ontario Library Association as one of the top ten children's books of 2006

Johansen was a guest at Animaritime 2007 in Moncton, NB, February 23-25.

December 2006
The Cassandra Virus was recommended in a review in Georgia Straight.

The cover art for Nightwalker is now available!

November 2006
The release date for the YA fantasy novel Nightwalker, first book in the Warlocks of Talverdin series, has been set for March 2007.

K.V. Johansen read from Quests and Kingdoms: A Grown-Up's Guide to Children's Fantasy, at the Moncton Public Library on Thursday, November 23rd at 6:30 pm. Click here for a list of recent fantasy books mentioned in the lecture.

Torrie and the Pirate-Queen was a starred choice in this year's Our Choice Guide to Canada's best children's books by the Canadian Children's Book Centre.

The Cassandra Virus was reviewed in School Library Journal.

October 2006
The Cassandra Virus was chosen by Today's Parent magazine as one of their Great Canadian Fiction selections.

The release of the next book in the Torrie series: Torrie and the Snake-Prince, has been scheduled for February 2007.

August 2006
The Cassandra Virus was reviewed in Kliatt Magazine, and in Voya.

May 2006
Torrie and the Pirate-Queen has received the Canadian Authors' Association 2006 Lilla Stirling Award.

The Cassandra Virus was selected by Canadian Family magazine as one of their 40 Great Summer Reads.

April 2006
Torrie and the Firebird has been reviewed in CM Magazine.

Torrie and the Pirate-Queen has been nominated for the Diamond Willow Award.

Orca has published The Cassandra Virus, a science fiction novel for ages 9-14.

February 2006
Quests and Kingdoms was reviewed in Books in Canada, and in Midwest Book Review.

Annick has released Torrie and the Firebird.

2005
Quests and Kingdoms was recently reviewed in Amon Hen, the bulletin of the Tolkien Society. {excerpt}. Quests was also reviewed in the November issue of Mythprint, the bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society. {excerpt} Quests and Kingdoms was nominated for the 2006 Harvey Darton Award.

Torrie and the Pirate-Queen is a nominated title for the 2006 Silver Birch Award.

A Danish edition of Torrie and the Pirate-Queen has been published by Forlaget Thorup, entitled Sørøverdronningen.

Johansen recently finished editing the ninth volume of Donald Jack's classic Bandy Papers series. Stalin Versus Me, the final book in the series, is now in print.

Quests and Kingdoms: A Grown-Up's Guide to Children's Fantasy Literature was released July 2005. See here for a review in CM Magazine.

Torrie and the Pirate-Queen was recently reviewed in: Canadian Review of Materials, Georgia Strait, and Quill & Quire.

Johansen received the Frances E. Russell Award from the Canadian National Section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY Canada).

Johansen participated in the Spring 2005 session of Writers in Electronic Residence (WIER). Click here for an anthology of selected work from the WIER Elementary Conference (Adobe Acrobat format).