Book Club Guide for Shooter


​Dig deeper with your book club. In this Book Club Guide you'll find:
  • Discussion Questions 
  • Read and Roll
  • Journal Prompts
  • Off the Grid -- for creating and analyzing character dynamics
  • Empathy Icebreakers
  • Interview with the Author
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​OFF THE GRID
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Getting into the characters is a huge part of Caroline's writing process. Check out Caroline's Shooter brainstorming in early stages as she figured out who the characters were and how they interacted. 

​Now it's your turn. Download your Off the Grid template and share what you know about these characters -- or use the blank version for your own brainstorming, other books or movies, or even your own life.
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SAME! GAME -- ICEBREAKER
Print a card for every player. Give them a minute to answer each question and then ten minutes to find someone who shares that in common. 
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Our Ottawa -- CBC Interview



CBC's Adrian Harewood interviews author and two-time Governor General Literary Award winner Caroline Pignat about her newly released young adult novel SHOOTER (Penguin Canada).

Watch the full ten minute interview online at the top of the show.
CBC Books -- Magic 8 Q&A with Caroline
Here are the questions. Read Caroline's Magic 8 Answers here.
  • How or where does a piece of writing begin for you?
  • What book were you reading when you were first inspired to write? How old were you? Why do you think that book affected you the way it did at that moment in your life?
  • What's the strangest thing you've done while researching a book?
  • What do you do when the well runs dry, when it feels like you've had your last good idea?
  • What is your kryptonite?
  • What do you tell new writers about the economics of being a writer? Are you a hope-giver or a hope-dasher?
  • If you were to have a dinner party, which two characters from everything you've created, would you like to have sit at your dining room table and chat with?
  • What is the main question that you wish somebody would ask you, although nobody ever has?