Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature! The Nobel committee called her “a master of the contemporary short story.” And so she is.
Congratulations to her! And to us! It is a memorable day for Canada.
Read more about Alice Munro’s accomplishments here.
Look what came in the mail! A brand new copy of Polar Animals translated into Norwegian.
I also received a Swedish and Finnish edition. (I had to employ Google translate to figure out which book was which.) 🙂
It is thrilling to see these translations and to know that children in Scandinavia will be turning the pages and reading all about the animals that live in the far north (and a few in Antarctica).
A big thank you to Sandviks, in Norway, for publishing these lovely books.
Now that school is out, summer has officially arrived! (Sadly, our west coast weather tells another story. The garden is soggy and the strawberries are moldy. But we don’t let that dampen our spirits!)
We can look forward to sunshine (one of these days) and a more relaxed summertime pace. I wish all of you a happy couple of months! Kids, teachers, families and everyone else — go beachcombing, get your summer reading material, host a barbecue or do whatever it is you like to do best when the days are long and the weather is warm.
FYI: This blog may also be on a slightly more relaxed schedule, but come fall, the posts will be (more or less) regular again.
Happy Summer!
“Many of the Kinder believe that their parents gave them life twice: once when they were born and a second time when they were sent to safety on the Kindertransport.“
Who were the Kinder and why were they in danger? Find out more here.
I am delighted to show you the cover of my upcoming book, Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport. It will be published by Tundra Books and Random House on Oct. 9, 2012, in both hardcover and e-book forms.
It is a book I’ve been working on for the last couple of years and I am thrilled that it will soon be available. If you’d like to learn more about it, please check out the description on my website.
Cheers!
The school year is drawing to a close and I have finished the last of my school presentations until fall. A big thank you to the schools and teachers who invited me to visit this year. It was wonderful to meet you all!
I wish you a happy, relaxed and well-deserved summer vacation.
Cheers!
Hello Mission students and staff!
If you’re in the Vancouver area on Tuesday, April 5, consider attending the BC Book Prizes Soiree at the Listel Hotel from 7-9 pm. It’s free! Nominated authors and book-lovers alike will mingle and raise a glass to a wonderfully versatile collection of books written in our province over the past year.
I have been writing books for about 15 years and had all kinds of reviews (good, bad and everything in between). But never before has anyone compared me to Mr. Rogers. I take this as a total compliment! (My sweaters are almost as stylish as his.) All those years I watched him speak to my children — and many other children, of course — I admired his quiet, gentle way.
I was in several Fraser Valley schools last week (in Mission, BC) and was delighted to see how engaged and interested the students were in life sciences — perfect for spring! Some of the students were happily planting seed potatoes for a school garden and others had just returned from releasing salmon fry (babies) into a local stream. The children were full of great information they were keen to share during my presentations there.
