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I love doing virtual visits with Scholastic Book Fairs! Had the opportunity to speak with several hundred students at schools in Georgia, NJ and Iowa about Winterkill, the Holodomor and my WWII novels. Thank you, Kelli Boyer, organizer extraordinaire!
Wed Sep 28, 2022 – 2:00pm – Wed Sep 28, 2022 – 3:00pm
Ages: Kids (Grades 1-3)
Celebrate Ukrainian Heritage Month with award-winning children’s book writer, Marsha Skrypuch. Learn how art can be used to discuss the refugee experience and discover the power of storytelling.
Educators in Richmond Hill can register their classes by calling 905-884-9288 ext. 5029. For more information, go here.
This program will be done through Zoom, a free video conferencing software for tablets, smartphones and computers. Access instructions will be sent to those who register.
The CCBC Awards were announced today and it’s an honour to be included, with a Bilson nomination for Traitors. Here‘s the entire list of nominees. Congratulations to everyone.
What a nice book birthday present for Winterkill. #1 best seller in its category on Amazon.ca.
In Amazon.com, in hot new releases (a lesser category) it’s #1, 2 and 3!
Want to read the beginning of Winterkill? Here it is.
This doesn’t happen too often — at least not to me! Winterkill is a #1 hot new release on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca, but also shows up on both top ten lists three ways! Check this out!
A reader sent me a Facebook message because she thought I’d be interested in a new Port Dover restaurant called Lviv Castle at 201 Main Street that just opened up. The restaurant is run by Ukrainian refugees. The menu is mostly roadhouse but they recently added a nice selection of Ukrainian dishes. I went there yesterday with my husband and sister and we liked it so much that we went back again tonight with friends. Never have I ever gone to the same restaurant two nights in a row! If you love Ukrainian food and you’d like to support new hardworking arrivals from Ukraine, do drop in to Lviv Castle. I told Tatiana about how we found out about the restaurant and how what I write about in my books is now being enacted again by Putin. I happened to have ARCs (advance reader copies) of two of my books in the car, so I signed them and gave them to Tatiana. Not only did we have a wonderful visit with our friends, we had great food and good conversation with Tatiana. And my husband got to use his Ukrainian, which he spoke before he ever spoke English.
This is so nifty! Winterkill is a #1 new release in its category for both the American and Canadian Amazon sites.
It’s not uploaded to youtube yet, but you can watch it on Facebook here:
