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Eden Mills Literary Festival

A chilly windy day, but lots of fun and great conversations! Thank you Helen Kubiw!

Alexis Kochan

I was also thrilled to meet Alexis Kochan in person when she came out to the MRA event. I am a great fan of her music.

Manitoba Council of Reading Clinicians event

I did an evening event hosted by the Manitoba Council of Reading Clinicians. It was a wonderful event with lots of good discussion. It was great to catch up with my MRA buddies!

One of the biggest pleasures of author travels is getting to meet with fellow creators. On this trip, I met with my friend, Carol Matas, whose books I’ve long admired. We had dinner, then popped in to the Grant Park McNally Robinson Bookstore to do a little promo.

Winnipeg school visits

A wonderful whirlwind trip to Winnipeg and Selkirk during the first week of October. Saw so many great students, librarians, educators and reading clinicians!

Michael Martchenko

Thirty years ago when being an author seemed like an unattainable dream, I had a second seemingly unattainable dream: that Michael Martchenko would illustrate a book that I wrote. As it turned out, he became the illustrator for my very first book, Silver Threads. He also illustrated the book that made me a princess, Enough. I saw Michael tonight at a Scholastic Canada do and asked my friend Natalie Hyde to take this pic. The last time we had our pic taken was 17 years ago when Enough was launched.