I have such admiration for educators and students who are able to adapt to challenging learning situations in the midst of this pandemic. Algonquin PS in Woodstock streamed my virtual visit into several socially distanced and masked classrooms. Students messaged their questions but they scrolled so fast and furious that Mrs. Lynch read them to me. Such well considered questions! Thank you for the invite!
Tag: author visits
Virtual visit, classroom style
I virtually visited with Emily Stowe Public School in Norwich Ontario today and it was nice to be back. The last time I was here was in the winter of 2019 when the pandemic was not in our lexicon.
This was the first time I’ve visited with in-class students (ie, instead of each student logging in from home) since the beginning of the pandemic and it felt like a step towards normal. Thanks for the great questions, everyone!
Gallery of past visits
Photos from a trip to Ukraine in 2008. Want to know more? Go here.
My husband flies a Piper Dakota. We flew across the continent in the summer of 2016. Want to know more? Go here.
Past visits
Thanks Ms Lewitt’s class, for the great Skype visit!
Forest of Reading in the North: A whirlwind week!
I am finally home after a whirlwind week of visits to northern Ontario as part of the OLA Forest of Reading celebrations. Orest flew me to Parry Sound on Sunday night. Here’s a video of us getting ready:
I shared a room with Silver Birch Express nominee, Natalie Hyde. The next day, along with fellow nominees Brit and Kari Trogen, Wesley King, Bill Swan, Evan Munday, Janet Wilson and Steve Pitt we did a dizzy spin of workshops, presentations and signings.
Then Janet Wilson and I loaded into Natalie’s car and headed up the highway to North Bay to do it all over again on Tuesday and Wednesday.
My husband Orest picked Janet and I up at the North Bay airport via Charlie (our little airplane). For the occasion, he dressed in captain’s garb, complete with hat. And he made tickets for us both! Here’s a video of us flying away from North Bay:
It got cloudy the closer to home we got, so for a bit, we were between cloud layers:
We dropped Janet off at the Guelph airport, then flew another 11 minutes to the Brantford airport.
When I got home, I found out that I had WON the BC Red Cedar Award for Last Airlift!
The next day, a bunch of Silver Birch authors flew to Thunder Bay for more fun.
Silver Birch at Ancaster Public Library today
Thank you for all the GREAT questions, you guys!
Thanks for the photos, Omaira!
Visiting Sir Arthur Carty Catholic School
Ms Popovic from Sir Arthur Carty Catholic School in London just emailed me some photos from my March visit.
In this photo, I’m reading the scene when Nadia meets Hitler.
Students had lots of great questions about Stolen Child and Making Bombs for Hitler.
These Sir Arthur Carty students are holding up a variety of books, including the Japanese edition of Hope’s War. I’m holding the Korean edition of Silver Threads and the Ukrainian edition of Enough.
The question was “Which book is your favourite of all that you’ve written?” That is such a difficult question. I love them all! Enough holds a special place because it was such a risky book. Back in 2001 when it came out, I was subjected to hate mail and death threats for writing about the Holodomor — the Stalin-instigated starvation of millions — for the crime of being Ukrainian.
Book Launch — Stolen Child — Feb 11
more Ottawa photos
Lesia Ukrainka and Ridna Skhola in Ottawa
Here’s a photo of me on Saturday with my three amazing organizers!
From left to right: Lesya Granger, Chrystia Chudczak, me, and Dahlia Allaire.