Winterkill webinar Nov 17th, 2pm CST
Tag: Holodomor
Winterkill Webinar for educators
Thank you, Valentina Kuryliw and HREC ED for hosting this wonderful opportunity to discuss Winterkill with Dr. Mateusz Swietlicki, author of many academic works, including the upcoming Next-Generation Memory and Ukrainian Canadian Children’s Historical Fiction. Thank you to all who tuned in. The webinar will soon be available online as an educator resource.
St. James School
Thank you Ms Richardson and your 7/8 students for great questions and interesting conversation about Winterkill, the Holodomor and Russia’s current war on Ukraine. Thank you, HREC ED for making this visit possible!
Webinar for educators about Winterkill
Thank you, HREC Education, for providing this webinar for educators. I look forward to speaking with Dr. Mateusz Świetlicki about Winterkill, my novel set during the Holodomor, and how it can be used in the classroom as an entry into a time in Ukraine’s history that is chillingly like the current war.
Go here for more info.
Hurffville Elementary virtual visit
These pics from the other side of the screen are ever so much better than mine! I enjoyed the great questions and enthusiasm of Hurffville students during yesterday’s Scholastic Book Fair visit as we talked about Winterkill, the Holodomor and the current war that Russia is inflicting upon Ukraine.
Scholastic Book Fair Day
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!
HREC ED: Holodomor teaching resources
Winterkill: Book Fairs trailer
It’s not uploaded to youtube yet, but you can watch it on Facebook here:
Winterkill: Scholastic Audio edition
It’s such an honour to be asked to read my own backmatter for the audio edition of Winterkill. Being dyslexic, I often misread and mispronounce words, even when reading from something I’ve written myself. That makes reading the backmatter for audio a bit of a challenge, but one I’m certainly up to. Scholastic Audio has been coordinating with Catherine North Studios in Hamilton for the recording of the backmatter and so I’ve had the opportunity to meet with Will Crann several times over these last few years. He is persnickety in all the best ways, and a true professional. It’s always such a pleasure working with him.
HREC ED makes Winterkill virtual visits available to schools
Holodomor Research and Education Consortium is funding the cost of a limited number of Winterkill school and library virtual presentations to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 1932-33 Holodomor in Ukraine.
If you would like Marsha to speak to your middle-grade students about Winterkill and the real history behind the story, but funding is an issue, please send us an email via the contact form below. Please include your own name and title, the school or library, grade level and why you would love a virtual visit. Teacher, librarian and literacy professional groups are also encouraged to apply.
Preference given to middle-grade groups in schools with financial challenges.
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