{"id":8868,"date":"2023-05-12T02:59:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T02:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/?p=8868"},"modified":"2023-05-17T01:18:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T01:18:29","slug":"st-johns-kilmarnock-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/st-johns-kilmarnock-school\/","title":{"rendered":"St. John’s Kilmarnock school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today I had the pleasure of revisiting St. John’s Kilmarnock School in Breslau ON. I met librarian Carey Gallagher (middle) two decades ago when she was a teacher and I was the writer-in-residence for a year. Back then, I met with every class at least once but spent much time encouraging aspiring writers. I still keep in touch with some of them. Today’s session was very neat because it was the first time that I met in person with students since the spring of 2020. I’ve done a ton of virtual visits but it’s just not the same. Today’s group were 10th grade History and English classes — could it be more perfect? Discussed writing about victims of atrocities in a respectful way, how to do research on topics that have been ignored and suppressed, and why risking failure is the only way forward. My favourite question was: What do you consider your best book? My answer? Dance of the Banished<\/a>, which I feel is very much under-rated, but also the story is so very relevant right now. In Turkey there is a monumentally important election going on and Erdogan, who is a Putin-wannabe is finally effectively being challenged by a combined opposition led by Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu, whose heritage is Alevi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then icing on the cake: Jean Mills, a writer I very much admire, came to sit in on the session. She’s on the right, holding up her newest novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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