{"id":9546,"date":"2024-06-15T16:46:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T16:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/?p=9546"},"modified":"2024-06-15T16:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T16:52:07","slug":"ann-featherstone-editor-and-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/ann-featherstone-editor-and-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Featherstone, editor and friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ann Featherstone was an editor like no other, but she was also my friend. She helped birth so many phenomenal children’s books, and I’m honoured that she helped to birth many of my own. Ann, when I write, I think of the lessons you taught me. Vichnaya Pamyat.<\/p>\n

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Ann Eloise Featherstone (Butler) 1953-2024 passed away on June 12, 2024 after a long and courageous journey with cancer. Ann was born in Oakville, Ontario and came to Victoria in 1971 where she studied English and Art History at UVIC. Ann lived a life of books and was one of the original \u201cMunro\u2019s Girls.\u201d She worked at all the Munro\u2019s Books locations and managed the Market Square Store. Ann came to specialize in children\u2019s books and developed the children\u2019s section at the Government St. store.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ann moved into publishing in the early 1990s and over the next three decades shepherded over five hundred books into publication. She became one of the most well-loved children\u2019s book editors in Canada and developed the children\u2019s books lines for Orca Books, Fitzhenry and Whiteside, and co-founded Pajama Press. Ann leaves a lasting legacy of friendship with authors and illustrators and brought delight into the lives of countless children.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The title of her last book, A World of Kindness, perfectly captures her empathetic personality. She was adored by her husband of 47 years, Grenfell; daughter, Robin (Colin); sister, Pat (Jamie); brother, Rob (Twyla); and Frankie the polydactyl ginger tabby-cat. Ann was pre-deceased by her parents Mary and Tony Butler, and her brother David.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We cannot adequately thank Dr. Bernstein and Dr Masuda for their years of support, and Dr Adzich, the palliative care nurses, homecare workers, and the chemo ward nurses at the Cowichan Hospital all of whom treated Ann with gentleness and professionalism.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In lieu of flowers, please read to your kids!<\/div>\n
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Here are all of my Ann Featherstone books, spanning two publishers:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars<\/a><\/h4>\n
A beautiful omnibus edition of the award-winning biographies\u00a0Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan\u2019s Rescue from War\u00a0and\u00a0One Step at a Time: A ...
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Too Young To Escape<\/a><\/h4>\n
One day they will send for her, but how long must Van Ho wait for her family to find a ...
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Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival<\/a><\/h4>\n
It is 1981. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a fishing boat overloaded with 60 Vietnamese refugees drifts. The ...
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Dance of the Banished<\/a><\/h4>\n
Based on true events, a compelling story of love and hope published on the 100th anniversary of World War I ...
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\"One<\/a>\n

One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way<\/a><\/h4>\n
Tuyet has found a loving family at last. Life in a strange new country presents many challenges for the young ...
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Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Child’s Rescue From War<\/a><\/h4>\n
Last Airlift\u00a0is the true story of the last Canadian airlift operation that left Saigon and arrived in Toronto on April ...
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\"Call<\/a>\n

Call Me Aram<\/a><\/h4>\n
From the\u00a0New Beginnings\u00a0series, comes Call Me Aram, the sequel to Aram\u2019s Choice. Aram Davidian, like his fellow orphaned Armenian refugees, ...
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Aram’s Choice<\/a><\/h4>\n
From the\u00a0New Beginnings\u00a0series, comes Aram\u2019s Choice, a story that follows the life of a boy who loses his family in ...
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Enough<\/a><\/h4>\n
This story, set during the Famine of the 1930s, tells of a young girl\u2019s attempts to save her village from ...
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Kobzar’s Children<\/a><\/h4>\n
This unique anthology introduces new voices and a century of hidden stories. The kobzars were the blind minstrels of Ukraine, ...
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Daughter of War<\/a><\/h4>\n
Daughter of War\u00a0is a gripping story of enduring love and loyalty set against the horrors of Turkey during World War ...
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