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By: Jerry Beck,
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One of Dreamworks' most highly regarded animators is heading to Canada to direct his first feature.
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An expressionistic portrait of the final minutes in the life of Winnipeg’s doomed Second World War hero, Andrew Mynarski.
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Not every Disney release can look like "Moana."
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The 40th anniversary of North America's biggest animation festival is here.
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CynsationsOver the summer, the children's-YA book community has continued discussing diversity, decolonization, authenticity and representation both throughout the body of literature and the industry. Here are highlights; look for more in quickly upcoming, additional update posts.
Mirrors? Windows? How about Prisms? from Uma Krishnaswami. Peek: "...cultural content in children’s books needs to be woven into the story so the authors intention is not stamped all over it." See also Uma on
Tolstoy Was Not Writing for Me.
Twelve Fundamentals of Writing The "Other" and The Self by
Daniel Jose Older from Buzzfeed Books. Peek: "Every character has a relationship to power. This includes institutional, interpersonal, historical, cultural. It plays out in the micro-aggressions and hate crimes, sex, body image, life-changing decisions, everyday annoyances and the depth of historical community trauma."
Diversity in Book Publishing Isn't Just About Writers -- Marketing Matters, Too by Jean Ho from NPR. Peek: "For past projects, she has researched segmented audiences ranging from retired African-American women's books clubs, South Asian soccer organizations, Trinidadian-interest media outlets both stateside and abroad, to extracurricular programs geared toward South Bronx teens."
Looking Back: Diversity in Board Books by Joanna Marple from We Need Diverse Books. Peek: "...that children as young as six months can judge others by the color of their skin. Even if a caregiver never mentions race, children may well use skin color on their own, along with other differences, to judge themselves and others."
Drilling Down on Diversity in Picture Books from CCBlogC. Peek: "We’re keeping track of the things people want to know. Just how many picture books have animal, rather than human, characters? How many books about African American characters are historical? How many feature LGBTQ families? Or Muslims? Or people with disabilities? How many are by first-time authors or illustrators?"
Children's Books and the Color of Characters by
Kwame Alexander from The New York Times. Peek: "They all believe I am writing about them. Why is this so much harder for the grown-ups? Is race the only lens through which we can read the world?"
On White Fragility in Young Adult Literature by
Justine Larbalestier from Reading While White. Peek: "...we white authors can support Indigenous authors and Authors of Color by reading their books, recommending their books, blurbing their books, and recommending them to our agents. When we're invited to conferences, or festivals, or to be in anthologies, make sure they're not majority white."
When Defending Your Writing Becomes Defending Yourself by Matthew Salesses from NPR. Peek: "Here is a not uncommon experience. Writer
Emily X.R. Pan was told by the white writers in her workshop that the racism in her story could never happen — though every incident had happened to her."
There Is No Secret to Writing About People Who Don't Look Like You: The Importance of Empathy as Craft by Brandon Taylor from LitHub. Peek: "The best writing, the writing most alive with possibilities, is the writing that at once familiarizes and estranges; it’s writing that divorces us from our same-old contexts and shifts our thinking about ourselves and the world around us."
How Canada Publishes So Much Diverse Children's Literature by Ken Setterington from School Library Journal. Peek: "Considering that the entire Canadian market is about the size of the market in California alone (roughly 36 million), publishers must rely on sales outside of the country."
Biracial, Bicultural Roundtable (
Part One,
Part Two) by Cynthia Leitich Smith from We Need Diverse Books. Peek: "According to a 2015 Pew study, 6.9 percent of the U.S. population is biracial. According to the 2010 Census, between 2000 and 2010, the number of people identifying themselves with more than one race rose from 6.8 million to 9 million."
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A Vancouver union is asking the Canadian government to investigate whether animation artists were not paid overtime during the production of "Sausage Party."
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Hundreds of employees have been told not to come to work tomorrow!
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The producers of the French hit "Intouchables" are aiming for their first animation success.
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"Shrek" producer John Williams is producing the film through his new company 3QU Media.
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Two animation companies have joined the production of Cartoon Saloon's "The Breadwinner" in its push toward completion.
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Check out new artwork from the upcoming Cartoon Saloon film.
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China wants to get its hands on some of that sweet troll money.
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A release date has been set for a sequel to the Korean/Canadian CGI talking-animal comedy.
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Lucy, who lived in the pines, was once bored out of her mind, but what she would discover was a thing like no other: an unexpected friend she would find.
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Mary has a baby boy
Well next thing you know,
de Roman emperor name Caesar
Augustus send out a instruction
dem must count all-o-we!
Dat time in Syria, one man name
Quirinius was governor.
Dem send orders dat every man jack
must find himself back to de town
where him born to write him name
down into a book. So Joseph
set off from Nazareth town where him live
in Galilee country and go to de city of David
what dem call Bethlehem, for is where
him family come from. Him take me
wid him, no mind me big wid baby,
for him say is him response for de two of we.
We leave Judith and Sarah
wid my ma and pa.
At de self same time when we reach
to Bethlehem, dis baby
decide him coming too.
Joseph ask for a room at de inn
but de place pack up right to de brim,
not one likl corner nor crack leave over.
Me sorry for Joseph! Him look high,
him look low till him fi nd a stable and is dere
me born Jesus, wrap him in warm clothes,
give him a first taste of my breast,
and like how we never have no crib, settle him
in de dumb animal feeding box.
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de Book of Mary is now available @ Amazon:
de Book of Mary is an epic poem in Jamaican Creole based on the Biblical story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus. The first book of a trilogy, Pamela Mordecai's de Book of Mary covers Mary's life from her early years, through the arrival of the Archangel Gabriel and the birth of Yeshua, to her death.
A Chorus of male and female voices provides an accompanying commentary. This exciting Canadian-Jamaican retelling, profound and tragic, yet told with humour and gusto, is a major event, continuing Mordecai's project of hybridizing one of the most significant cultural-religious phenomena in world history. The last book of the trilogy, de Man, about the crucifixion of Jesus, was published by Sister Vision Press in 1995 and is now out of print. The poet is currently working on de book of Joseph, second book of the trilogy.
About Pamela Mordecai
Pamela ('Pam') Mordecai’s previous collections of poetry include Journey Poem (1989); de Man, a performance poem (1995); Certifiable (2001); The True Blue of Islands (2005), and Subversive Sonnets(2012). de book of Mary, from which “Jesus Takes Leave of Mary and Goes into the Desert” comes, will appear in fall, 2015. In 2006 she published Pink Icing, a collection of short stories; her first novel, Red Jacket, appeared in February, 2015. She has edited and co-edited ground-breaking anthologies of Caribbean writing including Jamaica Woman (1980, 1985, with Mervyn Morris); From Our Yard: Jamaican Poetry since Independence (1987); Her True-True Name: An Anthology of Women's Writing from the Caribbean (1989, with Betty Wilson) and Calling Cards: New Poetry from Caribbean/ Canadian Women(2005). Her play, El Numero Uno had its world premiere at the Loraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People in Toronto in 2010. In spring 2014, she was a fellow at the prestigious Yaddo artists' community in upstate New York yaddo.org. Pam and her family immigrated to Canada in 1994. She lives with her husband, Martin, in Kitchener, Ontario.
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JESUS TAKES LEAVE OF MARY AND GOES INTO THE DESERTPlenty hard to believe my son turnthirty dis winter season just gone!Not dat me never watchevery minute, each day, as him grow.But is like you see and you don’t notice,and den, all of a sudden dis bigsomebody hold you face in him handkiss you on you forehead,say, “Mums, I going now.”Never mind how much timeI protest and ask why him must gooff alone to a place wid no water, no food,not a green thing to lift him spirit...“Mums,” him say “why I wouldleave dis house, you and Gran, best cook foodin dis town, my sistren and bredren,and de whole family, plus de woodworking, too,all I love, if it was up to me?”I breathe deep, gaze on himfrom him head to him toe, one last time.“See three loaf of new bread I just bakein dat bag, and a wineskin your gransend wid Judith daughter dis morning.She say, send, tell her when you going.“I going stop by de yardas I leaving, to tell Gran goodbye.Big thanks for de eats and de drink,but you know my food in de wildgoing be fasting and prayer, my Mums.I sure you don’t want my Papa up so...”and him turn him eye up to de sky,“to vex wid me right as I start out?”“Why you can’t pray here, son?I will keep food and drink far from you.I will honour your fast. Is a thing I do forJoseph plenty times when him was still wid us.”Him bend down and kiss me,say, “Mums, dis not de worst.Me must get ready for some dread things.”When I go to answer, him put one finger onmy lip. “Hush, Mums,” him repeat,“believe me, if de choosing was mineI would stay.”And him look round de room,touch de big water jug, scuff de rugwid him foot, take him staffand walk through de door –never turn him head round to look back.
From de book of Mary
About Pamela Mordecai
Pamela ('Pam') Mordecai’s previous collections of poetry include Journey Poem (1989); de Man, a performance poem (1995); Certifiable (2001); The True Blue of Islands (2005), and Subversive Sonnets (2012). de book of Mary, from which “Jesus Takes Leave of Mary and Goes into the Desert” comes, will appear in fall, 2015. In 2006 she published Pink Icing, a collection of short stories; her first novel, Red Jacket, appeared in February, 2015. She has edited and co-edited ground-breaking anthologies of Caribbean writing including Jamaica Woman (1980, 1985, with Mervyn Morris); From Our Yard: Jamaican Poetry since Independence (1987); Her True-True Name: An Anthology of Women's Writing from the Caribbean (1989, with Betty Wilson) and Calling Cards: New Poetry from Caribbean/ Canadian Women (2005). Her play, El Numero Uno had its world premiere at the Loraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People in Toronto in 2010. In spring 2014, she was a fellow at the prestigious Yaddo artists' community in upstate New York yaddo.org. Pam and her family immigrated to Canada in 1994. She lives with her husband, Martin, in Kitchener, Ontario.
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We're excited for the upcoming annual conference of the American Psychological Association in Toronto, Canada this year from 6-9 August 2015. The conference will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The annual convention of the American Psychological Association is the largest assembly of psychologists and psychology students in the world.
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An eight-year-old Canadian girl has been asked to stop reading books on the school bus, after the driver told her that it could be harmful to other kids.
How is reading harmful? The bus driver claims that other students might want to see what she is reading and stand up or that she might get hurt herself if the corner of the book pokes her in the eye.
Her father complained. CBC News Montreal has the scoop:
The no-reading rule is not sitting well with her father, Daniel Abel. Abel says he’s proud of his daughter for loving to read, and wants to encourage her to do so as often as possible.
The board responded to the complaint, admitting that reading is not dangerous. However, they said that school bus rules are up to the driver.
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Author extraordinaire . . . |
I became acquainted with Caroline Stellings through a review I wrote of her book,
The Manager, an engrossing tale about boxing with quirky, captivating characters. You can read the review at
The Children's Book Review HERE . The Children's Book Review is an award winning, online, book review site endorsed last year by the Association for Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
The Manager, published by Cape Breton University Press in 2013, is a young adult novel that won the Hamilton Literary Award for Fiction. Carolyn Stellings' middle-grade novel
The Contest (published in the USA by Seventh Generation) won the ForeWord Book of the Year gold medal in 2010. Her
teen mystery, The Scratch on the Ming Vase -- which I'm reading right now and loving -- was published by Second Story Press and was included in the Canadian Children's Book CenCentre's 2013 Spring edition of Best Books for Kids and Teens . She also writes and illustrates picture books.
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Humor and boxing . . . |
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Anne of Green Gables, look out! |
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First in an exciting mystery series . . . |
It’s my pleasure to have this award-winning author as my interview guest today. I’ll get right to it:
EV: Have you always been interested in writing? When did you first get into it seriously?
CS: Well, it was nearly 20 years ago, and I was in a PhD program at McMaster University, but stumbled upon a book about the life of the famous illustrator from Vermont, Tasha Tudor. She, of course, has done numerous stories about her corgies, and I decided then and there to quit the academics and write books about my dogs, which have always been Schipperkes. These are little black sailing dogs from Belgium, and very smart. First, though, I had to learn how to do watercolors.
EV: You write both YA fiction and picture books. Do you favor one of them over the other, or do you enjoy them equally?
CS: I love the picture books because they feature animal characters, not only my Schipperkes, but I have also done a series of mice books, and recently, my book about a fortune-telling cat, Gypsy’s Fortune (published by Peanut Butter Press) was chosen as a Best Bet in Canada, one of the top ten picture books of the year. I think everyone liked the traditional fortune cookie sayings! Novels are more difficult, but I have enjoyed doing a mystery series because I am a big fan of Nancy Drew.
EV: Do you approach the two genres differently? If so, what are some special challenges of each?
CS: The biggest challenge with the picture books, for me, is the art. I was not lucky enough to be born with artistic talent; in fact, it took me years to learn to paint. With the novels, the challenges come at that stage when the publisher assigns an editor. She then goes over the book piece by piece, and there is a lot of re-writing to do. With The Secret of the Golden Flower, the second book in my Nicki Haddon mystery series, my wonderful editor really worked hard to get it right. Nicki,the main character, is a female Chinese James Bond, and anytime a book has a number of clues, etc. the editing can take almost as much time as writing the book in the first place.
EV: Do you have any favorites among the books you’ve written?
CS: My two Skippers books, Skippers at Cape Spear and Skippers Save the Stone because they are about my dogs.
EV: Can you describe your writing process? Do you plot ahead of time? Become haunted by a theme or idea? Start with a character and then see where that leads?
CS: It usually takes me a few months to decide on my next project. Those are the months when my house is the cleanest, because I find it easier to wash floors than face the blank page. Once an idea hits, then my house isn’t so clean, because I can’t tear myself away from the computer.
I always seem to know what my ending will be, and then I sketch out a basic plot, and a few sentences for each chapter. This inevitably changes, of course, once the characters start developing minds of their own and bossing me around.
Sometimes, a book requires research. With The Manager I had to learn about boxing. Even though the book is a comedy, and boxing is just in the background, I still had to know it, right down to the last jab.
EV: The research really showed. I felt the world of boxing come alive when I read it. What was your inspiration for The Manager?
CS: One hot summer night, when I couldn’t sleep, I watched a movie called The Station Agentstarring Peter Dinklage, an achondroplastic dwarf, and a fantastic actor. I fell in love with him, and decided I had to write a YA novel with a dwarf character. I wound up with a female lead, but never stopped thinking about that film. Nothing much happens in that film, but thanks to the superb actors, it haunts you for a long time.
EV: What were some of your favorite books while growing up?
CS; The Wind in the Willows was my favorite illustrated book, and then Nancy Drew when I was a bit older. Later, of course, it was Tasha Tudor’s books, and Corgiville Fairis a masterpiece.
EV: What is the best piece of writing advice you ever received?
CS: I keep this piece of advice on a sticky note on the front of my computer at all times: SOMEONE MUST WANT SOMETHING ON EVERY PAGE.
EV: Do you have any advice for beginning writers?
CS: 1.) Don’t invent a book, experience a book and then write it. 2.) Don’t tell the reader anything; make the reader feel everything instead.
EV: What are you working on now, or can you say?
CS: I am starting a western, set in 1857 Utah Territory. Because I must learn the time period, speech, clothing, etc. I am taking longer than usual with the preparatory stages, but enjoying it. And I hope to begin editing a novel I have written about Janis Joplin called Saskatoon Blues. She came to Canada just before she died in 1970 to ride the Festival Express, and when the musicians aboard the train ran out of liquor, they made an unscheduled stop in Saskatchewan. That is where my story begins! There‘s only one problem with writing about Janis Joplin – she steals every scene she is in!
EV: Ah . . . Janis Joplin. I can believe she would. When oldies-but-goodies come on my car's radio, she outshines all the other singers the DJ plays.
Caroline. It’s been such a pleasure to learn more about you and your work. Thank you for sharing all this.
Thank you so much, Elizabeth!
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Here's a short video of students from Gibson-Neill Memorial Elementary School in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
I recently spent three days visiting schools in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
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To get there, I had to fly on an itty bitty little plane like this, that kind of freaked me out. |
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But I survived. Phew! |
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My first stop was Gibson-Neill Memorial Elementary, where they know that it's the little things that count. A reserved parking spot! (I love all those different-colored letters.) |
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I was greeted by Alex and Quinn. A nice welcome! |
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The students had decorated the gym. Love this greeting sign. |
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Students had made book trailers and illustrated booklets. |
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Such great pictures of dogs! |
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More dogs |
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More drawings and trailers |
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More drawings! The school was so festive. |
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And more drawings.... |
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I loved seeing these booklets the students made for How to Steal a Dog. |
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Some students had made these cool scenes from clay, on display in the library. |
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More decorations in the gym |
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Speaking to Gibson-Neill Memorial students |
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Reading to the students |
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This is a spring-time recess in Canada! Brrrrr |
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Students being interviewed by the local radio station (Canadian Broadcast). She asked them great questions about my books (and they gave great answers). |
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Liam, Boyd, Aiden and Conor had lunch with me and asked some great questions. |
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Next stop was Barker's Point Elementary, where I was greeted by this great sign. |
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Hannah and Amelia greeted me with this great sign. |
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(l to r) The amazing Sherry Norton-Graham, who made this trip possible and treated me like a queen (Thanks for everything, Sherry!), me, and Barker's Point principal Jeanne Wood) |
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Next stop was Park Street Elementary, where I had the pleasure of having lunch with these super nice students. We practiced saying our names in Pig Latin. |
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And more Park Street students. |
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