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Today is International Literacy Day and I almost missed it. Fortunately ABC Life Literacy Canada have declared September Life Literacy Month so I have lots of time to catch up.
I only found out about all this because I was reading in the Globe and Mail about problems with declining literacy rates in Canada and that lead me to look up The Canadian Council on Learning to find out more. Then I got hooked by a piece on Comics and Prose Literacy for Boys (I keep typing literacy as litearcy which would be an embarrassing slip to let stand).
Here's a sample from the article:
Research has suggested that boys may report being less interested in reading than girls because their literary interests are not well-represented in school libraries and classrooms. Boys are much more likely to enjoy reading science and non-fiction books, informational texts and “how-to” manuals. They are also more likely to enjoy fantasy, adventure stories and stories that are scary or “gross” along with books about hobbies and things they do or want to do.
Boys also tend to prefer visual media, such as the internet, newspapers and magazines, that focus on sports, electronics and video games. Yet, while boys show clear preferences for specific reading material these genres and media are generally under-represented or even unavailable in school libraries, a reflection of the views of teachers and librarians who judge such material inappropriate.
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Yesterday I received a clipping of my second review in a French consumer magazine. One devoted to books, but still! My French agent wrote "Voila!" on it, which seemed like such a French thing to write.
It's for my new book out over there, called Buried Diamonds here and Poisoned Diamonds there. "It is a first for the French readers: they have finally the occasion to make knowledge with singular Claire Montrose." (This is what happens when you use an automated and free translation service.) Claire's my main character (and the name I would have given our daughter if my husband hadn't won the bet), and the magazine describes her as awkward, full of humor, and the girl next door. The story was described as original and skillfully constructed. And I am described as a "queen of crime," who has no reason to feel jealous of the other "queens of crime."
At least I think all these things are true. See the disclaimer above about free translation services.
There was good French news all around today, with news of a royalty payment, plus the other half of a paperback advance (I hadn't realized there was another half). And last night I googled myself in French, which I had never done before. Google lets you automatically translate pages to awkward English. There were more than a thousand results! It was amazing and overwhelming. I only looked at a few. Without background knowledge, you don't know whether you are looking at a blog or the online version of a print magazine or a bookstore site. The ony reason I knew about the print magazine is that they contacted my French publisher, who contacted my French agent, who contacted my American agent, who contacted me - asking for a high-res digital photo.
Can you read French? Here is the original.
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