Meet the Storyteller
Meet the Storyteller: Shaun Tan
Our featured storyteller needs no introduction. While we were supposed to post this interview in time for our Oddballs and Misfits theme, Academy Award Winning and Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awardee Shaun Tan is also a perfect fit for our new bimonthly theme From Asia with Love: A Feast of Asian Literature. Think of this as […]
[Pre-AFCC Glitter] Meet Naomi Kojima
I am doing a series of interviews with invited guest speakers and other conference attendees: a Pre-AFCC 2013 Glitter, if you will. A shower of golden fairy dust and pixie glitter and virtual confetti to signal the coming of the Asian Festival of Children’s Content this year! Today, I am happy to welcome our featured storyteller, […]
Featured Guests for our “From Asia with Love” Bimonthly Theme, May-June 2013
We are very excited to announce our featured guests this May-June 2013 for our bimonthly theme From Asia With Love – A Feast of Asian Literature. Featured Book Artist: Naomi Kojima Born in Japan, Naomi Kojima has divided her life between the United States and Japan. Her first two picture books, Mr. and Mrs. Thief and The […]
GatheringReaders Meets Susanna Goho Quek: Interactive Storytelling with Artwork
Last Sunday, my book club for young readers here in Singapore [GatheringReaders] had a lovely time with renowned art guru Susanna Goho Quek at the Jurong West Public Library for our session on Meet a Book Artist. There were eleven kids who attended this Sunday hour-long session, and I knew from the start that the […]
GatheringReaders 2013: Virtual Discussion 3 – Email an Author/Book Artist
Hello boys and girls, kings and queens, fairies and dryads, strange and surreal creatures, all beautiful people you. This is our 3rd virtual discussion for GatheringReaders for 2013. Our special activity this March is to meet a storyteller, book author, illustrator. During our previous face to face meeting last February, I shared the email addresses, […]
