BC’s own Sheri Radford is the author of the Penelope series of picture books for Lobster Press – Penelope and the Humongous Burp, Penelope and the Monsters, Penelope and the Preposterous Birthday Party, and more adventures still to be published. Sheri talks about her partnership with illustrator Christine Tripp, and her coincidental resemblance to Penelope herself.
Peggy Richardson spoke to Sheri at the Vancouver Public Library during The Word On The Street Festival on Sunday, September 27, 2009.
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Who wouldn’t want to pick up a book called Mom, Will This Chicken Give Me Man Boobs? Novelist Robyn Harding turns her hand to non-fiction in an entertaining account of her family’s efforts to live a greener life. Kimberly Plumley interviewed Robyn at the Vancouver Public Library during The Word On The Street Book and Magazine Festival.
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Posted by Kim | Posted in Word On The Street | Posted on 27-09-2009
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Author Shari Radford says “a lot” during an interview with us at Word on the Street Vancouver 2009 – then she flashed us this:
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Posted by Kim | Posted in Word On The Street | Posted on 27-09-2009
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Here are all the group shots from our interviews during Word on the Street Vancouver 2009 – thanks so much to all the authors who stopped by!
kc dyer and Kathy Chung
Shari Radford
Robyn Harding
Cynthia Nugent
Robert Wiersema - @robertjwiersema
Leanne Prain and Mandy Moore - @yarnageddon
Lee Edward Fodi
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Posted by Kim | Posted in Word On The Street | Posted on 27-09-2009
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Part of what we do when we’re interviewing people is make sure they’re ok with us putting images and videos online, etc.
That mean forms:
Angela explains to Robert Wiersema about the meaning of "first born."
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Posted by Kim | Posted in Word On The Street | Posted on 27-09-2009
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We were interviewing Lee Edward Fodi (stay tuned for the video interview in a couple of days) at Word on the Street, and as a children’s author, you’d expect him to understand kids. But we were so impressed with his keen grasp of the creative nature of children. And he has a cool hat!
And so do we…
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Posted by Kim | Posted in Word On The Street | Posted on 27-09-2009
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We’re live-blogging and tweeting from Word on the Street Vancouver – a wonderful literary festival now in its 15th year. It’s at Library Square and the staff of WOTS and the Library have been so helpful.
They gave us this great boardroom where we’re interviewing authors all day long – keep your eyes on our blog as the details unfold.
WOTS is also happening at the same time in Toronto, Halifax, and Kitchener.
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