The Book Broads are Angela (“Marketing Mama”) Crocker, Kim (“Publicity Chick”) Plumley, & Peggy (“Grammar Geek”) Richardson. Together they write, speak and consult on publishing, marketing, social media and publicity in the world of books and ebooks. We frequently...
Here’s a fast podcast that captures a conversation we had this morning about literacy and kids, and the right and wrong way to encourage it.
Youth Literacy: A Discussion with The Book Broads [28:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (370)Kim and I sat down in Starbucks this afternoon to talk about youth literacy. As usual, we cover a variety of topics related to this huge issue.
Some books that we talk about in this recording are:
- Halo, by Alexadra Adornetto
- The Guardian, by C.J. Gosling (to be released in 2011)
Here The Book Broads weigh in on the use of self-publishing companies that we refer to as “puppy mills”, that is, self-publishing companies that really don’t care as much about your book as your wallet.
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The three Book Broads weigh in on a variety of mobile eBook reading devices, including criticisms, and some factors driving the market.
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Random House Canada sent The Book Broads an advance copy of Paris In The Spring With Picasso written by Joan Yolleck and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. The Broads love children’s books… and so do our kids. My daughter, Ella Rose, aged 5, currently takes art classes, is learning to read and dreams of Paris (she is the Fancy Nancy of B.C.), so we thought she would be the perfect wee one to give us some thoughts on this new book.
Paris In The Spring With Picasso is based in Joan’s imagining of what Gertrude Stein’s friends did during the day, before they went to her house for a soiree. In this colourful book we get to meet some great characters from the beginning of the twentieth century – people like Guillaume Apollinaire, Marie Laurencin, Alice B. Toklas, Pablo Picasso and more. We learn about art, poems, some french and more about some interesting people from our past – the ones who certainly have influenced us today.
Here are some things Ella Rose says about the book – please note she goes to a fantastic art class and has learned a lot about artists, hence she has an art knowledge that astounds me:
“It looks like Jackson Pollock when I open the book”. (Indeed it does).
“The Eiffel Tower is the same as Mark Chagill’s” (She did a Mark Chagill painting at her art class last month – I know I am her mom, but, holy doodle, she is good).
“Can we have a soiree like Gertrude Stein?” (I think we will, but an earlier one that is appropriate for her age group).
“Mommy what colour is Zinzolin?” (Max Jacobs favourite colour – and it is stunning and now we want dresses of that colour).
Paris In The Spring With Picasso is available now at your favourite bookstore. It is a juvenile fiction hardcover from Schwartz & Wade (Random House of Canada Ltd). 978-0-375-83756-2.
Last weekend Peggy, Angela and moi, Kim, had a work retreat on Gabriola Island. We talked books, drank booze, ate great food and met with children’s book illustrator and author, Dianna Bonder. We had the great pleasure to hang out at her abode, peruse her studio and check out some of her new art work – we LOVED the pirate theme. Arrrrr!
Check out Dianna’s website at www.diannabonder.com. She does do some book store visits and she is a popular author for schools around Canada – she is heading to the Kelowna area soon… lucky kids who get to hear her talk about her work. She is also a featured author/illustrator at Nanaimo’s Bookfest this Spring. More info to come on that.
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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