The Book Broads

I do not have the end of summer blues. Well, OK, maybe a aqua blue, but not a blue-blue. I will miss the kids when they head back to school. I will miss the on-the-go adventures that came over us in the afternoons. Heading to rivers, lakes, oceans and seeing friends.

Fall has it’s own rhythm and I enjoy it too. Lots of new projects coming up…. Word on the Street is around the corner and the new fall books get released. Heaven right there.

This summer I met a Nanaimo poet, named Kamal Parmar. I really enjoyed her words. She writes about her love of BC, The Prairies and her home of India. I liked how she had found all of her and put it into words. I am pleased that she did not stick to only Indian poems or poems of the Prairies and BC. I think the variety defines her. It is who she is and what she loves. That was very appealing to me and it was a joy to read her work.

I did a video interview with Kamal. We learn a lot about her past, how she started writing and more. I hope you enjoy it and the poem she reads. All about the end of summer.

Thanks – and keep reading,

Kim

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  The Book Broads Interview KC Dyer and Kathy Chung at Word on the Street 2009: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (291)

How great is it when an interview guest shows up in character? Hats off to kc dyer, wearing what must be a true vintage pair of deely-boppers (eBay, I’m guessing?) and Kathy Chung. kc is the current Conference Coordinator of the Surrey International Writer’s Conference, and Kathy will be taking over as of 2010.

kc’s book “A Walk Through a Window” (Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66637-4)  is written for teens. The story of Darby, a young girl stuck  in a small town in Eastern Canada for the summer with her grandparents, weaves through time travel and tragedy as it draws young readers into a story rich in Canadian history and intriguing personal relationships.

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