Musings: book launch Crow Boy maureenbush.com Monkeyshines Book Store
by Maureen Bush
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Crow Boy Page on maureenbush.com
There’s a new page on my website, for Crow Boy. It comes out on April 9, with a launch at Monkeyshines Children’s Bookstore, in Calgary, at 1:00 on April 24.
We’ve also created audio links for The Nexus Ring and Feather Brain, short clips of me reading from the stories, and with my husband playing intros on his trombone. Check it out. maureenbush.com
Maureen
Cursed!
We have a name! Finally, after dozens of suggestions back and forth and around the Orca office, it’s been decided.
Cursed!
Jane is the quiet, fearful one in a family of extroverts—at least until the Spirit Man in her grandmother’s bathroom starts messing with her family.
Maureen
Musings: Orca Spirit Man The Book That Will Not Be Named There's a Witchdoctor In My Grandmother's Bathroom
by Maureen Bush
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The Book That Will Not Be Named
We’re still debating titles for the Spirit Man book (working title “There’s A Witchdoctor In My Grandmother’s Bathroom”).
When the manuscript wouldn’t print at Orca, my editor started to worry that the witchdoctor has cursed us because we changed his name to the Spirit Man.
The editing is almost done, in a very un-cursed-like-mode, but we’re still working on the title. And so it has become, temporarily, The Book That Will Not Be Named.
Maureen
Musings: Calgary Public Library It's A Crime Not To Read
by Maureen Bush
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It’s A Crime Not To Read
I’ve been asked to speak at four elementary schools as part of the Calgary Public Library’s It’s a Crime Not To Read program.
Here’s the spiel: “It’s a Crime Not to Read is an early literacy program in Calgary that connects students in grades 2 to 4 with books, reading, life-long learning and positive community relationships.”
Police officers read to the kids once a month. They also get special treats, like a visit from an author. It sounds like a wonderful program, and I’m thrilled to be invited to participate.
Maureen
Dinosaurs
We had a rare morning when we were all free to play, so we trekked off to the Calgary Zoo to see the Dinosaurs Alive exhibit. Animated dinosaurs have been set all through the dinosaur park.
It’s ridiculously silly – the wee kids are terrified – everyone else is delighted. The dinosaurs roar and move their heads and arms and tails.
It definitely deserves a place in the sequel to Feather Brain.
Maureen
