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Owlets

Maureen Bush — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:57:10 +0000

Saturday morning I got to visit with the kids in the Owlets Book Club, at The Owl’s Nest Books http://owlsnestbooks.com/. The kids oohed over the length of the manuscript and the oddity of seeing a bookcover without the book, and were a little weirded out by the spirit man. They had great questions about Feather Brain, and particularly liked it because it’s about dinosaurs, and takes place in Calgary. I’m hoping from some great contest entries from them.

I received a gift card as a thank you, and immediately spent it. I love a good book store!

Maureen

Contest

Maureen Bush — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:18:26 +0000

After a couple years without, I’m holding another contest for my website www.howweirdcanyouget.com. Several schools in Lethbridge are using Feather Brain for a One School One Book program, and I wanted them to be able to send in entries, plus I’ll be at several other schools that might want to participate.

The rules? Anyone can submit, but only kids can win. Send in an idea for a magic spell for Griffith the wizard to work on. He’ll chose his favorite, and send the winner a small leather-bound notebook for their own spells, and a signed copy of Feather Brain (or another book if the winner already owns Feather Brain).

Past winners and honourable mentions can be found on the website, if you want to see the awesome ideas kids have sent in previously.

The contest will be open until May 1, 2012.

Maureen

Lethbridge

Maureen Bush — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:04:43 +0000

I took the spirit man (from Cursed!) to Lethbridge, and introduce him to hundreds of kids. They loved him, especially his fat belly.

He claims he didn’t enjoy it and is looking pretty grumpy, but I think secretly he enjoyed being a star.

Maureen

I’m Big In Lethbridge

Maureen Bush — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:22:39 +0000

For some reason, Feather Brain is popular in Lethbridge. I’m doing two events there next week, full days at two schools using Feather Brain for their One School One Book programs http://www.readtothem.org/, where everyone in the school reads the same book. The two schools (in Lethbridge) I’ve been to previously for this program loved the book, and I loved being there.

I’m also becoming known outside of Lethbridge. Well, a little outside. I’m booked for a school in Coaldale (to the east), and Brocket (a reserve to the west) later this spring.

Mwhahaha – Lethbridge today, world domination tomorrow. Okay, well, perhaps a small portion of southern Alberta?

Maureen

Dreaming of Gardens

Maureen Bush — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:20:30 +0000

The first gardening catalogue has arrived, signaling the post-Christmas ‘longing for spring’ season, and now that the weather has turned bitterly cold, I’m ready for dreaming.

I look at the pictures and covet plants, and dream of bigger changes, too.

I can’t decide if I’d rather have a labyrinth in my garden (in my fantasy, a much larger garden complete with gardener), or a toy train winding through the plants.

Ah ha! I know what I want. Both! A train for play, a labyrinth for meditation. And a gardener for weeding.

Maureen