Maureen Bush

ARTember in Airdrie

I’ll be giving two talks in Airdrie on Friday, September 30, as part of their ARTember celebrations. I’m really looking forward to it; I love library talks (and libraries, librarians, rows and rows of books, happy kids). I think I’ll bring the spirit man statue (from Cursed), to impress (scare?) them.

Maureen

http://www.airdriepubliclibrary.ca/programs/familieseveryone/artember.html

Crow Boy Readings

There’s a new set of readings on my website, maureenbush.com. My husband helped again, the lovely man, recording me reading short clips from Crow Boy.

http://www.maureenbush.com/_book_crowboy/

We’re getting a little better at doing the recordings, as I learn where to stand (to avoid the squeaks in the floor) and how to pitch my voice and… all those things actors learn, I suppose. And as my husband becomes more experienced using Logic Pro, and filtering out all the bits we don’t want (airplanes, in breaths).

Watching a Lethbridge school podcast about their One School, One Book program helped me realize these readings might be fun in classrooms, especially for aural learners.

Maureen

Library reading

On May 29, 2008, I spoke about and read from Feather Brain and The Nexus Ring to 75 grade 3, 4 and 5 kids, at Nose Hill Library.The reading was organized by Canadian Family magazine as part of their Live Book Readings. The kids were amazing, with great questions and wonderful imaginations.