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Interview with the Author of ‘Stopping the Shots’

What inspired you to write your book? Where did the idea for your book come from? Lorna Schultz Nicholson: Stopping the Shots is a companion book to Taking the Ice….

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Scholastic Book Clubs • December 16, 2024 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books December

Interview with the Author of ‘Nish #2’

What inspired you to write your book? / Where did the idea for your book come from? Isabelle Picard: I organized a student’s exchange 20 years ago in Matimekush, way…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • December 10, 2024 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books December illustrator interview

Interview with the Author of ‘Playdate Surprise’

What inspired you to write your book? / Where did the idea for your book come from? Karen Autio: Both Playdate Surprise and I Can, Too! were inspired by my…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • November 4, 2024 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books November

Interview with the Author of ‘Is There a Boy Like Me?’

What inspired you to write your book? / Where did the idea for your book come from? Kern Carter: I was thinking about how I could write a story for…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • October 16, 2024 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books October

Interview with the Author & Illustrators of ‘Haunted Canada: The Graphic Novel’

What inspired you to write your book? / Where did the idea for your book come from? Joel A. Sutherland: My love of reading started with comic books, mostly Batman…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • October 1, 2024 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books illustrator interview October

Interview with the Authors of ‘Today I Am’

What inspired you to write your book? Where did the idea for your book come from? Jael Richardson: Scholastic approached me about the idea and what made me really excited…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • September 16, 2024 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books September

Interview with the Author & Illustrator of ‘I Am Cherished’

What inspired you to write your book? Where did the idea for your book come from? Onome Ako: This book was inspired by lived experiences. Mine, my daughter’s and many…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • September 3, 2024 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books illustrator interview September

Interview with Adrienne Kress, Author of ‘Bendy: Fade to Black’

What inspired you to write your book? Where did the idea for your book come from? The book is based on the Bendy and the Ink Machine horror video games….

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• April 19, 2024 TopicsApril author interview Book Clubs books

Interview with Mahtab Narsimhan, Author of ‘The Boy and the Banyan Tree’

What inspired you to write your book? Where did the idea for your book come from? When life slowed down during the pandemic, we all reached out to family and…

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• February 5, 2024 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs books February

Interview with Richard Scrimger, Author of ‘At the Speed of Gus’

What inspired you to write your book? Where did the idea for your book come from? Ideas fall onto my head like boulders or pianos onto Wile E Coyote. Total…

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• December 15, 2023 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books December

Interview with Frieda Wishinsky, Author of ‘We Belong Here’

What inspired you to write your book? Where did the idea for your book come from? We Belong Here was inspired by a conversation with my friend Ruth Ohi. We…

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• November 10, 2023 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books November

Exclusive Chat with ‘The Party Diaries’ Author Mitali Banerjee Ruths

What inspired you to write The Party Diaries series? I grew up around weekend parties organized by my parents and their friends. Our relatives lived far away, so our community…

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• May 11, 2023 Topics2023 author interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books May

Exclusive Chat with Author Sunshine Quem Tenasco

What inspired you to write Smile So Big? I have four children and my hope is that they love themselves. I also wanted to talk about the beauty of brown…

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• May 5, 2023 Topics2023 author interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books May

Exclusive Chat with ‘Scholastic Canada Biography’ Author Elizabeth MacLeod

What inspired you to write Meet Buffy Sainte-Marie? Buffy is often in the news and I thought kids should know more about this amazing Canadian and all that she has…

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• May 1, 2023 Topics2023 author interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books May

Q&A with Author Akim Aliu

We interviewed the Dreamer author as part of a series celebrating Black History Month. Originally published by On Our Minds on February 23, 2023Versioned for Scholastic Canada We interviewed author Akim…

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Isabel Franco • February 23, 2023 Topicsauthor interview Black History Month Book Clubs Book Fairs books February graphic novel

Q&A with Remi Blackwood, Creator of Future Hero

We interviewed the team behind Future Hero as part of a series celebrating Black History Month. Originally published by On Our Minds on February 16, 2023Versioned for Scholastic Canada Scholastic…

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Michelle Pastor • February 21, 2023 Topicsauthor interview Black History Month Book Clubs Book Fairs books February

Q&A with Miles Grose, Author of The Tyrell Show

Originally published by On Our Minds on February 2, 2023Versioned for Scholastic Canada Scholastic is celebrating Black History Month in 2023 with Share Black Stories, a campaign showcasing books that…

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Michelle Pastor • February 13, 2023 Topicsauthor interview Black History Month Book Clubs Book Fairs books February

Q&A with Tami Charles, Author of We Are Here

Originally published by On Our Minds on February 9, 2023Versioned for Scholastic Canada We interviewed author Tami Charles to chat about her recent picture book We Are Here, illustrated by Bryan Collier,…

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Isabel Franco • February 13, 2023 Topicsauthor interview Black History Month Book Clubs Book Fairs books February

‘Baby-sitters Club’ Exclusive Chat with Adapter Chan Chau and Editor Cassandra Pelham

Originally published by Scholastic Parents on September 22, 2022 Versioned for Scholastic Canada The latest graphic novel adaptation, The Baby-sitters Club: Jessi’s Secret Language released earlier this month. We are…

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Guest Blogger • November 4, 2022 Topicsauthor interview Book Clubs Book Fairs books comics graphic novel parents