{"id":2355,"date":"2024-12-10T14:42:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/scholasticblog\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2024-12-10T14:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:43:53","slug":"interview-with-the-author-of-nish-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/scholasticblog\/2024\/12\/10\/interview-with-the-author-of-nish-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with the Author of &#8216;Nish #2&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXc8knAtNayFoNvPMQfqOEOKWR5ly3ZUXKlfMEO5lg6nnAZKa-OBC6lccjo7S_LuOTzUlF8FMG6B5SwzvvXFBHFmJD-7GEKoEeL6hnnJIdMTOCO4k7ovVQI2jcgX4cuXiEeiWQlCVg?key=KOVL2_RHKSZDhLfXZ1GZv0rh\" style=\"width: 300px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What inspired you to write your book? \/ Where did the idea for your book come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Isabelle Picard: <\/strong>I organized a student\u2019s exchange 20 years ago in Matimekush, way up North. 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