Wined and cheesed in Brantford
The Branford Wine and Cheese on Tuesday night was a great success for children’s authors and librarians alike. It was great to meet many fellow authors like Gillian Chan, Steve Pitt, Rina Singh, and Lynne Kositsky to name just a few. Many of my Pet Tales books...Wine, cheese and literacy in Brantford
In an attempt to improve my not so impressive record of self-promotion, I’m hitting the road tomorrow night and heading to Brantford to shake some hands, meet some teachers and sell some books. It’s all part of the Childrens Writer’s Wine and Cheese...Teachers loving comics
This USA Today article highlights something that I’ve witnessed evolve over the last few years: educators are accepting comics as a legitimate way to get kids reading. “And along with librarians, teachers also are embracing comics, both for recreational...Meet meettheauthor.com
Regardless of their genre, I’ve always seen books as conversations with the author. Every book, no matter if it’s the cheesiest fantasy or a the driest business book, has a bit of the author it in. Characters are composites of people the author has known,...Untrackable teens talk tech
Danah Boyd and several teens at the recent Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Seattle confirm what I’ve always said about teens and RFID surveillance technologies: they don’t want it and they can get around it. From the transcript of the panel...Author visits and me
Children’s writers clearly don’t receive the celebrity we deserve. We have to buy our own groceries, dress ourselves, chew our own food and even fight end of level bosses alone. It’s a tragedy. But it’s a tragedy that is corrected by the...Who’s watching the kids?
I’ve posted earlier about RFID tags in kids clothes and cell phones providing a handy way for parents to strip kids of all sense of privacy and personal responsibility, while exposing their developing organs (like that useful thing called a brain) to potentially...Welcome to Feeding Change!
My name is Liam. I write books for reluctant readers, teach elementary school and share ideas to get kids reading.
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Battle of the Blocks
En Francais
West Meadow Detectives
Tank & Fizz
The Classics
Max Finder Mystery
Graphic Guide Adventures
