Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack
Just yesterday, Yale released their findings about Russia's extensive kidnapping of Ukrainian kids. My novel, Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack ...
How do you get your ideas?
A reader emailed me today with a question that all writers get asked all the time, but this reader was ...
SOVAS nomination for Araya’s voice performance of The Rings
Very thrilled that Jennifer Jill Araya has been nominated for a SOVAS award for her voice performance of my Holodomor ...
Kidnapped from Ukraine: Publishers Weekly awesome review!
Thrilled with this review of Under Attack! They say: "this important and tough to read novel ... fictionalizes, in harsh ...
Romanian edition: Making Bombs for Hitler
Thrilled with this Romanian/English edition of Making Bombs for Hitler, available here ...
Kirkus starred review for Under Attack!
Kirkus says: "Gut-punching: This is essential reading." Full review is here ...
Sarah Smith’s reading guides for Bombs trilogy
A while ago an educator contacted me, letting me know that she was creating reading guides for my first WWII ...
Canadian taxpayers have funded a Russian propaganda film
Here is the core of the letter that I've sent to my MPP and MP. Please feel free to model ...
Kidnapped from Ukraine: audiobook
Love having the opportunity to speak the backmatter and acknowledgements for the audio editions of my books. Today, I did ...
Kidnapped from Ukraine #1 new release on Polish Amazon
Thank you Dr. Mateusz Świetlicki for sending me these screen shots from Polish Amazon. Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack will ...
Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack — book 1 and #1!
This novel will be published on Jan 7, 2025, so imagine my surprise to see it pop up as a ...
Deal news: New Trilogy
I never thought I would be writing about a war as it's happening. When the war in Ukraine began, I ...
Audio edition of The War Below to be released in September 2024
The audio edition of The War Below will be released on Sept 24th, 2024 by Tantor Audio, with Kyle Tate ...
A pic from the Kobzar event with Adrian Lysenko
Just had a virtual chat with two first-time-published kidcritters and Adrian's name came up. Then I realized, this lovely pic ...
Ann Featherstone, editor and friend
Ann Featherstone was an editor like no other, but she was also my friend. She helped birth so many phenomenal ...
Swing, fluttering paper, memories
I just received the most beautiful package of letters and cards from students and staff at JL Simpson MS (Virginia) ...
Meeting with Ms Coffman’s book club!
Thank you, Ms Coffman, for the opportunity to meet with your avid readers from Limestone MS, IL! I loved their ...
Egg family photo
Am about to give a bunch away so wanted to take a snap before they fly the coop! ...
four circles
I don't have very many pee wee eggs left, but these are a couple of the last ones for this ...
A Word is Not a Sparrow
This audio anthology of Ukrainian stories is a fundraiser for Ukrainian relief. It will be released on June 11, but ...
Kobzar Award ceremony
This happened in March but am finally getting some pics up. Congratulations to Myrna Kostash, the winner! And congrats to ...
Two pysanky up close
I still have a few pee wee eggs left and am trying to use them up while they're still fresh ...
The Rings, audio edition, to benefit Ukrainian artists
When the war in Ukraine began, Jennifer Jill Araya, the voice actor for the audio editions of Making Bombs for ...
A Word is Not a Sparrow: A Benefit Anthology for Ukraine Relief
Jennifer Jill Araya, voice actor David Swerdloff, co-producer Local contact: Professional Audiobook Narrators Association (954) 786-1272 davearlington@gmail.com A Word is ...
Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack
To be published by Scholastic on Jan 7, 2025. This gripping, accessible novel by celebrated Ukrainian Canadian author Marsha Forchuk ...
How to do an author presentation
The wonderful Caroline Fernandez of Authors' Booking Service asked me, Adrienne Kress and Mireille Messier to give a panel on ...
J. L. Simpson Middle School — virtual sessions
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with 300 students in 7th grade at J.L. Simpson in Leesburg Virginia ...
books to students
A totally non-writing day today! After presenting at St. Margurite d'Youville I popped over to visit two of my favourite ...
St. Marguerite d’Youville visit
This is me with librarian Lisa Sousa at St. Marguerite in Oakville. Had a GREAT visit today with her students!!! ...
The students in room P5
Here are students from room P5 at Meadows West School from the Winnipeg School Division. Their educator asked if I ...
My fave quote from my fave media specialist!
Tiffanie from Roberts Elementary always lifts me up. After our author visit last week she emailed this feedback: WOW! WOW! ...
Roberts Elementary author visit
I had a wonderful visit with Roberts Elementary in Gwinnett County, Georgia last week. I've been virtually visiting students at ...
The 6 pee wee eggs I made before English Easter this year
I have been in heavy novel-writing-mode so not much time for egg-writing. These are the 6 pysanky that I managed ...
Made on World Pysanky Day
For World Pysanky Day. A traditional design from Zakarpattia on the left in memory of my Ukrainian grandmother, who was ...
Kobzar interview re Winterkill
Thank you, Ryan Boyko and the Shevchenko Foundation, for creating this interview about the inspiration for Winterkill. This was filmed ...
Now there are 4 pee wee pysanky
Eeek. There's a reason I don't do videos! One pysanka nearly got away! ...
First pysanky of 2024
I like to do pysanky of all different sizes. These first two are pee wee eggs. To give you an ...
Interview with TQ Townsend of Children’s Literature Podcast
Thank you, Tiffney, for your well-considered questions. I enjoyed our discussion! 122 – Winterkill by Marsha Skrypuch ...
A Q&A instead of a read-aloud on WRAD
Ms Slapnik of Batesburg-Leesville Middle School North Carolina had scheduled a slot with me for her students, but forces beyond ...
My one and only Canadian school during WRAD
Eleven of my twelve World-Read-Aloud-Day donated virtual visits were claimed by American schools, but one I gave to Melita School ...
Three bad writing habits
There are lots of bad habits that can mess up a manuscript, but here are three that often show up ...
Question: Can I read your second WWII trilogy out of order?
A reader recently asked if my second trilogy, Don't Tell the Nazis, Trapped in Hitler's Web and Traitors Among Us ...
Making Bombs for Hitler published in Ukraine
I am so very thrilled to have this novel finally available for Ukrainian readers. Yulia Lyubka's translation is brilliant and ...
Hamilton Spectator, Winterkill, Kobzar and Firefly & Fox
Thank you, J.P. Antonacci for this wonderful story in the Hamilton Spectator, titled, "A writer's promise to her young readers ...
More pics from WRAD
Seneca East book clubs, Attica OH. Discussing Winterkill with Colchester Middle School, VT ...
World Read-Aloud Day
WRAD is always a very nifty day. It's like running a race, hoping that no technical barriers or complications arise ...
Firefly & Fox, Ryan and the Kobzar Award
Winterkill is shortlisted for the Kobzar Book Award, and in preparation for the event night, Ryan Boyko has been tasked ...
Philipovna
It was a six degrees of separation kind of day yesterday. I had lunch with Robin Baird Lewis, Brantford born ...
An aspiring writer asks ….
Hey Marsha! I've contacted you before about a book, and decided to write a new one about XXX, this is ...
Zander and Chaz ask questions.
What inspired you to become a writer and author? I have dyslexia and didn't learn to read until I was ...
World Read-Aloud Day!
On World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) I'm donating 12 back to back 15 minute readings / quick chats with 12 ...
The Lower Power — creepy awesome read! 5/5 stars
Reading this tense supernatural thriller set in NYC's 1980s crack epidemic is like falling down a rabbit hole and hoping, ...
A visit with Riverside ES
My very first virtual visit was with Riverside ES in Gwinnett County, Georgia last Thursday and it was great to ...
In what order should I read your WWII novels?
I've written two WWII trilogies. The first trilogy is Making Bombs for Hitler, Stolen Girl and The War Below. What's ...
Georgetown Boys
Good to see this info page posted on the Georgetown Ontario site about the Georgetown Boys, who were Armenian orphans ...
Canadian Ukrainian Art Foundation Talk
It was an honour to be invited to speak at KUMPF gallery, and it was so nice to catch up ...
The people behind the books
For the past several Decembers I've been invited to attend the awards gala for the Peterson Literary Fund, but I've ...
Meeting Anne Applebaum at the Peterson Foundation Gala
There are few historians who can match Anne Applebaum's authority on topics that I write about so I was thrilled ...
A visit to St. Josephat Catholic School
Halyna Kostiuk, Ukrainian teacher extraordinaire at St. Josephat Catholic School in Etobicoke, arranged for me to visit last Thursday with ...
Reviews stripped from Amazon
First Russia bans me, now Amazon bans me. This past summer, Amazon stripped me of reviewing privileges, both for amazon.ca ...
Sophia School in Dubai
Olesia Elvey, the Ukrainian language and literature teacher at Sophia Ukrainian school in Dubai, contacted me a couple of months ...
Winterkill presentations with Hamilton students for Holodomor Memorial Day
On Friday, on the lead-up to the Nov 25th Holodomor Memorial Day, I had the honor to speak with 16 ...
One Death: commemorating the Holodomor
To commemorate the 90th anniversary of Stalin's murder of millions, a reading about a single death from Winterkill ...
Ottawa Christian schools
It was an honor to be the guest speaker at a gathering of 7th and 8th grade students from Ottawa ...
Visiting Deretchin School, October 20th
I have been corresponding with Cristofer Mattern, librarian-extraordinaire at Deretchin school for several years so when I finally got to ...
Librarians unite (over Tex-Mex!)
Such a pleasure to chat with librarians over a Tex-Mex feast! AND, I had all of MaryEllen's books signed by ...
Visiting Wilkerson Intermediate
When librarian Monica Wetzig brought me in to her library, one of the very first students I met was a ...
Visiting Clark Intermediate
Jennifer C. Minichiello greeted me with a giant table of books to sign, and as the day progressed, the piles ...
Visiting Dolly Vogel Intermediate
Tuesday October 17th was the day for my Dolly Vogel visit. Librarian Michelle Thomas expertly organized two assemblies and lunch ...
Village Books
Teresa Kenney of Village Books invited me to give a public after-school presentation and I was delighted to do so ...
Visiting Mitchell Intermediate, Conroe ISD, Texas.
I was so excited to finally have this visit happen. MaryEllen Bryant, librarian-extraordinaire, and I have been corresponding since the ...
Before I wrote books
I dreamed of writing books ever since I was a little kid, but the first "book" that was published wasn't ...
A young reader asks how to get published: my answer
Dear xxx, Congratulations on being such an avid reader and writer. That's wonderful! As to the process of having a ...
A simple pysanka, step by step
Step one: lightly sketch outline in pencil, then cover up with hot wax everything you want to remain white. Step ...
Acclaimed Brantford-based author strikes chord with readers
Thank you, Brian Trota and the Brant Beacon for this interview about the writing process, mentoring and why I write ...
My own author copies of Stolen Child in Ukrainian!
It's a dream come true to finally have one of my novels translated into Ukrainian and published in Ukraine. The ...
Core artists for KidsFleeWar
Over the past months, educators from across the continent have been facilitating artwork with kids who have fled war in ...
Stolen Girl now available in Ukrainian
Books XXI in Chernivtsi, Ukraine is publishing this beautiful edition of Stolen Child (Stolen Girl). Titled The Kidnapped Girl for ...
London Christian High
My final in-person visit of the school year was with Ms Weverink's grade 10 English students on May 25th. The ...
Maryvale Middle School
It was wonderful to do my first in-person US school visit since spring 2020 on May 19th with Maryvale Middle ...
Happy Vyshyvanka Day!
Celebrating folk traditions of Ukraine. I bought this blouse in 2001 in Lviv when I traveled to Ukraine for the ...
Trauma through generations
My late father, Marsh Forchuk, who died in November, would have turned 94 tomorrow. This is a photo of him ...
St. John’s Kilmarnock school
Today I had the pleasure of revisiting St. John's Kilmarnock School in Breslau ON. I met librarian Carey Gallagher (middle) ...
Jackson Elementary
4th to 6th grade students from Jackson Elementary comprised my final virtual visit of this school year! Great questions about ...
MYRCA Northern Lights nomination for Winterkill
It's an honor to be shortlisted again for the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award. Such a great selection of books! ...
Fave Qs from Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School (MI)
I had the pleasure of visiting Arthurs MS in person in 2019 and so it was really neat to catch ...
Favorite questions from Eleanor Van Gelder (NJ) students
I like to leave lots of room for questions when presenting to students and this morning's questions were superb! The ...
Talking about Winterkill and Putin’s war with avid readers from Southside Junior High
It was wonderful to speak with avid readers from Southside JH this morning. It was great to answer some very ...
A special edition of Prisoners in the Promised Land
Many thanks to The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, thanks to Tania Sunak and Olya Grod of the UCC National Education Council ...
The Seeds of Memory
Congratulations to Mateusz Świetlicki on the publication of this groundbreaking work. Ukrainian historical themes have been sadly absent in most ...
Five new pysanky, and now back to work
I've started a new manuscript and to keep on track, I need to write a minimum of 3,000 words a ...
There you are, my little fishies …
I got some extra small eggs (like this one) and some jumbo double-yolks from the Dan Prowse at the Brantford ...
Witnesses, Deniers and Bourgeois Troublemakers. The Holodomor and Ukrainian-Canadian Collaboration in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s Winterkill (2022)
Thank you, Dr. Mateusz Świetlicki, for this thorough examination of Winterkill, particularly in terms of historical veracity and how the ...
Cedar Hill ES, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Some really great questions about the Holodomor and Winterkill, particularly about individual characters in the book and what their lives ...
Teachers’ guide for Winterkill
Very pleased to have a teachers' guide for Winterkill that is freely available for use. Thank you, HREC ED, for ...
Thaden School virtual visit
It was so nice to visit with 6th to 8th grade students from Bentonville Arkansas. We talked about my WWII ...
GETCA conference
It was a pleasure meeting with educators on Friday in Edmonton at the GETCA conference. This was my first in-person ...
A four school virtual day
Such a pleasure to meet with 4 schools today! First up was Delran Middle School in NJ. Students had just ...
Saving for posterity
Because in a blink of an eye, the numbers will change. But this shows the power of Ali Velshi. Winterkill ...
#VelshiBannedBookClub
I admire Ali Velshi's fierce defense of freedom to read. His Banned Book Club sheds light on books that illuminate, ...
Pajama Day at Traphagen School
It was pajama day at Traphagen school on my Scholastic Book Fairs virtual visit. I decided to join in and wore my ...
An excellent and terrible book
Thank you Susan Lowell and the Historical Novel Society for this review of Winterkill. You'd think an author wouldn't like ...
More Superconference 23!
Teresa Toten Eric Walters & Paul Coccia Andrew Larsen Elizabeth McLeod Kevin Sylvester Julia and me Jodi Carmichael and Teresa ...
OLA Superconference 23
So nice to be in person again! Signing the 3rd edition of Silver Threads Signing Silver Threads v3 ...
World Read-Aloud Day 2023
Eleven schools on WRAD23. The 2 in Texas were snowed out (stay safe and warm my friends) and one school ...
OLA Superconference: signing two books
Library professionals and educators! Are you going to next week's conference? It's so wonderful to be doing this in person ...
Sweet! Meeting with Saint Vincent students
It was such a pleasure to speak with 6th grade students from Saint Vincent Elementary School in Concord PQ! Such ...
“Skrypuch handles difficult themes with intelligence and honesty” — New York Times review of Winterkill
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/books/review/holodomor-the-lost-year-katherine-marsh-winterkill-marsha-forchuk-skrypuch.html ...
First visit of 2023
The wonderful Ms Bartholomew invited me to Riverside Elementary, Suwanee Georgia, for two back to back visits this morning. I ...
Koota Ooma!
It was great popping in to Koota Ooma Ukrainian Book and gift store this past Wednesday on my way home ...
Thanks for the great interview, Deborah Kalb!
It's always a pleasure to respond to Deborah's thoughtful questions. In this interview, we discuss Winterkill ...
Banned by Russia
The russian federation has banned another 200 Canadians. Proud to be on the list: ...
Cuthbertson MS and Winterkill
The final virtual visit for 2022 was with Cuthbertson Middle School's 800 grade 6, 7 and 8 students in 29 ...
Winterkill and Cuthbertson HS
I loved speaking to the six classes of grade 9-12 students at Cuthberston HS in NC about Winterkill and the ...
New Sarepta AB, presenting to a single class of older students
One of the things I like most about presenting is that no two audiences are ever alike. This single class ...
Winterkill and Benefield ES
Some 5th grade students were in the library and others watched from their classes. Thank you, HREC ED and HREC ...
Nov 23 visit with Cardinal Josef Slipyj school
Visiting Cardinal Slipyj school always feels like going home. I love the teachers and the kids and love the caring ...
Speaking with students at two schools today with significant Ukrainian refugee populations
This morning I did a virtual visit about Winterkill and the Holodomr with RF Morrison school in Winnipeg MB and ...
Books of Wonder virtual event
Thank you, Books of Wonder, for hosting this chat! Not only was it an honor to speak about Winterkill but ...
Winterkill in-person launch at Brantford Public Library
Thank you, Brantford Public Library for hosting Thursday evening's launch of Winterkill, in the midst of Holodomor Memorial Week. This was the ...
Prince of Wales, Hamilton, visit
Grade 7&8 students from Prince of Wales listened to the audio edition of Winterkill and studied my picture book, Enough ...
St. Martin Ukrainian Bilingual School
It was an interesting experience, speaking with St. Martin students from Edmonton AB this afternoon. We always log in on ...
CUCS lecture Winterkill
It was a lively and informed discussion with a great group of students, alumni, scholars and readers, touching on the ...
Visiting with St. Sofia students; thank you HREC ED
Visiting with St. Sofia Byzantine Catholic students feels like coming home. No I was never a student at St. Sofia, ...
Anola School and Winterkill
Look at those smiles! What a pleasure it was to speak with Mr. Moore's class from Anola School, Alberta. All ...
St. Joseph’s School and Winterkill
Look at these smiling faces! It was such a pleasure discussing Winterkill and so much more with these Penfield NY ...
Hickson Central PS and Winterkill
Quoting Mrs. Van Wyk from her Instagram page: Our students had the privilege again today of meeting with the amazing ...
Twain Sullivan Elementary
It was a pleasure to visit with 6th grade students at Twain Sullivan in Houston BC on Monday! Thank you, ...
Visiting Gildersleeve, VA, with Scholastic Book Fairs
Isn't this an utterly beautiful library? Loved speaking with 8th grade students about Winterkill ...
Caledonia Park School, AB Winterkill visit
This is my favourite pic from the Nov 3rd visit with Caledonia Park School in Alberta. This is Bonnie N ...
Winchester PS: Winterkill presentation
I am in the midst of doing presentations about Winterkill and many of them are funded by HREC ED. Want ...
Winterkill, in person event Brantford Public Library
https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/author-aims-to-build-empathy-in-young-readers ...
Scholastic Book Fair visits: Winterkill
Deerwood ES in Humble Tx and Raisinwood ES in Monroe MI. Such great questions from students about the real history ...
Winterkill: HREC ED Webinar for educators
Here is the complete video of the webinar on Winterkill and the historical background of the Holodomor. Thank you, Dr ...
Winterkill Webinar for educators
Thank you, Valentina Kuryliw and HREC ED for hosting this wonderful opportunity to discuss Winterkill with Dr. Mateusz Swietlicki, author ...
St. James School
Thank you Ms Richardson and your 7/8 students for great questions and interesting conversation about Winterkill, the Holodomor and Russia's ...
Speaking with young students in Regina
It was a pleasure speaking with 5th grade students and younger about my picture books Enough and Silver Threads, about ...
Kristallnacht Commemoration at Congregation Or Shalom
It's an honor to be included in this commemoration of Kateryna Sikorska and her daughters and to participate in a ...
Webinar for educators about Winterkill
Thank you, HREC Education, for providing this webinar for educators. I look forward to speaking with Dr. Mateusz Świetlicki about ...
Refugee experience: art and storytelling
It was such a treat to virtually speak with students from grades 1 to 3 via Richmond Hill Public Library ...
Visiting Waukon MS
One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is visiting with kids who have read my books! This ...
HREC ED funded visit to Hallsville Elementary
What a lovely visit with Hallsville Intermediate School 5th grade students! Carli Procter did such good organizing and it was ...
Hurffville Elementary virtual visit
These pics from the other side of the screen are ever so much better than mine! I enjoyed the great ...
Scholastic Book Fair Day
I love doing virtual visits with Scholastic Book Fairs! Had the opportunity to speak with several hundred students at schools ...
Marsha zooms for her youngest readers at Richmond Hill PL
Ukrainian Heritage Month with Marsha Skrypuch Wed Sep 28, 2022 - 2:00pm - Wed Sep 28, 2022 - 3:00pm Ages: Kids (Grades ...
Traitors Among Us: Geoffrey Bilson nominee
The CCBC Awards were announced today and it's an honour to be included, with a Bilson nomination for Traitors. Here's ...
A #1 bestseller on Amazon.ca
What a nice book birthday present for Winterkill. #1 best seller in its category on Amazon.ca. In Amazon.com, in hot ...
Saving for posterity
This doesn't happen too often -- at least not to me! Winterkill is a #1 hot new release on Amazon.com ...
Lviv Castle in Port Dover
Tatiana A reader sent me a Facebook message because she thought I'd be interested in a new Port Dover restaurant ...
HREC ED: Holodomor teaching resources
Teaching materials and learning activities here. Holodomor Memorial Day activities here. Discussion questions for Winterkill here. Want to know more ...
Number one and number one
This is so nifty! Winterkill is a #1 new release in its category for both the American and Canadian Amazon ...
Winterkill: Book Fairs trailer
It's not uploaded to youtube yet, but you can watch it on Facebook here: ...
Winterkill: Scholastic Audio edition
It's such an honour to be asked to read my own backmatter for the audio edition of Winterkill. Being dyslexic, ...
HREC ED makes Winterkill virtual visits available to schools
Holodomor Research and Education Consortium is funding the cost of a limited number of Winterkill school and library virtual presentations to ...
Goodreads giveaway: Winterkill!
Here's a chance to read Winterkill before it's published. Enter here. US only ...
Winterkill #1 and #2 hot new release on Amazon.ca
Nice to see Winterkill pop up as a hot new release on the Canadian Amazon site ...
Winterkill ARCs
Writing Winterkill, set during the Holodomor in 1930s Ukraine, was a gut-wrenching experience. I thought I was writing history, but ...
Canadian School Libraries: How to talk to kids about the war in Ukraine
Thank you, Canadian School Libraries Journal, for featuring this video and my Ukrainian-themed books in your spring edition. Here's the ...
All my pysanky for Easter 2022
With the war, I've been obsessed with bees as a uniquely Ukrainian symbol of resistance. And blue and yellow ...
My Ukrainian-themed books
In interviews and reviews, over the years my identity has been mislabeled as Polish, Jewish, Iranian, Armenian, Lithuanian, Ukranian [sic] ...
Overwriting
I run a private online crit group where participants "pay" by giving critiques in order to get them from other ...
Help Ukraine with donations, but choose wisely
Wondering which organizations give the best bang for the buck to help Ukraine? Canadians, the Canada-Ukraine Foundation is the most efficient way ...
Pray for Ukraine
Legend has it that the world won't end as long as someone is making pysanky. Thinking of Ukraine. Blue and ...
Banning books
Here's a recent Amazon.com "review" of Don't Tell the Nazis: This should not be permitted in our school library. This ...
Pray for Ukraine, but donate too
If you're feeling helpless as maternity hospitals, kindergartens and children's cancer hospitals are routinely bombed, yes, please do pray. But ...
Juda School and questions about Putin’s war in Ukraine
Last Wednesday I had the pleasure to speak with these articulate students from Juda Wisconsin. The session went well beyond ...
Sick at heart over Putin’s mad war but I’m still doing talks with students
Since this mad war began, my virtual visits have continued but students' questions have changed. My WWII books give context ...
Speaking about Winterkill then and now: Scholastic Canada sales conference
History has never been so relevant. Winterkill (Sept 6 pub date), set in the 1930s when a dictator in Moscow ...
Ukraine: how to talk to kids about the war.
In this interview I recommended that kids donate to their local Red Cross because here in Brantford they could go ...
Books that reference the Indigenous-Ukrainian connection
My Ukrainian grandparents homesteaded in Alberta in the early 1900s and they never would have survived had it not been ...
Meeting with students in Georgia, Michigan and Montana …
It was a fun couple of days presenting to all of the 5th grade students from Riverside Elementary in Evans ...
Virtually visiting with Concordia Christian Day School
Concordia Christian Day School students visit virtually with author Marsha Skrypuch. Such a pleasure to visit with engaged students ...
Winterkill
Nyl is just trying to stay alive. Ever since the Soviet dictator, Stalin, started to take control of farms like ...
Sharing Tuan’s story of escape
I had the pleasure of doing a presentation with Tuan Ho for his daughter's class yesterday about Tuan's escape by ...
More World Read-Aloud pics
A winter storm didn't stop these students from Fishers Indiana from participating in World Read-Aloud Day! I love how intently ...
Chapter 16
5th grade students in Allendale Michigan on WRAD, listening to Chapter 16 from Traitors Among Us ...
World Read-Aloud Day
It was a fun day celebrating World Read Aloud Day with seven schools and multiple classes within those schools. Many ...
Shepherd: A new place for book-lovers.
Happy to be a part of this new site for book-lovers. If you liked Traitors Among Us, check out these ...
Support your local independent bookstore
Authors LOVE independent booksellers. Why? Because independent bookstores are owned and run by people who are as passionate about books ...
Virtual presentations in Woodstock ON and Regina SK
It was great to speak with students at Winchester St PS in Woodstock this morning and with Ecole Harbour Landing ...
Empathy, dyslexia, writers’ block …
Dear 5th grade students of Level Creek Elementary School in Suwanee GA, thank you for the awesome questions about dyslexia, ...
Lost Liberties exhibit at Canadian Museum of History
I would have loved to go to the opening of this exhibit at the Canadian Museum of History which explores ...
Best YA Historical Fiction of 2021: Kirkus
I am honored that Traitors Among Us has been selected alongside these stellar works has best historicals of the year! ...
A 2021 Kirkus best book!
I'm thrilled that Traitors Among Us has been selected as a YA best book for 2021 by Kirkus! ...
Two book launches
Today's launch of Traitors Among Us with the Brantford Public Library marks the final virtual visit of 2021! On Saturday, ...
Big Read in Poughkeepsie: a three school day!
It was great to speak with students from Van Wyk MS, Oak Grove Elementary and Union Vale MS! Such well-considered ...
Green Forest Int./Middle School AR
Thank you, Vicki Brown, for sending these awesome photos. I love seeing what a virtual visit looked like from the ...
Big Read in Poughkeepsie
Loved visiting with Haviland Middle School and talking about Tuyet and Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars! Thanks for all ...
A Saturday morning book launch! Thank you, Koota Ooma!
To register, go here: Session Registration ...
Poughkeepsie Public Library Big Reads school visits!
I had a chance to visit virtually with four schools and lots of students this past week. I love speaking ...
2021 Big Read and Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars
I'm delighted that Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars is a selected book for Poughkeepsie's 2021 Big Read, coordinated by ...
Scholastic Book Fair visits
It was wonderful to speak with schools in Georgia and Arkansas this week, facilitated by Scholastic Book Fairs. Such great ...
Celebrating Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Month
Honoured to be included among these amazing women of Ukrainian Canadian heritage ...
Karen Autio, me, and Once Upon a Bookstore!
Hope you can join us at 5pm Pacific time! Here's the link to register ...
Traitors Among Us — WSJ review
I was thrilled to have the Wall Street Journal review Traitors Among Us, and was particularly thrilled that they called ...
Virtually chatting with Lauren Tarshis at Malaprop bookstore
It was awesome to chat with Lauren Tarshis about writing historicals for kids, about what makes a person a reader, ...
Parnassus Books event with Deborah Hopkinson and Marsha Skrypuch — watch
Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/parnassusbooks1/videos/805286050154170 ...
Books for kids who think they don’t like reading!
Books For Kids Who Think They Don’t Like Reading ...
Thank you A Mighty Girl!
A Mighty Girl is one of my all time favorite book bloggers so I was thrilled to see Traitors Among ...
Interview with Deborah Kalb about Traitors Among Us
https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2021/09/q-with-marsha-forchuck-skrypuch.html Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the author of the new middle grade historical novel Traitors Among Us. It follows the same characters ...
Parnassus Books
Virtual event: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, author of Traitors Among Us, in conversation with Deborah Hopkinson, author of We Must Not ...
Nuanced novel of the post-WWII era
Thank you, Donald H. Harrison of the San Diego Jewish World for your awesome review of Traitors Among Us. I ...
Posting for posterity
Don't Tell the Nazis popped up to #1 for its category today on Amazon.ca. How nifty is that?! ...
Haircut, finally!
I very much enjoyed finally being able to get a haircut now that things are opening up and I'm double ...
Trapped in Hitler’s Web shortlisted for the 2022 MYRCA Northern Lights Award!
Thrilled to see that Trapped in Hitler's Web has been shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award!!! Congratulations to ...
Personal library quilts
My friend, Melanie Kindrachuk saw a blog post by Lori Suss about these beautiful personal library quilts. She noticed that ...
Starred review from Kirkus for Traitors Among Us!!
Two sisters try to make their way back to an Allied zone after World War II. Told in alternating chapters ...
Yellow Cedar Award
Too Young To Escape published by Pajama Press won the inaugural Yellow Cedar award last year. This is the newest ...
Snow Willow Winner!
So THRILLED that Don't Tell the Nazis won the Saskatchewan Snow Willow award today!! Here are the three winning Willow ...
The start of post-pandemic classes
Just virtually visited Holy Trinity School, Fall River MA and Keystone Elementary in Lagrange OH. So encouraging to see kids ...
Hickson Central PS visit
It was nice to visit with Hickson students from Woodstock Ontario -- just down the highway from me! We discussed ...
WWII Propaganda workshop
Loved having the opportunity to do my WWII propaganda workshop as a virtual visit today with St. Michael's Lutheran School ...
Stolen Girl: the Brantford connection
Many thanks to the Brant Family Literacy Committee for funding this presentation. Since I did this for a Brantford group, ...
SCBWI happy
It's always nice to get together with fellow creators to share tips and joy! SCBWI Canada East, Toronto group ...
Trail Challenge winner! Stolen Girl!
Thanks, California Trail Middle School! I love these challenges that encourage kids to read a whole pile of great books ...
Battle of the Books: Holdrege Nebraska
I enjoyed speaking with students from Holdrege Nebraska's Battle of the Books contest last week! The above photo was posted ...
Roberts ES virtual visit
It was such a pleasure to visit with students and educators at Roberts Elementary School in Gwinnett County this past ...
You are invited to a book conversation about Birdspell!
My good friend Valerie Sherrard's newest novel, Birdspell, is wonderful! I love it so much that I'm helping her launch ...
Ottawa schools virtual visit!
Had a great visit with two Ottawa schools: #southmarchps and #queenelizabethps -- lots of classes and lots of really great ...
Bergman Middle School
It was so nice to meet with 225 or so students from Bergman Middle School in Arkansas yesterday. Thanks for ...
Discussion questions for Trapped in Hitler’s Web
Downloadable here. Looking for a different guide? Check this page ...
I Read Canadian
In the week or so leading up to I Read Canadian Day, I highlighted a favourite books and book people ...
Ukrainian rights for Bombs trilogy
Books – XXI has acquired Ukrainian rights to Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s Making Bombs for Hitler. The middle-grade novel is described as a pulse-pounding ...
Mural inspired by Dance of the Banished
Isn't this beautiful? It was created by one of the members of the British Alevi Federation and is displayed on ...
#IReadCanadian, thanks Franco Nguyen!
Franco Nguyen, comedian and of CBC's allBoyzIsAShow is celebrating #IReadCanadian Day by reading A Grain of Rice and Adrift at ...
Making Bombs for Hitler, author reads opening scenes
In honor of World Read Aloud Day, a reading! ...
Trapped in Hitler’s Web, Jan 23 event
Marta Czurylowicz did a wonderful job of moderating this virtual book event, or should I say events? It was supposed ...
Traitors Among Us
Originally from Ukraine, Maria and her older sister Krystia have made it through separate ordeals during World War II and ...
Interview with Renata Duma and Soulscapes
Thanks, Renata, for this wide-ranging interview about Trapped in Hitler's Web, and why I write what I write. https://www.bitchute.com/channel/BCCUuHPpXuEM/ ...
Visiting Algonquin PS!
I have such admiration for educators and students who are able to adapt to challenging learning situations in the midst ...
Book launch for Trapped
The Brantford Public Library hosted the Zoom book launch for Trapped in Hitler's Web, with children's librarian Anna Flaherty as ...
Podcast review of Trapped in Hitler’s Web, plus some really great music!
At the 22.32 mark of this episode of Nash Holos, Myra Junyk gives a wonderful review of Trapped in Hitler's ...
Podcast interview about Trapped in Hitler’s Web with Stephen Hurley and VoiceEd Radio
Trapped in Hitler’s Web ft. Marsha Skrypuch ...
Virtual visit, classroom style
I virtually visited with Emily Stowe Public School in Norwich Ontario today and it was nice to be back. The ...
Zoom visit with WCES
It was so nice to meet with 5th grade students from West Chatham Elementary School in Pooler, Georgia today! I ...
You’re invited! Virtual Book launch for Trapped in Hitler’s Web
Here's the direct link to reserve your spot ...
MG Lit club Chat with Tuyet and Marsha
New Omnibus edition of Last Airlift/One Step Thanks, Colleen Nelson and Kathie MacIsaac for inviting me and Tuyet to your ...
Tuyet Yurczyszyn
I wrote about Tuyet's childhood in Last Airlift and One Step at a Time, which has recently been re-released in ...
Happy book birthday, Stolen Girl!
The trade paperback of Stolen Girl was published in the US today. YAY!! ...
Chatting with students from Arnold, Missouri
The students selected Making Bombs for Hitler for their reading club and it was such a pleasure to answer their ...
Two awards in one week!
My favourite awards are readers' choice awards because it means actual kids are enjoying one's books. This was a humbling ...
Response to South Carolina reader
Dear K, your envelope got mangled in the mail and I cannot decipher your return address. Thanks so much for ...
Marsha talks about her picture book, Enough
The history behind the book, and what happened to Marsha once the book was published ...
Armenian Genocide: It chose me.
The interview was conducted by Horizon Weekly senior correspondent Nazeeg Haneshian ...
Trapped in Hitler’s Web
Publication date: Oct 6, 2020 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, author of Making Bombs for Hitler, explores the bonds of friendship and ...
Author visits while in isolation
It's such a different way of life for all of us right now, as we all work together to stop ...
Getting the guts out of a pysanka
I've been making #pysanky almost every day during this period of isolation. Some people have asked how I get the ...
More pysanky
I got a new set of kistkas from Ukrainian Eggcessories and also some neat new dyes, so I'm on a ...
COVID-19: two of my stories you can share with your students because I own the copyright
Dear educators, thank you for all that you're doing to assist your students during this scary and isolating time. Many ...
Duck egg pysanky
Perfect timing. My husband and I decided to self-isolate during this time of COVID-19. Robin Kirby, a local raiser of ...
Mosaic Books and Third Space Coffee House
On Wed night, the Central Okanagan Teacher-Librarian Association hosted an open house at Third Space Coffee House and Mosaic Books ...
More Kelowna school visits
Three days were spent presenting in the Sanctuary of the Mission Creek Alliance Church, but I also visited three high ...
Vernon Museum
On the Thursday evening, the Vernon Museum hosted a presentation and much of the audience was made up of the ...
Once Upon a Bookstore
After finishing Monday's presentations, Pat dropped me off at Once Upon a Bookstore, a wonderful children's bookstore owned and operated ...
Kelowna visit: thank you COTLA!
I'm thankful to have squeezed in this long-planned visit to Kelowna before the world was locked down with COVID-19. The ...
Trying the 40 triangle pysanka again
Since my first 40 triangle pysanka fell onto the floor and cracked, I made another, but this one told me ...
Sunflower and fish pysanka
This egg shape called to me to make an off-kilter pattern.Yellow and orange done.Soaking off the orange so the green ...
The sad saga of my cracked pysanka
Blocked out the classic 40 triangle pattern -- oh the possibilitiesIn yellow, then orange.Dyed in the red and now ready ...
Grateful for wonderful educators
Just read and answered a stack of snail mail letters from readers from various parts of the US. This note ...
What is Wonder Bread? Virtual visiting with students of Waukon IA
It was such a pleasure to have three one hour Skype sessions with Waukon students, each about a different novel ...
1, 2, 3 and 4 on Amazon.com new releases!
Posted for posterity (and because it can change in the blink of any eye). It's not everyday that one has ...
Last Skype of 2019
It was such a pleasure speaking with grade 6 students from La Patera school in Goleta California today. Good questions ...
A child escaping war: presentation modifiable for any grade level
Yellow Cedar nomineeGolden Oak winner Students need tools to develop empathy for those among us who have fled war, terror ...
Last day in the Cincinnati area
This avid reader at Sands Montessori saved a spot on her cast for me. This is me with Media Specialist ...
Day 4 of Cinci Scholastic Book Fair tour
How is this for a wonderful greeting? St Joseph School in Coldspring KY welcomed me with enthusiasm! I love enthusiastic ...
Visiting the Scholastic warehouse in Cincinnati
My own books on the shelf. It's so neat to see the inner workings of a giant enterprise like Scholastic ...
more of Day 3: Mother Teresa
Group hug at Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary in Liberty Twp, Ohio Ever have one of those perfect author visits? My ...
Day 3 Cinci Scholastic Book Fair tour
Tower Heights students in Centerville OH sure know how to welcome a visiting author! This was the first time I ...
Day 2 of Cinci Scholastic Book Fair visits
Being silly with some Ballyshannon avid readers. Union KY I knew I was in the right place when I got ...
Enough #1!
Had to save this for posterity. This is an 18 year old book, but it was briefly #1 in its ...
Touring Cincinnati and area — day one
My last tour of 2019 is now complete and it was lots of fun and at times a little too ...
#1, #2 and #4 Amazon hot new release!
Had to take a snapshot for posterity. It's not everyday you get to be 1, 2 and 4! ...
A 4-Skype day
Chatted with 4 schools from all over the US on Nov 13th. Timberlane Regional Middle School, Sayville Middle School, Pope ...
A three school day
First blizzard of the fall made for an interesting drive to St. Patrick's School in White Lake. This was an ...
Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars
A beautiful omnibus edition of the award-winning biographies Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War and One Step at a Time: A ...
More Michigan visits
A lovely greeting on a fresh autumn morning at Symons Elementary in Milan! How nifty is this? Better than ice ...
Boyd W Arthurs MS, Trenton MI
Isn't this the best welcome ever? I nearly took this with me! These welcome posters were like breadcrumbs, leading me ...
First stop, Davidson MS, Southgate MI
It was such a pleasure to meet avid readers at Davidson Middle School in Southgate MI, my first stop in ...
Visiting St. Patrick in Lucan Ontario
I visited St. Patrick two weeks ago but didn't get any pics. I was in the area today so dropped ...
Meeting with students in and around Chicago
It was a whirlwind week, traveling with Scholastic Book Fairs, to meet thousands of fantastic students, dedicated teachers and librarians, ...
Teacher’s Guide for Too Young to Escape
Yay! Thank you, Pajama Press, for creating this teacher's guide, which is freely downloadable here ...
Audio books
I'm thrilled that Scholastic Inc is publishing audio editions of Making Bombs for Hitler and Don't Tell the Nazis. A ...
Dealing with Writer’s Block
Regarding your question about writer's block, don't worry what you write when you start out because by the end of ...
More virtual visits
Raleigh-Bartlett Meadows, Memphis. Hillside Elementary in West Des Moines. Hillside Elementary, Des Moines. Valwood School, North Hahira GA. Union Academy, ...
A 4-Skype day with Scholastic Book Fairs
It was such a pleasure meeting Tom Cox Intermediate students in Texas -- the Skype visit was streamed into classrooms ...
Letters about Literature
Ilaria Luna was honored for a letter that she wrote about the impact of my novel, Stolen Child, on her ...
Geoffrey Bilson Award nomination for Don’t Tell the Enemy
Scholastic Canada It's such an honour to be shortlisted again for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young ...
Stolen Child: simplified Chinese edition
I absolutely love this book cover! I especially love that it shows a key scene from the book that was ...
Video interview with Tuan, Van and Linh about their escapes from Vietnam
https://www.calla.com/wordpress/adrift-at-sea-a-vietnamese-boys-story-of-survival/ https://www.calla.com/wordpress/too-young-to-escape/ ...
More pics from Red Maple day
from left to right: Pam Withers, E Latimer, Colleen Nelson, Kristen Ciccarelli, Jean Mills, Eric Walters, me, Kevin Sands. Lorna ...
Red Maple Day
We're about to go on the stage at Harbourfront for the Red Maple fiction awards ceremony. Maya, in the red ...
Orchard Park School, then popping in on Jodi Carmichael
Two presentations to grades 6,7,8 at Orchard Park in Burlington. Snuck in on Jodi Carmichael's presentation at Glen Morris school ...
2020 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Northern Lights nomination
So wonderful that Don't Tell the Enemy has been shortlisted for the 2020 MYRCA Northern Lights award. An honour to ...
A 2 Skype and 1 Zoom day
It was fun chatting with students about Stolen Girl, Making Bombs for Hitler and The War Below! I spoke with ...
DSBN Silver Birch Red Maple celebration
On April 26th I had the honour of participatin the the District School Board of Niagara Forest of Reading celebration ...
Visiting students in Louisville KY
Bloom Elementary students waiting in line I was picked up in the wee hours of Easter Sunday morning to begin ...
2019 Information Book Award nomination for Too Young to Escape!
So happy for Van! Too Young to Escape has been shortlisted for the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada 2019 Information ...
Red Maple at Hamilton Public Library
It was great to discuss the real story behind Don't Tell the Enemy with avid Red Maple readers at HPL ...
Three Ukrainian schools plus St. Jerome School
Halyna at St. Josephat, waiting for the students to assemble. On Wednesday, I visited St. Josephat Ukrainian School in Toronto ...
Don’t Tell the Nazis
The year is 1941. Krystia lives in a small Ukrainian village under the cruel -- sometimes violent -- occupation of ...
Stolen Girl in all her forms
I love all these variations of Larissa's story, Lida's sister from Making Bombs for Hitler. Scholastic Canada editionScholastic Inc Scholastic ...
Forest Friday virtual visit
After speaking about Stolen Girl all week, I switched hats on Friday and spoke to Red Maple readers about Don't ...
Chicago Scholastic Book Fair Visits
Just got home from 4 busy days of school visits in and around Chicago. I had some amazing experiences, meeting ...
Visiting Michigan schools for Stolen Girl
It was such a fun week, visiting Michigan schools with Scholastic Book Fairs to introduce Stolen Girl! I met amazing ...
In conversation with Michelle Barker
I admire Michelle Barker's work and was thrilled with the opportunity to meet her in person and do a joint ...
Superconference 2019
with Cinders McLeodCarmen Mok + Helaine BeckerKaren Upper, JoAnne Richards and book creators!crashing Ruth Ohi's signingJennifer Mook-Sang, Werner Zimmerman The ...
Literacy Day at Wesley Christian Academy
Lisa Dalrymple and I were ice-stormed out of Wesley's Jan 23rd literacy day, but we made it a week later ...
ILA Notable book
It's nice to share recognition with my good friend Helaine Becker on this list of ILA Notable Books for a ...
Too Young to Escape is a USBBY!
Such wonderful news! Too Young to Escape has been selected as a 2019 OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOK! Here's the complete list ...
NCTAsia Freeman Award — honorable mention!
I am THRILLED that Van's memoir has received such a lovely honour! ...
Stolen Girl: book trailer!
I am THRILLED with this book trailer for Stolen Girl! Thank you, Scholastic!! ...
Best books of 2018!
I'm THRILLED that Too Young to Escape has been listed as a 2018 best book for kids by CBC books! ...
Host the perfect author visit
Preparing for the visit Have an email exchange or a phone call with the author well in advance of the ...
Two Skype visits with Georgia students
Had a great chat with students from Autrey Mill Middle School in Fulton Georgia about Making Bombs for Hitler. Also ...
What Happened to Van?
Thank you, Brian Thompson and the Expositor for this awesome write-up. Hope to see you at the launch! ...
Visiting Montreal for three days during Jewish Book Month
Thank you Talya Pardo and the Jewish Public Library, and also the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, for making my visit to ...
Jewish Book Month school visits in Montreal
Talya Pardo, librarian-extraordinaire at the Jewish Public Library, organized a wonderful set of school visits in Montreal in honour of ...
An interview by Sofia Donato, 15 year old reader
I just recently interviewed an author, Marsha Skrypuch, through email. She writes novels for youth ages 9-14 but, people over ...
Brantford Book Launch! Too Young to Escape!
Hope you can join me and Van at the Brantford Public Library at 2:30 on December 1, 2018! You are ...
Eden Mills Literary Festival
A chilly windy day, but lots of fun and great conversations! Thank you Helen Kubiw! ...
Alexis Kochan
I was also thrilled to meet Alexis Kochan in person when she came out to the MRA event. I am ...
Manitoba Council of Reading Clinicians event
I did an evening event hosted by the Manitoba Council of Reading Clinicians. It was a wonderful event with lots ...
Carol Matas
One of the biggest pleasures of author travels is getting to meet with fellow creators. On this trip, I met ...
Winnipeg school visits
A wonderful whirlwind trip to Winnipeg and Selkirk during the first week of October. Saw so many great students, librarians, ...
Michael Martchenko
Thirty years ago when being an author seemed like an unattainable dream, I had a second seemingly unattainable dream: that ...
Skyping with Utah students
Enjoyed skyping about Adrift At Sea with Ms Flygare's students this morning. Thanks for the great questions! ...
Adrift At Sea wins the Golden Oak Award!
I Such a thrill that Adrift At Sea has won the Golden Oak Award. The nominated books are read and ...
Marsha the extrovert
People who meet me tend not to realize that I am an extreme introvert. I am good at building characters ...
book reveal! Too Young to Escape
One day they will send for her, but how long must Van Ho wait for her family to find a ...
Happy Book Birthday, The War Below!!
The War Below comes out in the US on April 24, 2018!!! Are you in Canada? It's published in Canada ...
Kontakt Ukrainian TV story about Don’t Tell the Enemy
When I visited Cardinal Josef Slipyj School in Feb, Kontakt TV was there as well. Thank you, Uliana Hlynchak for ...
Grade 5 students of Josyf Cardinal Slipyj school sing the Kolysanka from Making Bombs for Hitler
When I visited Josyf Cardinal Slipyj school in February, it was a dream experience in so many ways. The Grade 5 ...
Presentations, virtual and in person
Speaking with students from Katy Texas for #ReadAcrossAmeria: Speaking in person with St. Bernadette students: ...
RFTLOI 2018
Such an honour to be invited to speak at the Reading for the Love of It conference. So many good ...
Toronto book launch for Don’t Tell the Enemy
Many thanks to the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter for sponsoring this book launch. We had a wonderful turnout. One of the ...
Dream author visit at Cardinal Josyf Slipyj Catholic School
Every once in awhile you get to have one of those perfect author visits. You know the ones I mean, ...
The War Below / Underground Soldier
I am THRILLED that The War Below (Scholastic US) is listed on Amazon.com as a #1 New Release for Children's Holocaust ...
Braemar House School, talking about my newest book
Doing the first book talk on a brand new book can always be a bit unnerving. Thank you, Braemar House ...
Don’t Tell the Enemy book launch!
A cold night but a great turnout! Launch started at 7pm but people began to arrive at 6:30! Thank you ...
Don’t Tell The Nazis
Scholastic Inc Scholastic Canada Previously published in Canada as Don't Tell the Enemy. Krystia’s family is hiding Jews from the ...
The War Below (published in Canada as Underground Soldier)
The Nazis took Luka from his home in Ukraine and forced him into a labor camp. Now, Luka has smuggled ...
Meeting Aimee Friedman!
After more than a year of emails and phone calls, I finally met my American editor for Making Bombs for ...
Skyping about Adrift at Sea
Had so much fun chatting with Ms Flygare's grade 6 class! today about Adrift at Sea! ...
Adrift at Sea included in exhibit for Pope Francis
It is such an honour to have my picture book, Adrift at Sea included in an exhibition in Bologna, Italy on the ...
Skyping with students in Brazil
I was very impressed with the English language skills demonstrated by the questions they asked about Making Bombs for Hitler ...
Adrift at Sea shortlisted for Golden Oak Award!
Thrilled with this nomination! Congratulations, Tuan Ho and Briane Deines! ...
The lullaby that Lida and Luka sing in Making Bombs
The English translation is: Little cradle, little cradle Rock our little baby, So she'll sleep and not cry So she'll ...
Don’t Tell the Enemy — cover reveal!
Krystia’s family is hiding Jews from the invading Nazis, but the risks are immense. How much will she risk for ...
Skyping with students in New Delhi!
A late night for this virtual visit, but what a delight. The students were well prepped! Thank you, Ms Duggal! ...
New teacher’s guide for Prisoners in the Promised Land!
Thank you so much, Kim Therriault and internmentcanada.ca for creating this guide! Want to see my other Teacher's Guides? Go here ...
Making Bombs trailer: available again!
So glad to see this available. It's a fantastic book trailer! Viewable from this page ...
Answer to Daniel’s questions
Daniel from David Douglas School District in Portland OR wrote: Marsha, I am a big fan of the book you ...
Aidon, Maggie, Regan, Abbi — answers to your questions
Aidon, I wrote it because no one else had written a picture book about the Vietnamese Boat People. I wanted ...
Gisela Sherman visits Northview Heights
Gisela came to Northview Heights Secondary School on April 19 to observe me presenting. You can see her in the ...
Dear McKinlee and Evie
Dear McKinlee, I vividly remember the Vietnamese refugee crisis of the 1970s and early 1980s. I have wanted to write ...
Northview Heights Secondary School history classes and Gisela Sherman
I've had the honour of speaking at Northview Heights a few times now, and I love meeting with grade 10 ...
More Skype visits
Thanks for the great questions, students from Conover NC, Milford NY and The Colony TX! ...
A lovely Skype visit with grade 5 Colorado students!
Thanks for the great questions, students! Just before we disconnected, I asked if I could take THEIR pics and the ...
Meet the Professional: Pat Oldroyd of Marmalade Books
When I was a child my mother subscribed me to a book-of-the-month club. Even though we had lots of books ...
MRA Summit and school presentations
One day at the conference and two days visiting schools. Met so many wonderful students, teachers, librarians authors and reading ...
Adolescent Literacy Summit!
Just two more days to the MRA Adolescent Literacy Summit! So honoured to be invited as a panelist! ...
Making Bombs an Amazon.com #1 best seller!
It's a full month since Bombs was released in the US and it has stayed at a #1 Best Seller ...
Author of the Month at School Library Connection!
Dear School Library Connection, I am THRILLED that you've chosen me for your author of the month. Thank you for ...
Making Bombs for Hitler a #1 Amazon new release!
Making Bombs has been listed as a #1 new release in an ever-evolving list of categories for the last 5 ...
Bohdana’s video
I was recently contacted by Bohdana, a student from Ukraine, who asked to interview me. Here's the video she made ...
Awesome Mississauga visit
Loved my day with San Lorenzo Ruiz students last week. Such a pleasure to be able to present to every ...
Adrift at Sea gets fab review from Resource Links!
Thank you Victoria Pennell for your high praise! Here are some of my favourite quotes: "What a powerful book!" ...
Michelle Ruby’s awesome article on Adrift at Sea and Tuan Ho’s family
Thank you, Michelle, for this wonderful article! ...
Thank you, Susan Gibson!
Susan Gibson attended the launch of Adrift at Sea and she wrote about the fabulous evening on her blog here ...
A slew of awesome reviews for Adrift at Sea!
From Laura Fabiani and Sandra Olshaski on their blog Library of Clean Reads: Laura says “I highly recommend this book ...
Adrift at Sea Brantford book launch!
A surprise snow storm didn't keep people away from coming to the Station Cafe on Dec 6th. We had a ...
Visiting International School of Helsinki
Molly invited me to her place for some Glögi on Sunday night so we could meet and chat about the presentations ...
Visiting Helsinki
Stacey had arranged a taxi pick up for me from Vila Paris Hotel at 5:15 am on Sat November 19th ...
Portuguese edition of Stolen Child
How nifty is this? The title is Diary of a Young Girl Missing (according to google translate ...) ...
Adrift at Sea — a bunch of awesome reviews!
“The text is terse and unembellished, leaving the images to capture the emotions through color and perspective—and they do so ...
Meet the Professional: Maria Martella
Can you tell me about Tinlids? / What should authors and illustrators know about Tinlids? Tinlids is a Canadian book ...
Chasing rainbows
Took a weekend trip to Quebec city. Beautiful fall colours. On the way back we couldn't land in Brantford because ...
Cover reveal: the new Making Bombs for Hitler
I am THRILLED that the new US edition of Making Bombs has just shown up in Amazon.com and is available ...
Meet the Professional: Karen Desjardins
Last January I had the pleasure to do a PD day presentation for the Library Technicians of Niagara Catholic District ...
Parish Internees
St. Michael's Parish during WWI Marsha Skrypuch Within weeks of Canada entering World War I against Germany and Austria-Hungary on ...
Armenian Prelacy of Canada honour
Last Friday, I was honoured by the Armenian Prelacy of Canada with the Armenian Genocide Centenary Recognition Award for my ...
MYRCA and Marsha
From here October 2, 2014 By Colette On September 26th 2014,the MANITOBA YOUNG READER’S CHOICE AWARD was presented to Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch ...
Friday in Winnipeg: Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Day!
What a thrill it was to see all the cars and buses pulling up to the theatre as I snuck ...
Can it get more exciting? Silver Birch day!
They have just announced the finalists: And here they announce the winner! Do I look a little bit SHOCKED?! Thanks, ...
Marsha’s Forest of Reading exciting Monday!
I got home from Book Week late Saturday afternoon, had one day to do laundry and rest, then on Monday, ...
Our Lady of Lourdes — May 1st visit
Had a great day on Thursday at Our Lady of Lourdes in Delaware Ontario. I'm here with Marisa Zammit, OLOL ...
Roch Carrier Literacy Night
Woodstock knows what it's doing when it comes to parent and teacher involvement! What a lovely crowd it was that ...
So much fun to present at the 2014 MASC Young Authors’ Conference
Here are all of us MASC presenters, from left to right: Martin Springett, Art Slade, Ruth Ohi, Vikki VanSickle, me, ...
St. Jerome visit
Writing workshops are so awesomely fun! Thanks Anne Marie Sisti of St. Jerome School in Mississauga for sending me this ...
Meet the Professionals: Melanie J. Fishbane, Online Merchandising and Marketing Professional
With over 17 years in Canadian publishing, Melanie J. Fishbane is a freelance writer and editor who coaches writers on ...
Congratulations Luba Goy! Kobzar Awards night!
A wonderful night was had by all at the Kobzar Literary Awards. I was honoured to be shortlisted and delighted ...
Marsha Skrypuch presentation, Toronto January 29, 7pm
St. Vladimir Institute is pleased to present A Series of Readings with the 2014 Kobzar Literary Award Nominees Marsha Forchuk ...
Underground Soldier is here!
Look what the Purolator elf brought today!! It'll be in stores in January! ...
Mama/Best Gifts book launch
Thanks, everyone, who came to last night's book launch at the Brant County Library in Paris! Zeta Phillipo and Sharon ...
Author Marsha Skrypuch is ‘crazy busy’ and loving it
By Michelle Ruby, Brantford Expositor Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:32:41 EDT PM Author Marsha Skrypuch has two picture books out ...
Meet the Professional: Jeff Burnham, book wholesaler
Meet the Professional: book wholesaler, Jeff Burnham My hometown of Brantford Ontario is rich in Six Nations culture and history ...
The Kobzar Literary Award: Making Bombs for Hitler is shortlisted!
I am THRILLED that Making Bombs for Hitler has been shortlisted for the Kobzar Literary Award. Congratulations to my fellow ...
A couple of new youtube video interviews
Here is an interview about what it meant to me to win the Silver Birch award last year for Making ...
The brand new The Best Gifts is born!
Here's my mom holding the very first copy of the new edition of The Best Gifts with wonderful artwork by ...
The Tale of Two Trees
On the left is my Silver Birch award from 2013. On the right is Sylvia McNicoll's award from 1996. 2014 ...
Marsha Skrypuch presentation at Banff Public Library, June 19th 7:30pm
Marsha Skrypuch, author of two books on the internment and internee descendant will be giving a reading and presentation on ...
Autistic and Brilliant — Winnipeg Review column on Bev Brenna’s The White Bicycle
Columns By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch The painting that graces the cover of The White Bicycle was created by a critically ...
When Mama Goes to Work
Info When Mama Goes to Work follows several children and their working mothers as they move through their day. From ...
More photos from Silver Birch day!
Thank you, Marilyn, for sending these pics. There's nothing more exciting than meeting avid readers! ...
From Silver Birch Day at Harbourfront, the Bookworm Bookclub Group!
In March, Bookworm Bookclub Mom, Kimberly posted her groups activities about Making Bombs for Hitler on their blog here. And ...
Thamiraa at the Durham Silver Birch Celebration
After all the signing was done and most of the kids had gone back to their schools, Thamiraa waited patiently ...
Tuyet and Red Maple day
Thank you, Pat Thornton Jones, for sending these great photos of Red Maple day. Here are the nominees, their sign ...
Silver Birch Award 2013 — the design
The Awards themselves are designed by students who submit their artwork in a contest. The Silver Birch award was designed ...
Red Maple day at Harbourfront — Katlyn
What a wonderful experience, to have Tuyet on the stage with me for the Red Maple awards. What made it ...
Winning the Silver Birch Fiction Award!
What a lovely surprise it was to WIN the Silver Birch Fiction Award this year! The SB roster of authors ...
Richland Academy students!
I happened upon a wonderfully perceptive reflection by a grade 5 student from Richland Academy from a notification on google ...
Silver Birch awards
Thanks, Denise Anderson, for snapping this great photo from the back of the crowd. What a totally amazing day!!!! ...
Last Airlift signing with Tuyet and her kids, and also Praveen.
This is a photo of our Red Maple book signing! Tuyet's daughter Bria, Tuyet, Praveen -- who sent me this ...
Does it get any better than this?
What a fabulous Northern Forest of Reading series of events it was last week. The volunteers worked tirelessly. Special thanks ...
Not what it looks like!
If someone just walked by this little sticker, they might think a student had "issues" but as the author of ...
Thunder Bay Forest of Reading Authors
What a great time with Martin Springett,(myself) Janet Wilson, Kevin Sylvester and Natalie Hyde. Seated is Kari Trogen, Becky Citra ...
Virtual visit with Manitouadge Public School
I had a very interesting experience last Monday! I was set to do a google talk "virtual visit" with Manitouwadge ...
Silver Birch at Ancaster Public Library today
Thank you for all the GREAT questions, you guys! Thanks for the photos, Omaira! ...
School visits and a podcast!
I met great students at Wilkinson PS and William Burgess PS in Toronto. The Wilkinson Podcast Team interviewed me about ...
Visiting Sir Arthur Carty Catholic School
Ms Popovic from Sir Arthur Carty Catholic School in London just emailed me some photos from my March visit. In ...
The Hunger
Fifteen-year-old Paula’s perfectionism drives every facet of her life, from her marks in Grade 10 to the pursuit of a ...
Reading.org review of One Step At A Time
Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk. (2013). One step at a time: A Vietnamese child finds her way. Toronto, Ontario, CA: Pajama Press ...
How one author brings life to millions who have lost it
The endless quest for exposure Posted by Layla Bozich on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 The Sputnik. How one author brings ...
Thanks, Andrea Mack, for the lovely Bombs review!
That's Another Story blog here. I couldn’t put this book down! Whenever I read about life in a work or ...
Kontakt TV: Making Bombs for Hitler
Here's a segment from the December 22, 2012 edition of Kontakt TV taped during the launch of Making Bombs for ...
I heart OLA!
Where can a Canadian children's author feel like a rock star? At the Superconference, and at Forest of Reading events ...
Marsha and Tuyet visit Blessed Kateri School in London
Thank you Mrs Evans and Blessed Kateri students and staff for a wonderful morning!!! ...
An interview with Marsha — IBBY Canada CANSCAIP spotlight
CANSCAIP Spotlight: Marsha Skrypuch Interviewed by CANSCAIP Liaison Officer Debbie Spring Introduction Marsha Skrypuch is a member of both CANSCAIP ...
Open Book interview with Marsha Skrypuch
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the award-winning author of historical fiction, nonfiction and picture books for children and young adults. Pajama ...
Lacomb and Red Deer
The waitress at the hotel restaurant this morning looked like she was manning the place solo. It took her about ...
Joan Galat, rescuer and great writer
The driver was kind enough to detour for a coffee first thing this morning. A GOOD cup of coffee. That ...
pysanky and Prisoners
I got my first advance copy of my Dear Canada novel, Prisoners in the Promised Land, on Tuesday. I drove ...
Dave Jenkinson interviews Marsha, April 5, 2002
Marsha Forchuk SkrypuchProfile by Dave Jenkinson for CM April 5, 2002.Marsha was born and raised in Brantford Ontario. In Catholic ...