Aram has landed!

I got a call from Sonya at Fitzhenry & Whiteside early yesterday morning to inform me that the shipment of Aram’s Choice has arrived! It is always touch and go with full colour illustrated books because they tend to be printed in Hong Kong rather than Canada. Even once they’re printed, it takes a long time for the ship to arrive, then pass through Customs, etc etc.

I am so relieved that the shipment has arrived. We have a book launch scheduled for Thursday June 29th at Freckled Lion Bookstore in Georgetown Ontario. Carl Georgian, who is the son of George Georgian (Kevork Kevorkian) — the Georgetown Boy whose story is the core of Aram’s Choice — emailed me to let me know that a couple of carloads of Georgetown Boy families will be coming down for the launch. It will be something of a reunion! I am so excited.

I think they will be blown away when they see Muriel Wood’s amazing paintings. It is an honour for me to be matched up with such a fabulous illustrator. Her paintings are near-photographic.

That said, I’ve been darned fortunate in the past too. Michael Martchenko has illustrated two of my picture books — and that was a dream come true for me. And Halina Below, illustrator for The Best Gifts, is also wonderful. It is always so neat for me to see what an illustrator’s imagination can paint with my words.

Author: Marsha

I write historical fiction, mostly from the perspective of young people who are thrust in the midst of war. View all posts by Marsha