Category: Interviews
Melanie Fishbane’s Dance of the Banished interview
Thank you, Melanie, for this great interview!
An Interview with Marsha Skrypuch
Marsha Skrypuch and I have a history.
It makes sense because we both write and care about history–particularly stories where there has been injustice. I believe that we are humanitarians, who hope that our stories of the past will resonate with the present, bringing awareness about people who have for–one reason or another–been silenced. Continue reading “Melanie Fishbane’s Dance of the Banished interview”
MYRCA and Marsha
From here
October 2, 2014
By Colette
By Colette
On September 26th 2014,the MANITOBA YOUNG READER’S CHOICE AWARD was presented to Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch for her novel Making Bombs for Hitler. The award was presented at a special ceremony held at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People, with hundreds of kids in attendnace. Marsha was selected by Manitoban tweens who had read at least 5 books from the nominated list.
Students and fans gathered to hear Marsha Continue reading “MYRCA and Marsha”
An interview about Dance of the Banished, why I write, and my interned grandfather
Thank you, Derrick Grose and School Libraries in Canada for this fabulous interview:
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Oliver Twist had a story!
Marsha Skrypuch was born in Brantford, Ontario, on December 12, 1954 Continue reading “An interview about Dance of the Banished, why I write, and my interned grandfather” |
Fiction, Non-fiction and Narrative Non-fiction
This post was originally published on Brenda Kearns’ blog here.
Most people will say that fiction is fake and non-fiction is true, but have you ever had a news article written about yourself or a topic you’re very familiar with? Was it 100% accurate? Not likely!
Yet news articles are supposed to be non-fiction. Ditto for textbooks. They’re filled with facts and figures that are based on suppositions of the time but that doesn’t make them true. Continue reading “Fiction, Non-fiction and Narrative Non-fiction”
Author Honours Deathbed Promise to Write About WWII Lebensborn Program
Underground Soldier: Podcast
When Mama Goes to Work: Podcast
Teachingbooks.net recently recorded this brief interview and reading with me about When Mama Goes To Work.
Daughter of War interview
This interview used to be available on the Chapters-Indigo site, but it was recently removed, so I am posting it here:
Interview Questions for Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch by Melanie Fishbane for Indigo.ca
1) How is Daughter of War different from its predecessors, The Hunger and Nobody’s Child?
Daughter of War begins where the other two novels leave off. At the end of Nobody’s Child, Marta is pregnant, but we don’t know who the father is and we also don’t know if she and Kevork will get back together. Worse, even if they do get back together, how will Kevork react when he finds out that she is pregnant with another man’s child?
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