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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 first in-person book event for me since the pandemic began and I was a little bit nervous. A small but mighty group of people came out, including students from Laurier Brantford (this pic was taken by student Ayse Aras), mothers and daughters, a friend from CFUW Brantford, friends from the Brant Historical Society, and one of my fellow kidcritters. Thank you, Zile for the intro and set-up. And thank you, everyone who came out for the great conversation.

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 to the Red Cross building and donate their allowance. Since then, the international Red Cross is thinking of opening an office in Rostov-On-Don, which is a tacit condoning of Russia’s mass kidnapping of Ukrainians whose cities they’ve destroyed. More info in this Reuters news article. Info about donating here.