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October 20, 2009 10:46 PM

Busy Booky Week

Okay, so I admit it…my life is pretty much ruled by books. Which, of course for an author, is a wonderful thing. The past week, my time has been especially busy with booky stuff that I wanted to share here (because let’s face it, why else do I have a blog?)

It all started last Thursday when I wandered into my local library and was stunned to see a full wall devoted to moi and my upcoming NaNoWriMo teen workshop on Oct. 27th. I was so thrilled, I whipped out my camera and started snapping away. How ridiculous was it to be standing there taking a picture of my own picture? But I had to do it so I could have some evidence to show my mother. And you guys, of course. So here it is.

Then on Sunday, I took my 7 year old to see Patricia Storms present her adorable new picture book, The Pirate and The Penguin at the awesome McNally Robinson book store in Toronto. Patricia and her husband Guy acted out the story (costumes and all) to the hilarity of all the kids and parents who had crammed in to watch. It was such a great performance! Here are some cute pics of the Penguin trying to snarl like a Pirate.

And on my way out of the store, I spied a whole rack of shelves devoted to books that have been banned over the years (including To Kill a Mockingbird, which the Toronto District School Board is threatening to ban, yet again). My son was shocked to see one of his favourites (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) included with the others.

I thought it was a tres cool way to highlight the odious practice of book banning. What do you guys think?

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