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Liberia Lingers

February 23, 2010

…web site. Part of me says I should be putting Liberia behind me; I’ve submitted my Reading Liberia report to CODE, I’ve put together a slide show to accompany a…

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Reading Liberia – June 2011

June 29, 2011

Liberia. She is a prolific writer currently revising a manuscript, in hopes of publication with Reading Liberia one day. It’s about two kids from different tribes struggling to convince their…

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I Want To Go Back to Liberia!

February 22, 2009

…got an email today from Ingrid, Program Manager from CODE who is still in Liberia. She was taken to the University of Liberia campus yesterday, and then out of Monrovia…

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Word from Liberia

February 23, 2011

…to all of u. The knowledge acquired from u, Katie Hearn, Charlie, Alison, Wendy, Shawn, Ingrid, et al of CODE, WE-CARE, READING LIBERIA, LIBERIA ASSO. OF WRITERS is value more…

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The First "Reading Liberia" Books

January 6, 2011

…their lives and for the writers and illustrators who created them! I first became involved in “Reading Liberia” two years ago, and I’m proud to have been part of a…

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Off to Liberia!

February 9, 2009

Hard to believe that a week from now I will be meeting with writers in Monrovia! Sponsored by CODE, “Reading Liberia” is a program through which books written by Liberian…

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Looking Ahead… And Looking Back

March 3, 2009

…our time away, I feel the need to return once more to moments from my time in Liberia – for my own pleasure in reliving them, and for the pleasure…

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The People in my "Neighbourhood"

February 9, 2010

Home again from Liberia, I was contemplating what aspect of my week there I would blog about – what illustrators were learning and doing with Gord Pronk while I worked…

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Reporting from Liberia

February 17, 2009

How do I capture in a brief blog entry some essence of my time in Liberia so far? Already I know it will be hard to say goodbye to the…

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Reading Liberia Pictures

February 23, 2009

Come visit my “Reading Liberia” photo album!…

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Back in Liberia

February 2, 2010

…some of the coldest days of winter so far this year. But I’m working hard here in Liberia, sharing some of what I’ve learned about writing and editing over the…

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Heroes in Liberia

February 4, 2010

…to them, people who have inspired them in some way. Each day I am here in Liberia, I learn more about the remarkable people I am working with – how…

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Last Word from Liberia

February 6, 2010

Once again it’s late at night. And what can I say except that once again it’s going to be tough to leave this amazing country and the remarkable group of…

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Good News from Africa

February 8, 2012

Laptops for Liberia have begun to trickle in. More are needed. Please help spread the word anywhere that a laptop of use to a writer in Liberia might be found….

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The desk where Kathy Stinson writes

A Peek at Where I Write

May 25, 2022

…to this book, and subsequent one featuring violinist Joshua Bell. What a joy, later, to stand proudly with Dušan when our book received the TD Children’s Literature Award. Reading Liberia

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Good News for Love Every Leaf

March 4, 2009

…as far away as Liberia! I’m also delighted that shortly after I came home from Liberia, I received an invitation to speak this summer at the 75th anniversary conference of…

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“An Intimate Examination of Sock Fluff” Part 3

February 1, 2012

…working with, in Liberia, since 2009, as a volunteer with a program called Reading Liberia. Certainly when I sat at my dining room table in 1981, writing what would become…

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More Books for Liberian Children

July 3, 2013

I knew the first time Gii-Hne Russell read his story “A Time to Bathe” during one of the workshops I conducted in Liberia that it would one day become a…

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Three Things About Reading

January 27, 2010

…seven years ago, and I was asked if I would go back to Liberia to do some more work with writers there. The NB girl first wrote to tell me…

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School Visits

February 18, 2009

…result of the new strategies he’d learned at two previous Reading Liberia workshops, in part because the students were sufficiently involved in lessons that he no longer had to use…

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7 Things You Probably Don't Know About Me

December 19, 2008

…with CODE (that’s the International Board on Books for Young People and the Canadian Organization for Development in Education) in . . . Liberia! (I quickly learned on receiving the…

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It's "Wear Red" Day

February 5, 2010

…must say winter doesn’t seem quite so cold! Not that feeling cold is a concern for me today. As recent post(s) indicate, I’m in Liberia, working with writers and teachers…

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières

November 5, 2014

…have reminded me recently of the importance of the work they do. I worry a lot about the well-being of the friends I made in Liberia working there as part…

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Write for a Better World – Choosing a Winner

May 6, 2015

…the news and in fiction that suggest that poverty and filth go hand in hand. And sometimes they do. But, my work with writers in Liberia showed me that people…

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FAQ

December 1, 2017 Comments Off on FAQ

…offer writing workshops? I have conducted workshops close to home (currently near Guelph, Ontario), all across Canada, and even in Liberia (west Africa), helping writers there get the first stories…

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Short Stories

December 1, 2017 Comments Off on Short Stories

…Crossroads Gage Educational and At Work: us H. Aschehoug & Co. “Baby Love” in Reality Imagined McGraw-Hill Ryerson “Reading Liberia” in Truth Perceived McGraw-Hill Ryerson Journals “Cream Soda” in Grain…

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Biography and High Res Photo

December 1, 2017 Comments Off on Biography and High Res Photo

…TD Children’s Literature Award). Kathy has enjoyed the privilege of meeting with readers in every province and territory of Canada, in the United States, Britain, Liberia, and Korea. She has…

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As Photographer

December 1, 2017 Comments Off on As Photographer

…as a touring author. In 2012 Kathy was pleased to have several photos she took while working with writers in Liberia published in a high school anthology – and to…

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Last Posting from Monrovia

February 20, 2009

…correct). Ingrid Ermanovics, Program Director for Reading Liberia, has kindly been sharing her computer with me this week, but internet access is often painfully slow, so that’s been a factor…

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South Africa

March 26, 2009

…case a month before in Liberia, were the people who were so important to our enjoyment of South Africa, some family, some not, who all generously shared with us their…

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The ABCs of European Travel

April 8, 2009

…in Liberia in February. Not that I’m ungrateful for a season so rich in travel opportunities, but I do understand why “Another Bloody Castle” is how many sum up travel…

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A Writer’s Professional Development

March 17, 2010

…not long to stay when you’ve traveled so far”, we got onto the subject of my recent work in Liberia. Turns out one of the characters in David’s latest book,…

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What I Read on My Summer Vacation

September 14, 2010

…including those submitted for Reading Liberia, for our Nova Scotia writing workshop/retreat, and Brian Doyle‘s as yet unpublished memoir about his adventures and misadventures in education. That’s just a sampling…

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Do you offer writing workshops?

April 8, 2011

…and private homes. I’ve even conducted workshops in Liberia. (If you want me to travel that far to do a workshop, somebody (besides me) has to cover the costs!) I…

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"Lead with your heart"

May 4, 2011

…Reading Liberia a few years ago. It’s what produces a sense of compassion toward someone who might otherwise inspire impatience or irritation. I would probably do well to ‘lead with…

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Endings & Beginnings

June 17, 2011

…charity of Peter’s choosing. More on that in a future post too. Tomorrow I am heading to Liberia for another week of workshops, so I’d best go now and prepare……

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Crossword puzzle

25 Random Things About Me

February 6, 2019

…me. What has changed? Here’s my answer. THEN: I am going to Liberia in February. NOW: One of the writers I worked with there has told me a few of…

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