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Meet the Storyteller: Anuradha Kumar and her Writing Journeys

gb_admin — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:00:11 +0000

We are truly happy to welcome Anuradha Kumar in GatheringBooks today. A warm welcome to you, Anu. How long have you been writing books for children? Do share with us your journeys that led you to weaving stories for kids. When did you realize that this was what you were meant to do? I did …

Meet the Storyteller: Noel Cabangon’s “Ako ay Isang Mabuting Pilipino”

gb_admin — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:00:44 +0000

It is such a joy to welcome one of my favorite singer-songwriters in GatheringBooks today. His first picture book for children, Ako Ay Isang Mabuting Pilipino, has just recently been published October of this year. What a privilege to hear his thoughts about his first book. What made you decide to transform your song into …

Meet the Storyteller: Cyan Abad-Jugo’s Musical and Literary Journeys

gb_admin — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:00:44 +0000

Welcome to GatheringBooks, Cyan. It is truly our pleasure to feature your voice here in our site for our Meet the Storyteller. We are glad that you could find the time to share a few of your thoughts about literature, poetry, and your latest YA novel, Salingkit, with us and our readers. I could not …

Candy Gourlay’s Not-so-Tall Stories about Being an Author, a Journalist, and Finding Home in a Foreign Land

gb_admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:50:26 +0000

It truly is a privilege to feature the much-celebrated and talked-about Candy Gourlay in GatheringBooks for our Festival of Asian Literature and the Immigrant Experience bimonthly theme. Welcome, Candy! As I was doing my internet-research of various interviews conducted with Candy, I knew that it is inevitable that I would ask fairly similar questions. I would …

Interview Wednesday: The Women [and Poetry] in Margarita’s Writings

gb_admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:00:02 +0000

We thought that it is especially fitting to highlight Margarita’s works and her voice during National Poetry Month and as we celebrate Girl Power and Women’s Wiles theme since she has written a lot of novels about powerful women and their life story narratives. In this feature, we hope to hear more about Margarita’s influences …

Christopher Cheng’s Creative Spookiness

gb_admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:38:32 +0000

We are truly privileged to have Chris Cheng with us today. Welcome to GatheringBooks, Chris! We planned on having several features on Chris, unfortunately, his book Sounds Spooky is not yet available for loan here in our community libraries here in Singapore. So we shall do a quickie Q and A with him for the …

Holly Thompson and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

gb_admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:00:29 +0000

In this Interview, Holly shares some of her roles and responsibilities being the Regional Advisor of the Tokyo Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (www.scbwi.jp).

A Snapshot of Holly’s Life in Japan – Part One of Four

gb_admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:00:31 +0000

We are privileged to feature Holly Thompson for our Meet the Storyteller here in GatheringBooks this November and December. Interview Wednesday is being hosted this week by the extremely talented Uma Krishnaswami in Writing with a Broken Tusk. Holly is a long-time resident in Japan and has been described as an “artist of the cross-cultural …

All about Ken Spillman – Part One of Four

gb_admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:30:56 +0000

I had the honor of meeting Ken Spillman thru the introduction of Serene Wee – our very first featured Storyteller for BehindtheBooks. Ken and I also had the lovely opportunity to exchange a few words during the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) here in Singapore May of this year. There has also been a feature …

Interview Wednesday: Creative Journeys of Paolo Fabregas

gb_admin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:30:54 +0000

Last week, we posted the First of our 2-part Feature on Paolo Fabregas where we had a Q & A with him about his recently published Graphic Novel: Filipino Heroes League. This time around, we shall be discussing more about his Creative Journeys and his pathways to becoming the graphic novelist that he is now. …