All in Just One Question
Qin Leng is the illustrator of many beautiful books for kids. Her most recent, A Friend is A Friend is a Friend, is a perfect summer time read, particularly for kids headed to camp and nervous about making friends. Fantastic Lou, her debut graphic novel, is also on my list of must-read books this summer. Photo by Lian Leng.
Kyo Maclear answers Just One Question about her collaboration with illustrator Julie Morstad and what it means to be ‘a door person.’
After more than two decades as a celebrated novelist, Camilla Gibb’s debut poetry collection hits stores and libraries this month. In I Used to Be a Pisces, Gibb grapples what it means to feel at home in a time of upheaval.
“A woman learns to swim. A girl falls in love with her teacher. A man hires a humanoid nanny. A woman is abducted by her trash collector. A dying mother recycles time.” The interconnected stories in Alison Gadsby’s debut collection, Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive evoke an unsettling world that mirrors our own.
Tamla T. Young (she/her) is a mom, educator and writer whose journey blends education, creativity, and a relentless pursuit of knowledge. Raised in North America as a child of the Caribbean diaspora, her stories draw from family, culture, and lived experience, enriched by her love of languages, travel, and the arts.
Lindsay Zier-Vogel is many things. She’s the author of books for adults and children, a grant writer, a poet, a dancer, a columnist, a swimmer, a mom, and the creator of the acclaimed The Love Lettering Project. Her new novel, The Fun Times Brigade, examines the enduring challenges of reconciling being an artist with being a mother. It also has the cutest cover I’ve ever seen.
Alison McGauley is the author of Kenzie’s Little Tree, a cozy and comforting story about a young girl’s determination to care for a fragile sapling while also grappling with her mother’s illness.
Jess Hannigan’s debut picture book The Spider in the Well has got it all: gold coins? Check! An entrepreneurial spider? Check! Morally dubious townsfolk? Check, check, check! Join me as I ask Jess just one question about this neon-orange marvel of a book!
