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My Mayor’s Mega-Minute Reading Challenge speech

By Edward Willett in Blog, Books
September 30, 2011
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As writer-in-residence at the Regina Public Library, I was asked to give a brief speech at today’s launch of Regina’s annual Mayor’s Mega-Minute Reading Challenge at Jack MacKenzie School. And rather than ad-lib, as is my wont, I actually wrote something down (not that I read it word for word). Here it is: *** Hi, …

World Book Day Saskatchewan a success!

By Edward Willett in Blog
April 23, 2009
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I attended a terrific event today at Regina’s St. Gabriel and Jack MacKenzie schools. Called World Book Day Saskatchewan, it was a celebration of Saskatchewan authors. Besides myself, Alison Lohans, Anne Patton, Dave Glaze, Deana Driver, Glenda Goertzen, Jean Freeman, Judith Silverthorne, Linda Aksomitis, Lori Punshon, Mary Harelkin Bishop, Maureen Ulrich, Mercedes Montgomery, Myrna …

Photo of the Day that was Actually Taken Tuesday: Me in Rouleau

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 20, 2009
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I had a school reading in Rouleau (Corner Gas-watching readers may know it better as Dog River) on Tuesday. Here I am in “action” (I use the term loosely) reading a few pages from my new YA SF proposal. I also read from Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky, talked about myself (I’m very good at …

My favorite email of the year…

By Edward Willett in Blog
December 14, 2008
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…came from a teacher in a school I visited not too long ago. The book of mine in question is Marseguro: Your books have become the absolute fascination of a young boy in Grade 10 who is self-proclaimed to be a non-reader! (He) exclaims about his novel, your novel, every day in English class. He …

Yes, I’m still alive…

By Edward Willett in Blog
June 8, 2008
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…I just haven’t been blogging. Busy, busy busy busy, is why. And what have I primarily been busy with? Well, I’m currently the writer-in-residence at Michael A. Riffel High School here in Regina. This is a program sponsored by the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, and it’s been an interesting experience. I’ve primarily been doing classroom presentations–more …

Why do I read science fiction?

By Edward Willett in Blog
August 9, 2007
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It comes down to both nature and nurture, says Carol Pinchefsky in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show: Paul Allen, a reader of science fiction and a practicing clinical psychotherapist for 22 years, says my temperament predisposes me to a love of science fiction. Each of us has a temperament, that is, a part of …

Sports, schmorts

By Edward Willett in Blog
August 7, 2007
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Orson Scott Card writes an extended rant about sports that echoes many thoughts of my own, as a non-athletic kid. I particularly liked these lines: There is no excuse for athletes being more respected and honored in school than scholars. But few indeed are the high schools that provide scholars and musicians and actors and …

I must be a real writer!

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 28, 2007
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A while back Andrea Bellerive, the daughter of a friend of mine, chose me (me!) to focus on for an Authors’ Fair at her school, St. Pius X, here in Regina. I popped by this afternoon to see the finished result, and was quite thrilled. (My apologies for the poor quality of this photo–I only …

Photos of the Day: Reading in Lipton

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 16, 2007
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This morning I drove up to Lipton, about 90 km northeast of Regina, for two readings at Lipton School: one to Grades 5 to 8, and one to Grade 9 to 12. I read a little bit of Andy Nebula to the younger group and a bit of Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky to the …