by Melanie Jeffs | May 30, 2019 | Books for Young People, Education, News & Musings
Tomorrow is the last day of Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, so we’re going to take some time to talk about mental health. Did you know that mental health issues are the most disabling types of disorders for youth and that right now, 3.2 million...
by Melanie Jeffs | May 15, 2019 | Books for Young People, Education, News & Musings
Award-winning author K.L. Denman toyed with the idea of becoming a journalist when she was in school. She chose the life of a fiction writer instead, and I’m glad she did. The world of Canadian Children’s Literature is much richer thanks to her contributions. Her...
by Melanie Jeffs | Jan 30, 2019 | book industry, Books for Young People, Education, News & Musings
Lessons from Sophie Trophy Were you a well-behaved child? I got into trouble now and again. In fact, Grade 3 was a rough time for me. I was often in trouble at school, and when the rest of the class got to use pens to write in cursive, I was only allowed to print...
by Melanie Jeffs | Aug 28, 2018 | News & Musings
Earlier this month, Jon and I took some time off to visit Cape Scott, a provincial park at the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island. We mentioned the trip to artist dea Kearns and her partner, and we learned that we would be passing the Bernt Ronning Garden, the site...
by Melanie Jeffs | Jun 21, 2018 | News & Musings
At the end of May, I attended a printing seminar at Friesens, a printing company in Altona, Manitoba. It was a three-day course packed with learning. They covered every aspect of the book printing process, from the moment a publisher sends digital files to the final...
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