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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Who is Lemony Snicket?
Daniel Handler was born in 1970 and raised in San Francisco, where he lives now. He attended Lowell High School and then graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992. His Mum, Sandra Handler Day, was an opera singer and Daniel himself also sang opera in the 80's with the San Francisco Boys Chorus. His Dad, Lou Handler, was a CPA. His parents actually met at the Opera. Handler says, "My mother was playing Aida, and she remains to this day the hippest white woman in San Francisco." She must be pretty hip since Sept. 5, 2003, Sandra Handler's birthday, was designated a holiday by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, honouring her years of service as dean of social and behavioural sciences at City College of San Francisco.
Handler also loves opera sang with the San Francisco Boys Chorus in the early '80s in productions of "La Boheme," "Carmen," "Tosca" and others.
As a young child, Daniel was acutely aware of the fact that terrible things sometimes happen to children. His father fled Germany in childhood, and Daniel grew up knowing about the frightening events of the Holocaust at a very tender age.
No doubt that influenced his world view and his later writing.
He has been quoted as saying "I was the sort of kid that was funny enough that I wouldn't get beat up."
Handler's favorite book as a child was 'The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily' by Italian author Dino Buzzati. He influenced his publisher to bring the long out of print book back into print.
Here is a trailer of Lemony's new book 'The Dark'
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Who is Anna Fienberg?
Anna Fienberg
grew up in a house filled with books. Her mother was a teacher librarian who relished stories as much as chocolates. 'On Sunday mornings we'd all lie in bed with our books, lost in magical wardrobes, witches’ spells, genies’ magic… What we were going to read next was just as important in our family as what was for lunch!' says Anna. Anna started writing stories when she was eight, but never imagined being an author. She studied psychology, fascinated by the dark world of dreams. She gave up counselling after an unfortunate incident with an enraged man and a chair (he missed!), began writing and scored the best job in the world. 'Working for School Magazine was a treat,' Anna says. 'I couldn't believe you could get paid for sitting back comfortably in your chair, cappuccino in hand, reading over a thousand books a year. Heaven!' Of course, as an editor she also had to write reviews and articles, stories and plays. One of those stories for School Magazine later became her first book. 'Tashi began as a conversation with my mother. She was telling me how, when she was a child, she used to tell whoppers. Creative fibs. Tall stories. And the kids would crowd around, dying to hear the latest tale. We began talking about a character like her - a character who told fantastic stories - and over many cups of tea we cooked up Tashi’ - Anna Fienberg
grew up in a house filled with books. Her mother was a teacher librarian who relished stories as much as chocolates. 'On Sunday mornings we'd all lie in bed with our books, lost in magical wardrobes, witches’ spells, genies’ magic… What we were going to read next was just as important in our family as what was for lunch!' says Anna. Anna started writing stories when she was eight, but never imagined being an author. She studied psychology, fascinated by the dark world of dreams. She gave up counselling after an unfortunate incident with an enraged man and a chair (he missed!), began writing and scored the best job in the world. 'Working for School Magazine was a treat,' Anna says. 'I couldn't believe you could get paid for sitting back comfortably in your chair, cappuccino in hand, reading over a thousand books a year. Heaven!' Of course, as an editor she also had to write reviews and articles, stories and plays. One of those stories for School Magazine later became her first book. 'Tashi began as a conversation with my mother. She was telling me how, when she was a child, she used to tell whoppers. Creative fibs. Tall stories. And the kids would crowd around, dying to hear the latest tale. We began talking about a character like her - a character who told fantastic stories - and over many cups of tea we cooked up Tashi’ - Anna Fienberg
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Artwork by Marco C. Stage 2
Marco would like to share with you, his interpretation of the War Lord and Tashi from the Big Big Big Book of Tashi
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