#ErinBow

[meganwhalenturner]

I've been organizing a writer's retreat since 2018 and this was our first year back since the pandemic. Here's a video of what a house full of writers (at work) looks like. 😁

[rj-anderson]

🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 . To celebrate, I’m featuring the beautiful, lyrical yet often-overlooked debut novel of one of my favorite Canadian (though American-born) authors, @erinbowbooks. PLAIN KATE is a beautiful, haunting story with the resonance of a classic Eastern European fairy tale and also hands-down the most authentically catlike talking cat I’ve read in children’s literature (Taggle! Trust me, you’ll love him). It has a strong girl friendship, a creepy yet magnetic villain, and a twist of wry and welcome humour to leaven the book’s serious explorations of cruelty, loss and grief. It’s not a light fluffy read, but neither is it a hopeless one, and Erin’s poetic prose carves the lights and darks of Kate’s story into luminous relief. . Good for readers 12 and up, and slightly younger readers will enjoy Erin’s most recent, Governor General’s Award-winning contemporary novel STAND ON THE SKY as well. 🇨🇦 . . #bookstagram #bookish #amreading #IReadYA #BookRecommendations #books #reading #readingisfundamental #erinbow #plainkate #canadianauthor #canadianauthors #fairytales #mgreads https://www.instagram.com/p/CCGxHrSAb2U/?igshid=1gmeo8n3bpgzw

[erinbowbooks]

My gray tomcat here is excited to announce that @scholasticcda is reprinting PLAIN KATE. This new edition has hits of red on the cover and of course that seal! Out in the new year. By excited I mean indifferent. But I am excited. #erinbow #middlegrade #mgbooks #plainkate #scholastic #scholasticcanada. Word is it will be in the #scholasticbookfair https://www.instagram.com/p/BrY6RZGn9EH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wvxf8zxpjyun

[greeniezona]

Wow. This #augustwrapup is completely ridiculous. I had several enabling factors this month, chief among them a lot of time spent reading in the car or in waiting rooms and also MY KIDS WERE WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS for most of the month. I knew I’d gotten a lot of reading done this month, but had no idea how much until I stacked it all up. . If I talked about all of these books here I would be here all day, but some highlights: STAND ON THE SKY was a read-aloud for my kids. Supposedly for my oldest, but my youngest liked it so much he made sure to always be around for both his story and his brother’s. Started it much earlier in the summer and finished it last night. An inspiring and well-told MG story that isn’t ownvoices, but is very well researched. 🦅 10 of these books were for #witmonth! Some of these I’d been intending to read for so long. It was fun to have the theme month where so many people were talking about these books and to be able to participate in the conversation. 📚 Three books of poetry, which is a good start to my intention to read poetry more regularly. I liked all of them but probably National Monuments the most. At least, it was the one that had me frantically taking the most notes and reading selections to my husband. ❤️ I predict there is no way that I will be able to tag all of these titles and authors without running afoul of Instagram’s tricky secret tag max, so I will only tag authors. See any books you are curious about in this stack? I would be happy to talk about them more! . . #anneserre #sayakamurata #miekokawakami #emilytesh #irmgardkeun #madeleinebourdouxhe #claricelispector #colette #qiumiaojin #svetlanalexievich #maryroach #erinbow #kimhyesoon #heideerdrich #danezsmith #elissawashuta #bookstack #booknerd https://www.instagram.com/p/B14E7figVuH/?igshid=9pl8y4ejf8q5

[doorinthegrove]

It's the first day of the BookTubeAThon, so I am #currentlyreading The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow 😊 Technically it's for the prompt "Read a book you bought because of the cover", but it might also end up being my "Read a book outside" book because I'm listening to it while re-painting the house 😆 . Reminder! I'm currently hosting a bookish giveaway! Check my page and look for the picture marked with GIVEAWAY for more information 😊 Check the # "ladygreyGA" . . #bookstagram #instabooks #booktography #yalit #bibliophile #booknerd #bookaholic #bookgram #yabooks #bookphotography #yafiction #booklove #booklover #bookaddict #bookworm #audiobook #amreading #thescorpionrules #erinbow #booktubeathon2017 #btat17

[thehillcastle]

“At night the fog was thick and full of light, and sometimes voices.” ~ Erin Bow 🌲🌲🌲 #forest #mist #fog #trees #watercolourforest #mistypines #darkwoodland #sombersociety #darkart #lostinthewoods #lostintheforest #artistlife #darkartsociety #forests #darkforest #darkwoods #erinbow #ghostforest #forestspirit — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2O3wWpY

[teacherofya-blog]

My first attempt at bookstagramming for real! Swans + The Swan Riders = Bookstagram! 😂 #theswanriders #erinbow #bookstagram #bookstagrammer

[meganwhalenturner]

2023 booklist for Small Business Saturday

Middle Grade

Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

I am going to pat myself on the back forever because I hosted the writing retreat where Erin started work on this book. Not many people say, "I'm going to write a middle grade novel that will shine the light of a white hot sun on gun violence and I'm going to make it funny." But Erin did. And it is amazing.

Teen

The Luminaries and The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard

At the launch for The Hunting Moon at Schuler's Books in Grand Rapids, they asked me to describe The Hunting Moon in six words and I said, Magic, Monsters, Witches, Impossible Family Expectations.

This unabashedly teen book was a breath of fresh air for me. Return to a simpler time when teenagers just had to risk their lives killing monsters in enchanted forests while struggling to win approval from people they are beginning to think have really questionable values.

Summer in Orcus by T Kingfisher

Ursula Vernon writes books for younger readers under her own name and everything from YA up to adult under the name T Kingfisher. I could recommend any of her books, but Summer in Orcus has a special place in my heart. Summer's mother wants to keep her safe, so safe that when Baba Yaga offers Summer a portal to the magical realm of Orcus, Summer is through it like a shot.

Adult SF and Fantasy

The Adventures of Amina Al Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

A retired pirate! Who happens to be a mother! Who is torn between her desire to live a nice safe life with her daughter and, you know, piracy.

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

When the new Ambassador from tiny Lesl Station arrives at the capital of the far flung galactic empire, her first job is to figure out who murdered her predecessor. I loved the convolutions in Martine's world building and story telling.

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Lorena Garcia

It's the Jazz Age in Mexico. Someone's been keeping the Mayan God of Death trapped in a trunk at the foot of the bed. And that someone's granddaughter, who is utterly sick and tired of her horrible relatives, has just opened that trunk.

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm

This is an old one. This book was published in 1976 and has recently been republished. I read it thirty years or more ago and have never forgotten it. It's a thoughtful, brutal, beautiful book about the decay of civilization and the importance of individuals, individuality, and the preservation of diversity.

Warrior's Apprentice by Bujold

If you like Gen, I think you'll love Miles. 😁

[brainsbooksandbrawn]

The @simonschusterca team is beyond incredible! •••••••• Came home to one of my most anticipated 2016 books in the mail! It even came signed and personalized (I may have pet it a few times). •••••••• Thank you soooo much Simon & Schuster Canada! This was the best surprise. #bookmail #bookstagram #book #signedbook #erinbow #theswanriders #prisonersofpeace #thescorpionrules

[erinbowbooks]

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LOOK WHAT CAME! 📦 In today’s mail, the first ARCs for my new middle grade STAND ON THE SKY. 🦅 I am embarrassingly excited. Thank you @hmhkids!!!! @scholasticcda #unboxing #unboxingbooks #authorsofinstagram #middlegrade #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #middlegradereads #authorcopies #standonthesky #erinbow #mongolia #eaglehunter https://www.instagram.com/p/BoMr6gNnKsm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v945q8piosza

[greeniezona]

So I’ve been itching to share this commissioned #bookcovercoordinated project for a bit now, because I am SO IN LOVE with how the earrings turned out, and not just because it allowed me to utilize the majority of my surprisingly large collection of pink-lined purple beads. When a friend commissioned me for this project, I was delighted, as I’d just picked up and lingered over this book at the bookstore a few days before, and this gave me an excellent excuse to go back and buy it. Once I finished the earrings, I loved them so much that I immediately made an identical second pair. I haven’t decided yet if I will keep them for myself or make them available on my website. . Anyway, I hope that the author, @erinbowbooks likes them! . . #handmadeearrings #brickstitchearrings #beadedearrings #seedbeadearrings #fringeearrings #sunset #madeinmichigan #standonthesky #erinbow https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhEuMuHsMz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=su5oosnpw5ro

[bookalichious-blog]

Taking a pic of this book because it's cover so perfectly describes what I wanted to do as I walked into my chemistry exam 😅but now, ALL EXAMS FINISHED! Yay! #chemistry #stressfree #exams #examsover #plainkate #erinbow #bookstagram #bookworm #bookenerd #nomorestress #lifeisgreat #lifeisgood

[doorinthegrove]

It's the first day of the BookTubeAThon, so I am #currentlyreading The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow 😊 Technically it's for the prompt "Read a book you bought because of the cover", but it might also end up being my "Read a book outside" book because I'm listening to it while re-painting the house 😆 . Reminder! I'm currently hosting a bookish giveaway! Check my page and look for the picture marked with GIVEAWAY for more information 😊 Check the # "ladygreyGA" . . #bookstagram #instabooks #booktography #yalit #bibliophile #booknerd #bookaholic #bookgram #yabooks #bookphotography #yafiction #booklove #booklover #bookaddict #bookworm #audiobook #amreading #thescorpionrules #erinbow #booktubeathon2017 #btat17

[meghanvarner]

First book of 2016😍 #currentlyreading #booklove #coverlove #bookstagram #ya #erinbow what are you reading first? #booknerd