Sit back and get transported to the steppes of Mongolia where eagle hunting, an age-old tradition is overturned by one young girl’s bravery and determination to train an eagle as author Erin Bow talks about Stand on the Sky, which won the 2019 Governor General’s Award for Young People’s Literature in English. Then hear what’s hair-raising about her book Plain Kate and how Erin explores blood magic to transform an old Russian fairytale for contemporary readers. We finish with Erin reading her poem about Madame Curiewhere Erin puts her science background to poetic means.
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Hosted by Tanis MacDonald
Produced by Frances Roberts Reilly
Edited by Brendon Highmore
Music by Alysha Brilla
Artwork by John Roscoe
Sponsored by The Region of Waterloo Arts Fund
