The Landshut State Library’s Youth Reading Club produced a fabulous video presenting my book Future Fairy Tales, their German Children’s Literature Award nominee for the Best Teen Read (Preis der Jugendjury) 2023. Take a look!
Upcoming Events
21 March 2024 • 09:45
Everlasting/Infinitissimo Bilingual Reading
closed school reading from Everlasting/Infinitissimo at Goethe Gymnasium Steglitz
Berlin
Everlasting/Infinitissimo Bilingual Reading
closed school reading from Everlasting/Infinitissimo at Goethe Gymnasium Steglitz
Berlin
23 April 2024 • 10:00
Readings from Future Fairy Tales
English-language school readings in der Zentralbibliothek Wall-Saal
Bremen
Readings from Future Fairy Tales
English-language school readings in der Zentralbibliothek Wall-Saal
Bremen
23 April 2024 • 19:00
Reading from Future Fairy Tales
public English-language reading in the Bibliothek Vegesack
Bremen
Reading from Future Fairy Tales
public English-language reading in the Bibliothek Vegesack
Bremen
24 April 2024 • 10:00
Readings with Future Fairy Tales
English-language school readings in the Bücherei Vahr, Berliner Freiheit
Bremen
Readings with Future Fairy Tales
English-language school readings in the Bücherei Vahr, Berliner Freiheit
Bremen
2 July 2024 • 17:30
Reading — Future Fairy Tales
Outdoor German-language public reading, free entrance; Mittelpunktbibliothek, Theodore-Heuss-Bibliothek, Hauptstraße 40, 10827
Berlin-Schöneberg
Reading — Future Fairy Tales
Outdoor German-language public reading, free entrance; Mittelpunktbibliothek, Theodore-Heuss-Bibliothek, Hauptstraße 40, 10827
Berlin-Schöneberg
7 November 2024 • 09:45
German Reading from “Whispering Leaves”
closed, German-language reading from the novel “Blätterrauscshen” (“Whispering Leaves”) in the school Grunschule unter dem Regenbogen.
Berlin-Marzahn
German Reading from “Whispering Leaves”
closed, German-language reading from the novel “Blätterrauscshen” (“Whispering Leaves”) in the school Grunschule unter dem Regenbogen.
Berlin-Marzahn
6 December 2024 • 19:00
Dinner Talk – Fairy Tales and Narrative Tradition
Theater an der Parkaue – Let's eat and talk about fairy tales and narrative traditions with Holly-Jane Rahlens, Prof. Dr. Mensah Wekenon Tokponto and Maria Carmela Marinelli, presented by Geraldine Mormin; Admission: € 7,00-9,00.
Berlin-Lichtenberg
Dinner Talk – Fairy Tales and Narrative Tradition
Theater an der Parkaue – Let's eat and talk about fairy tales and narrative traditions with Holly-Jane Rahlens, Prof. Dr. Mensah Wekenon Tokponto and Maria Carmela Marinelli, presented by Geraldine Mormin; Admission: € 7,00-9,00.
Berlin-Lichtenberg
Nominated!
Incredible, but true! Future Fairy Tales (Rotfuchs/Rowohlt Verlag) was nominated by the Youth Jury for the German Youth Literature Prize, the most prestigious award in Germany for children’s and teen reads, akin to the Newbery and Caldecott Medals in the US. I am both thrilled and grateful. What a gift! What an honor!
Best in Landshut!
Thrilled to be on the Best List 2022 – Auserlesen – from the Youth Jury Landshut with my book Future Fairy Tales. “It’s a collection of stories that shows that fairy tales and the subjects they deal with have lost none of their relevance,” writes the youth jury, summing it up with: “Futuristic fairy tales embedded in a brilliant fantasy frame story.”
The list also functions as the nomination list for the Landshuter Teen Book Prize. Beginning in January school classes, grades 7-10, have the opportunity to read these books in class and then rate them. In the fall, the winners will be announced at a gala reception sponsored by the mayor’s office. Wish me luck!