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 Curie where 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