Holly Thompson
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News & EventsApril 2012 School Visits Schools in Massachusetts, USA March 2012 Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction--An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories publication date: March 10! School Visits Schools in Maine and Massachusetts, USA International School Bangkok, Thailand February 2012 Orchards paperback edition due out February 12! Conference: Asia-Pacific Poetry Festival, reading at the Temple of Literature, Hanoi, Vietnam School Visits: Seisen International School, Tokyo January 2012 Orchards listed as a YALSA 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults title Award! Orchards wins APALA Asian/Pacific American Award in Literature in the Young Adult Literature category Essay "The Seven Herbs...of Spring?" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan December 2011 School Visits: Nishimachi International School, Tokyo Poem "Golden Week in Ibarazu" published in Sunrise from Blue Thunder, a Pirene's Fountain Anthology November 2011 Presentations at the Manila International Literary Festival, Philippines, November 16, 17, 18 September 2011 Essay "Autumn's Song" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan Orchards nominated for YALSA 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults August 2011 Essay "Tending to the Ancestors" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan July 2011 Story "Playing Cicada" in Literary Mama June 2011 Book: Tomo, a YA anthology of Japan-related fiction, announced! Presentations: "Writing YA Verse Novels" at the SCBWI Tokyo Writers' Night, June 11. "Researching a Bicultural YA Novel in Verse" for the Society of Writers, Editors and Translators (SWET), June 10. May 2011 Conference Presentations: "Author/Illustrator School Visits: Creating your Best Programs" and "Of Power and Emotions: Writing Fiction for Young Adults" at the Asian Festival of Children's Content, Singapore, May 26-29. Presentation: "Crafting Stories Across Cultures" for Japan Red Cross Language Service Volunteers Essay "Car Shopping" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan Essay "What the Daibutsu Knows" in Write for Tohoku School Visits: Canadian International School Singapore Australian International School Singapore April 2011 Presentation: "Writing YA Verse Novels" at SCBWI Tokyo Writers' Night--Focus on Writing for Young Adults, April 16 School Visit: Yokohama International School, Yokohama, Japan March 2011 Orchards Readings: Congregation B'nai Israel, Northampton, MA Sunday, March 13, 1:30 pm Concord Bookshop, Concord, MA Friday, March 11, 4 pm February 2011 Orchards publication day February 22!! Essay "Pegging Seaweed" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan School Visits: International School of Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Butterfly School, Popeae, Cambodia Panel reading with five other poets at the AWP Conference, February 5, Washington, D.C.: Innovations, Migrations, and Translations: Contemporary Poetry in Tokyo [Holly's appearance canceled due to family emergency] January 2011 Conference: SCBWI International Winter Conference in New York, January 28-30 November 2010 School Visit: Nishimachi International School, Tokyo, Japan Essay "Culture Day Biculturally Speaking" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan Article "The Nail That Sticks Out Gains...Admission" in Bilingual Japan October 2010 Presentation at the Japan Writers Conference in Tokyo: Of Power and Emotions: Writing Fiction for Teens, October 11 September 2010 Essay "Harvest Days--Mikan, Mosquitoes and Hot Baths" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan May 2010 Conference: Asian Festival of Children's Content, Singapore, May 6-9. Panel presentations: "How to Create the Best Multicultural Books for Readers," "Insider's Guide to Getting Published," and "What is Young Adult Fiction? Where it Came From and Where it is Heading" March 2010 Essay "O-Bento Life" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan Presentation: Writers’Day with Holly Thompson, March 6, SCBWI Hong Kong Session 1 Novel Revision: Techniques and Tips Session 2 Plotting Across Cultures: A Workshop on Writing Intercultural Fiction School visits: Japanese International School, Hong Kong Yokohama International School, Yokohama, Japan Conference: Writing Across Cultures Symposium, Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership, Hong Kong, March 9-10 December 2009 Essay "Pounding in the New Year" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan School visit: Nishimachi International School, Tokyo November 2009 Sold! Holly Thompson's verse novel Orchards sold by agent Jamie Weiss Chilton of Andrea Brown Literary Agency to editor Francoise Bui of Delacorte in a 2-book deal. Presentation, November 22 at JALT 2009 Story Circles, Story Starts: L2 Fiction Writing October 2009 Featured, October 17, in the Japan Times article Artist of the Cross-Cultural Landscape by Kris Kosaka Presentations on October 17 and 18 at the Japan Writers Conference in Kyoto Writing for Children: The Picture Book Tackling Novel Revision: Techniques and Tips Conference: Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program Retreat August 2009 Conference: SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles, August 7-10 May 2009 Reading and Panel, May 16: Writing Multicultural Families: A Reading and Panel Discussion of Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering with Suzanne Kamata, editor, and contributors Holly Thompson, Leza Lowitz and Angela Turzynski-Azimi at the Foreign Correspondents Club Japan, Tokyo, presented by the Society of Editors, Writers and Translators. Essay: "Two Versions of Immersion" published in the anthology Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering edited by Suzanne Kamata (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing) April 2009 Reading, April 25: Fourth Ward School Reading, Virginia City, Nevada--Jane Yolen, Yuyi Morales, musician Susan Botich with Holly Thompson, Jude Mandell, Abe Berstein, and Andie Mock School Visit: Yokota West Elementary School, Tokyo Conference: Nevada SCBWI Spring Conference March 2009 School Visits: Yokohama International School, Yokohama American School in Japan, Tokyo St. Maur International School, Yokohama February 2009 School Visits: Canadian Academy, Kobe Marist Brothers International School, Kobe Nishimachi International School, Tokyo January 2009 Award: The Wakame Gatherers is named a "Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2009" by the National Council for the Social Studies in cooperation with the Children's Book Council Mentor Program: Accepted into the Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program for work on a verse novel October 2008 Reading, October 24: Fiction Reading of short story "Playing Cicada" at Temple University Japan, Tokyo Writing Workshop, October 18: Writing Workshop with Authors Holly Thompson and Suzanne Kamata: Character, Setting and Problem at the SCBWI Tokyo Writers' Day 2008 August 2008 Interview: Interview with Holly Thompson by Annie Donwerth Chikamatsu on the blog Here and There Japan Article: "Noma Concours Awards; Gateway to Success for Asian Picture Book Artists" in the SCBWI Bulletin July 2008 Teaching East Asia Study Tour Presentation: Kamakura through the Eyes of an Author in Koshigoe, Kamakura, the setting for The Wakame Gatherers; see the Society of Writers, Editors and Translators SWET Weblog for a post about this event May 2008 School Visit: Saint Mary's International School Guest Blogger: Society of Writers, Editors and Translators Guest Blogger on SWET Weblog through November 2008 April 2008 Interview: Interview of Holly Thompson by Avery Udagawa, "On Wakame and Bicultural Fiction for Children" in the Society of Writers, Editors and Translators Newsletter, Number 119 and on the SWET website March 2008 School Visit: Yokohama International School February 2008 Readings: Hamilton-Wenham Library, Hamilton, MA Feb. 6 Forbes Library, Northampton, MA Feb. 11 School Visits: N. Andover, Andover, Northampton, MA Conferences: SCBWI New York Associated Writers Programs New York January 2008 Interview: Interview with Holly Thompson by Suzanne Kamata in the online children's literature monthly The Edge of the Forest Presentation: Co-presentation on the creation of The Wakame Gatherers, Shen’s Books, with illustrator Kazumi Wilds at SCBWI Tokyo Author and Illustrator Showcase December 2007 Presentation: "Picture Books--From Idea to Publication" for SCBWI Taiwan, Taipei November 2007 Panel Presentation for the Bilingualism Special Interest Group at JALT 2007 October 2007 Publication: Picture book The Wakame Gatherers, Shen’s Books Presentations: “Poetry Circles” and “Writing for Children and Breaking into the Children’s Book Market” at the First Annual Japan Writers Conference, Tokyo. September 2007 Moderator: “Writers’ Café: Dianne Highbridge on Writing and Publishing Fiction,” Society of Writers, Editors and Translators, Tokyo. August 2007 Residency: Tasmanian Writers’ Centre Writing Residency courtesy of the Hobart City Council: a one-month writing residency in the TWC’s Hobart Writer’s Cottage. Workshop presentations in Hobart and Launceston, Tasmania: “Writing Intercultural Fiction.” July 2007 Article: “Gateway for the Imagination: The Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations,” in Kyoto Journal #67. Article: “Featured Author: Interview with Matthew Gollub,” in Carp Tales SCBWI Tokyo Newsletter. June 2007 Presentation: SCBWI Mongolia Workshops: “Writing and Illustrating for Children,” Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. See the June 2007 entry of illustrator John Shelley's blog Shelley Scraps Featured: “Women Writers in Japan,” by Suzanne Kamata in Being Abroad Magazine May 2007 Presentation: “On Teaching Writing in Japan,” Seinan Jo Gakuin Junior and Senior High School teacher workshops, Kitakyushu, Japan. Award: Finalist, 2006 Dana Award in the Portfolio for two short stories and a novel excerpt. March 2007 Reading: Four Stories in Osaka, Japan. February 2007 Presentation: “What SCBWI Can Do for Writers and Illustrators in Asia” at the Taiwan International Book Exhibit, Taipei, Taiwan. Conference: SCBWI New York January 2007 Presentation: “Creative Writing, Creative Thinking,” Yokohama International School Chowa Presentation, Yokohama, Japan. August 2006 Award: Honorable Mention for the picture book manuscript The Three Sunlights, Smart Writers W.I.N. (Write It Now) writing contest. June 2006 Review: Allen Say’s Kamishibai Man in Kyoto Journal #63. November 2005 Article: “Cultivating Fiction in Rural Japan” in the SCBWI Bulletin. March 2005 Award: Novel-in-progress awarded Honors, George Bennett Fellowship Writer-in-Residence competition. |
