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Author: Holman Wang
Vancouver Writers Festival!
Holman is extremely pleased to announce that he has joined the board of the Vancouver Writer’s Festival! Holman looks forward to working with all the talented and inspiring folks on the board of directors to support staff in making VWF the best it can be! Read more →
Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival!
I just got back a few days ago from an unforgettable whirlwind trip to the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates! Let me take you on a quick tour! The adventure began at the Vancouver International Airport, where security stopped me for extra inspection. They didn’t like the look of the steel wire armatures on the… Read more →
How Cozy Classics was almost ruined…
… before the series was even published, or, “A lesson on pushing back when your editors have bad ideas.” Most people know that Cozy Classics was originally published by Simply Read Books in 2012, and re-launched with Chronicle Books in 2015. What most people don’t know is that Cozy Classics was actually signed to another publisher—a small independent Vancouver press… Read more →
The Long Journey to Publication
A behind-the-scenes, close-up sneak peek from “Great Job, Mom!” It’s been a while since I’ve blogged—and for good reason! I’ve been working hard to finish my two new picture books, Great Job, Mom! and Great Job, Dad!, which I’m thrilled to say were finished up last week with the delivery of the final art! But I haven’t crossed the finish… Read more →
Cozy Classics in US Weekly!
Wow, we made the supermarket aisle again! A few years back, Cozy Classics was featured in People magazine. This time, it’s US Weekly! It turns out that actress Megan Boone loves our books, and here’s what she has to say about them: I’m loving these very toned-down, Spark-Notes-style books for children called Cozy Classics. Caroline’s reading the baby version of… Read more →
Picture books in progress
2017 — the year of little blogging! That’s because I’ve been too busy this year working on new picture books, which is a good thing! Aside from juggling a busy legal practice and two kids (and all their activities), I’ve been working on two new picture books coming out with Tundra Books in 2019: Great Job, Mom! and Great… Read more →
We’re Off to See The Wizard!
On this day in 1939, Victor Young and His Orchestra recorded “We’re Off to See the Wizard,” one of the most iconic and memorable songs from the Academy Award-winning 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Have a listen! For our version of the Wizard, we stayed true to its original depiction as a massive head on the back of… Read more →
Mayne Island writers’ retreat
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of going to Mayne Island to join CWILLBC‘s writers’ retreat, lead by renowned Canadian author Caroline Adderson (who writes for both adults and children). In addition to me, the “retreaters” included the following Canadian kidlit authors (from the left to right in the photo): Vivien Bowers, whose book Wow Canada! has sold over… Read more →
Happy pub date to us!
Today, our version of The Wizard of Oz is being released by Chronicle Books! Also, re-releases of Jane Eye, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Oliver Twist are also out today, with brand new covers! Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we created this scene, GREEN, from The Wizard of Oz. For the Emerald City, we first bought many cheap… Read more →