Wishing You the Joy of Story
As I sit at my desk I take joy in the birdsong as cardinals, bluejays and sparrows scramble at my feeder for a meal, a distraction from chaotic holidays. I remember to be grateful for the abundance in my life, family and friends; joys of the holidays beyond the sparkling tree, gifts, special meals, sweet and savory. Nearly every year I hear from at least one reader who has been gifted one of my books, readers with special connections to one of my stories. This year I received this note in an email: [...]
Kates Book Bash a Grand Success
So many great Authors So many great books. Old friends and new. Gratifying to connect with readers. Many thanks to all who came and to the organizers for this super event!
An invitation! Kate’s Book Bash.
You are invited! Come enjoy the book fun! Sunday Dec. 8 (just in time for those Christmas gift book buys) Time: 10AM-3 (plenty of time for reading and crafts and book fun) Where? Ace Hotel in East Liberty Pittsburgh 120 S. Whitfield Street (Easy to get to from far and near!) Read about it here: https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2019/12/02/Kates-Kid-Book-Blast-Kate-Dopirak-Society-Childrens-Book-Writers-Illustrators/stories/201912020004
Book Bash!
Look Where I will Be December 8, 2019. Many great authors will be selling their books. Just in Time for Christmas. Join us for storytimes and other activities. Meet the authors. Buy their books. Get them signed. Celebrate Pittburgh's Literary Scene. Put it on your calendar. Stop by and visit. I look forward to seeing you!
Welcome to Our Neighborhood!
It was a pleasure to present at the WPA SCBWI 2019 conference in Pittsburgh: Welcome to Our Neighborhood. I am passionate about the topic. Creating together with respect honesty and trust is a unique and fulfilling experience. A few things to think about: •Multi-perspective adds richness to a story •Why me? Am I qualified to tell this story/If I don’t who will?/Can? •Am I helping to tell the story in the best way possible for me? My coauthor/ readers and my characters? •As always respect your reader. I never set out to write [...]
Look what just came out in Chinese!
This little books has travelled all around the world. Look where else it has been: Four Feet, Two Sandals (Eerdmans, 2007) by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed; Illustrated by Doug Chayka ***The cities of Bologna and Itabashi have a sister city relationship and are culturally twinned in the promotion of children's books. Each year a translation contest is held in Itabashi, Tokyo in which participants buy selected English or Italian children's books and prepare a translation, which they submit to the competition. This is the 15th year that the Itabashi Translation Contest [...]