To celebrate the release of Facing the Mountain in Canada I’m posting some pictures of some of the origins of the story – which I’ll be talking about on Cheryl Rainfield’s blog on Monday/Tuesday. I did a similar post when it was released as Raven’s Mountain in Australia last February – I used Polyvore.com then, which I found interesting but a bit frustrating, trying to find the right images: this time they’re my own photographs of things that have sparked thoughts.
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Vancouver Island summer, with my
friend Gay from Red Deer Alberta
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Inukshuk, Vancouver |
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My cousin’s horse, on a ranch north of Lillooet, BC |
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fossilised shark’s tooth, found in Colorado |
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sheltering from hailstorm while climbing Pikes Peak with my dad |
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foothills of Pikes Peak |
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Mount Rundle |
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waterfall on Vancouver Island |
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And the finished book! (Also available as e-book) If you don’t win one of the 5 copies in the Goodreads giveaway, look for it in good bookstores, or from amazon.ca, or Chapters |
Wendy Orr is a Canadian-born Australian writer. Her books for children and adults have been published in 27 countries and won awards around the world. Nim’s Island and Nim at Sea have also become feature films, starring Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin (Nim’s Island) and Bindi Irwin (Return to Nim’s Island.) Her latest book is Cuckoo’s Flight, a companion to the highly acclaimed Bronze Age novels Dragonfly Song and Swallow’s Dance. Read full bio
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