Tag: Nim's Island Archives · Page 2 of 2 · Wendy Orr
17th Sep
Dead Parents in Fiction
A mother and daughter book group reading Nim’s Island wrote to say they were thinking of changing their name to the Dead Parents Book club, as they’d done so many books where…
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15th Jan
Nim’s song for Selkie
Since I’ve been busy with a new character today, Nim said I could put up the song she wrote for Selkie. Selkie’s Song Swimming with Selkie in the sea from NIM’S ISLAND,…
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15th Feb
Nim’s Island book group questions
This post is for Megan from Singapore, who wrote to me last week about doing Nim’s Island in her book club. My email to her has bounced back, so just in case…
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20th Jun
Nim’s Island at the New York Public Library
Loving being back in New York City; my first visit here was when I was planning Nim at Sea and wanted to walk everywhere that Nim would go (though I took the…
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25th Jan
Movieguide Best Family Film Award
What a thrill to hear that Nim’s Island has been nominated for the “Best Movie for Family Audiences” at the upcoming MOVIEGUIDE Awards on February 11th. It’s going to be a gala,…
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23rd Nov
The gift of translation
I was chatting to the Hebrew translator of Nim’s Island today, because she’s about to start work on Nim at Sea – and it struck me what authors owe to their translators.…
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13th Sep
Did I like the Nim’s island film?
I keep being asked if I liked the Nim’s Island film, and so even though I thought I’d expressed my excitement about it all, I thought it was time to say: Yes!…
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14th Jan
How it feels… to have a book turned into a film… – Nim MySpace Blog
Michelle Hamer interviewed me for the Melbourne Age newspaper last Monday. Here’s a link to the piece, which was in Tuesday’s summer supplement. Myspace.com Blogs – How it feels… to have a…
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31st Dec
2007 reflections
What a year it’s been! I was thinking about highlights and lowlights, and thought I better find some wood to knock on – fast – because there’ve hardly been any dark spots.…
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