“Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.”
– Madeleine L’Engle
Guest blog post: How to recognize miracles
By Molly Cantrell-Kraig I blame Charlton Heston. When I was a little kid, the yearly screening of "The Ten Commandments" was anticipated in our household for a number of reasons. The first of which was its role as a rite of passage to, if not adulthood, at least big kid status, proved through the ability Read more...
Glorious Impossibles: Writing ‘for children’ panel brings together rockstar, award-winning authors
Madeleine said that artists, like children, are good believers. She also denied that writing for children was any different from writing for grownups (a perspective that came up recently during Children’s Book Week). The techniques of fiction are the techniques of fiction. They hold as true for Beatrix Potter as they do for Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Read more...
Catherine Hand, David Paterson, Cornelia Duryee talk adaptations at Walking on Water Conference
When I saw A Wrinkle in Time on stage this spring, I was blown away by the ability of the performers and director to keep the truth of the story while staying true to their medium. I constantly wondered, though: How on earth did they adapt this book so well? We’re thrilled to have a Read more...
Guest blog post: “Are you sure you want to know the future?”
By Judith Lindbergh “Are you sure you want to know the future?” Madeleine asked in all seriousness and waited for my response. She sat up in her four-poster bed, draped in luxuriant covers, and I sat at the edge. She was remarkably generous, inviting so many of her students into her home, nurturing and guiding Read more...
See, hear Katherine Paterson, Audrey Assad at Walking on Water Conference
Dear Ones, Katherine Paterson and Audrey Assad! Are! Coming! And -- you’re invited! I needed to shout that news across the internet. This fall’s first Madeleine L’Engle “Walking on Water” Conference will feature these two creative minds in big ways. (!!) First, let’s talk music: Award-winning singer-songwriter Audrey Assad will be Musician-in-Residence at the conference! Read more...
Guest blog post: A Madeleine L’Engle reader’s coming of age
By RuthAnn Deveney Recently, I read Anne Bogel‘s upcoming release, I’d Rather Be Reading, which is a lovely collection of bookish essays. In the piece entitled, “A Reader’s Coming of Age,” Anne talks about the transition in her early twenties, when she had to go from having books chosen for her to needing to choose her own Read more...