Erin Bow

This amazing blurb just came in for WITCHWARD BOUND, my talking animal fantasy that's coming out Sept 1. Thank you Jan Flynn for elevating my book to godhood.

WITCHWARD BOUND — my forthcoming middle grade adventure — has its first pre-pub review, and it’s a⭐️from Kirkus. It contains the phrase “like Kate DiCamillo and Kathryn Applegate at their best…” which I might put on, you know, EVERYTHING. Is it gauche to put your Kirkus reviews on a t-shirt?

I have a few hours in Portland this afternoon so naturally I went to Powells Books, where I have never been. Look what I found! Staff pick SIMON SORT OF SAYS on an end cap display! it’s like going to the Vatican and discovering that they made you a saint!

Sometimes my #sketchbookjournal is about things that are on my mind rather than things that are in front of my eyes. It It’s not as satisfying as drawing from life, but it still helps me mark and keep what’s interesting about this day.

One of the first things I noticed about the landscape here was moss on broken lower limbs if the pine trees, and the pale bright hanging curtains of a lichen called witch’s hair moss.

We were all doing dishes last night when someone spotted bears by the pond at the bottom of the slope. A GIANT one and a smaller one. We all went out into the rain to watch from the top of the slope. The giant one even stopped to rear up and scratch her back on a tree trunk.