Born in england, she moved to toronto as a child her father is the journalist and documentary filmmaker michael maclear. Last week i spoke with cbcs michael enright about stray love and my experience growing up with a foreign correspondent father. She has earned multiple awards, including a governor generals award, the elizabeth mrazikc. Buy the fog by kyo maclear from australias online independent bookstore, boomerang books. Birds art life 2017 by kyo maclear was such a book for me. Her father reported on some significant world events, including recording the first interviews with american pows in north vietnam. This boy, marcel, follows his war reporter guardian to vietnam at the beginning of the conflict. These are just a few facets of this beautiful, sensitive, multilayered novel. Kyo lives in toronto where she shares a home with two sons, two cats, and a musician. Her previous picture books for children include the good little book. Her books have been translated into 15 languages, won a governor generals literary award and been nominated for the td. Maclear stray love, a canadian novelist and childrens author, constructs a literary jewel box into which she places a years worth of ramblings collected while urban birding with a toronto. She was born in london, england, and moved to toronto at the age of four.
Kyo maclear born 1970 is a canadian novelist and childrens author. Kyo maclear is the author of many books for children, including bloom. Kyo maclears second novel, stray love, explores themes established in her amazon first novel awardnominated the letter opener. Maclear is new to me, though she has written two books for adults, the letter opener and stray love, and five illustrated books for children. One recent winter she found herself at a loss for words. Curious about what prompted this young urban artist to suddenly embrace nature, kyo decides to follow him for a year and find out.
Toronto writer kyo maclear launches two books on march 22 virginia wolf for children and stray love for adults. Stray love is a vibrant and deeply moving book about a boy of uncertain origins who seeks belonging in a world of harsh divides and stifling conventions. One thing you can say about kyo maclears birds art life. Notable works, the letter opener, stray love, spork, virginia wolf. In other news, kyoma clear is also working hard to secure some amazing products for our bathtub and water dispenser line up. He watches as american troops transform the city and he discovers his artistic talent. A field guide to the small and significant, will be published in january 2017. I read spork because i really like picture books written by kyo maclear and picture books illustrated by isabelle arsenault, and this seems to be a very popular one, but i like it less than others from both of them. I gloriously gloomy books for the very young kyomaclear uncategorized no comments. We bought these two tale spinners coffee and let them get. Kyo s latest book is birds art life a writers search for inspiration, beauty, and solace leads her to birds in this engaging meditation on creativity, caretaking, and life. A song about sharing thats sure to lift readers spirits as well. This book is about a spork, the offspring of a spoon and fork.
Julia, child by kyo maclear, julie morstad, paperback. The letter opener, her first novel for adults, won the k. Kyo maclear lives in toronto where she shares a home with two sons, two cats, a musician and a truckload of books. Stray love is a playful and profound novel of betrayal and resurrection set in 1960s london and saigon. She is the author of two acclaimed novels for adults, the letter opener and stray love, and numerous beloved books for children, including julia, child and the good little book. Stray love paperback march 19, 20 by kyo maclear author. Kyo maclear toronto international festival of authors.
The national post maclear works in a genre that i believe she has invented. Together, the book is a compelling story to read and to look at. Stray loves narrator and protagonist is marcel, an orphaned boy growing up in postwwii britain with oliver, a journalist who has taken on raising him. This same delicate artistry is repeated by the remarkably beautiful and restrained illustrations of julie morstad. While stray love is entirely a work of fiction, it is informed by her experiences living with her father.
Maclear is a canadian novelist the letter opener 2007 and stray love 2012 who has also written five muchloved childrens books. Her followup novel, stray love, appeared on several notable best of 2012 lists. Stray love is the unforgettable story of marcel, an orphan growing up in postwar england. Her writing has appeared in the millions, the volta, the guardian, and the globe and mail, among other publications. Kyo maclear is a novelist, essayist and childrens author. A story of fashion designer elsa schiaparelli,and some for adults.
Kyo maclears latest book chronicles a looseknit family over three generations, spread across almost a century and much of the planet. Hunter artists award and was shortlisted for the amazon. Born of an adulterous affair in london, england, marcel is ethnically ambiguous, growing up in the racially charged. The beautiful afterlife of dead books essay kyo maclear. The title of toronto writer kyo maclears second novel provides many clues as to whats between the covers. In 2012, kyo maclear met a local toronto musician with an equally captivating side passionhe had recently lost his heart to birds. Kyo maclear is an essayist, novelist and author of childrens books. Kyo maclears witty story, brought to life with the delicate, misty artwork of kenard pak, is a poignant yet humorous reminder of the importance of environmental awareness. The fog by kyo maclear 9781770494923 boomerang books.
A field guide to the small and significant, published in january 2017. She is the author of two acclaimed novels for adults, the letter opener and stray love, and numerous beloved books for children, including julia, child and the. This season we will be focusing on bottleless water dispensers. Kyo maclear is a novelist, essayist, and childrens author. Marion arbona was born in france in the early eighties. Kyo maclears latest author to write for both children and. My new novel, stray love, which will be published this march, features a boy named marcel who grows up to be an illustrator. Kyo maclear wins trillium book award for birds art life. Maclear, author of the critically acclaimed the letter opener, shines in her newest novel, stray love. Stray love, appeared on several notable best of 2012 lists. Kyo maclear is an essayist, novelist, and childrens author. Kyo maclears new novel is published as stray love in canada and appears in australianew zealand as a thousand tiny truths.
While stray love is entirely a work of fiction, it is informed by her experiences living. A story of fashion designer elsa schiaparelli, and. Her books have been translated into fifteen languages and published in over twenty countries. Winnipeg facebook like the kyo maclear page on facebook.
A quirky, enchanting tale of literary love and loss and love found again that will win the heart of even the most reluctant reader. Book trailer for kyo maclears first childrens book, spork kids can press, 2010 whether writing for adults or kids, maclear brings wit and whimsy to creating wonderful worlds through. She captures the era of the 1960s with all its upheaval through the eyes of a young mixedrace boy. An absorbing novel about the redemptive power of love, with a hidden twist. The novel includes two gorgeous drawings by canadian artist heather frise. Toronto kyo maclear launches virginia wolf for children and stray love for adults on march 22, part of a growing trend of writers crossing genres. Her new novel, stray love, is about a man trying to forgive his adoptive father for failing to be entirely honest about his real parents. A trailer for kyo maclears latest novel, stray love. Yak and dove by kyo maclear, 9781770494947, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. An offbeat story of a list loving family, an unexpected visitor, a raft of balloons, and a boy brimming with big. The good little book by kyo maclear penguin random house canada. Kyos latest book is birds art life a writers search for inspiration, beauty, and solace leads her to birds in this engaging meditation on creativity, caretaking, and life. Kyo maclear launches virginia wolf and stray love the star. Kyo maclears birds art life won the trillium book award in the englishlanguage prose category.
Kyo maclear is a critically acclaimed, awardwinning author for big people and little people. She was born in london, england and moved to toronto at the age of four. Praise for julia, child julia, child is not only a book about the joy of cooking, but the wonder of childhood, and, like the best cooking, is meant to be savored i guarantee itll leave you hungry. Toronto writer kyo maclears lovely second novel is set in presentday london and vietnam warera saigon and tells the story an adopted son of a british.