Amanda LewisJul 303 min readIn Nana's GardenWhen does a "Cliché stereotype" become a "pioneering role model"?
Amanda LewisNov 28, 20234 min readBut Is It YA?My ninth book, Focus. Click. Wind, was released this fall and I’ve been on a book tour doing events and readings at bookstores, festivals...
Amanda LewisAug 1, 20233 min readWhere Do Books Come From?Today is the official launch of Focus. Click. Wind ! As I mark the occasion, I’ve been thinking a lot about the book’s genesis. In some...
Amanda LewisJun 12, 20233 min readLate BloomersAt Doubleday Press, 1962 I come from a family of late bloomers. Or at least, that’s the story I tell myself when I try to deal with the...
Amanda LewisJun 2, 20233 min readCross Cultural RootsFor the months of June and July, I am going to be reposting posts that I wrote for Open Book where I was writer in residence, March 2022....
Amanda LewisDec 28, 20211 min readA HomecomingI’m entering into an exciting new phase of my life. In April, my new book These Are Not the Words will be published by Groundwood Books....