2016 – Page 2 – Janet Ruth Heller

Fun Book Signing at Schuler Books in Grand Rapids on December 10, 2016

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:December 13, 2016
Post category:Autographing Books Children's Literature Literature Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

I had a great time at my book signing at Schuler Books in Grand Rapids. Dawne Webber of the Michigan chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators organized this event. I enjoyed meeting the other two authors who shared this signing with me, PJ Lyons and Erica M. Chapman. Erica has a brand-new young adult novel, and PJ writes books based on Bible stories for young children. I think that we three made a good team, and all of us sold books. (more…)

“Recent Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults” Panel and “Using Poems to Get Students to Write” Presentation at Michigan Reading Association Conference in Grand Rapids on Saturday, March 11, 2017

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:December 4, 2016
Post category:Advice for Writers Books Bullying Chapter Book Children's Literature Conference Presentations Education Fiction Historical Fiction Janet's Speaking Events Literature Multicultural Literature Nonfiction Parenting Picture Book Poetry Workshop for Teachers Writing Workshop

Authors and scholars Janet Ruth Heller and Jennifer Burd will discuss “Recent Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults” at the Michigan Reading Association’s Conference at the DeVos Place Convention Center at 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 in the Gallery Overlook G room from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (more…)

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I love books by British writers P. D. James, Seamus Heaney, S. T. Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Judy Blume, Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Jim Daniels, Mong-Lan, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Ríos, Gail B. Griffin, Jerry Spinelli, Jane Yolen, Kathryn Erskine, Gary D. Schmidt, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks, Marge Piercy, Grace Paley, Alicia Ostriker, Jaimy Gordon; South African writer Athol Fugard;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon; and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico García Lorca, Ruben Darío, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillén, Pedro Salinas, and Dámaso Alonso.

I also love Japanese haiku, especially those by Matsuo Bashō.

My writing has been influenced by many other authors, including British writers Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon, and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ruben Dario, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillen, Pedro Salinas, and Damaso Alonso.