About the Author
Robin Stevenson
Robin Stevenson, award-winning author (including Governor General Award) of more than 20 books for kids and teens, including the Stonewall Honor book, PRIDE: Celebrating Diversity and Community. Her books have been translated into many languages. Robin lives in Victoria, B.C. with her family and has been involved with refugee sponsorship since 2015.
Throughout 2020, All Lit Up-er Tan Light is participating in BookRiot's Read Harder Challenge—a reading task designed to expand readerly boundaries—and doing so with an indie twist. Each entry in this series will highlight one or two completed challenges along with ... Read more
Women who love murder, translations of fantastical lit, and a cat named Ghost were just some of this week's happenings on All Lit Up. Scroll on for our weekly recap!
In advance of International Day of Tolerance tomorrow, author Robin Stevenson tells us how her involvement in refugee work led to writing Ghost's Journey: A Refugee Story (Rebel Mountain Press), a new children's book inspired by the true story of two gay refugees, Rainer ... Read more
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