Of all the gers on all the steppes in all the world, this one is dearest to my heart. In the summer of 2015, I lived here. Here's the scoop: to find a shape for a story set in Mongolia, I went to Mongolia. Together with my friend Seanan Forbes and our guide Tansaya Khajikhan (daughter of eagle hunters and holder of a degree in gender studies), I lived with and worked alongside a family of Kazakh nomads in the Olgii aimag (province) in westernmost Mongolia. . The eventual result was a middle-grade adventure called STAND ON THE SKY, out March 5 from @HMHKids and @scholasticcanada Over the next few months I have many pictures to share. I’m pushing them out on my instagram and they should feed in here on Tumblr. If I am organized I may occasionally do a round-up of like landscapes or critters or some such. In the meantime, over on Insta, you can follow #StandOnTheSkyPhotos for more, or #StandOnTheSky for book news.
All Mongolian pics are by Seanan Forbes, writer, photographer, traveller, teaching artist. The grants that sent me to Mongolia came from the Canada Council and from the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund. #canadacouncil#regionofwaterlooartsfund
