Today, when I asked the children, ‘Who’s read my book?’ all their hands shot straight up. I don’t think there’s anything more rewarding for an author to witness than such a sea of hands. But just as priceless was seeing the happiness on children’s faces, and how they...
In Stepnica, it turns out that the children are very well acquainted with the first part of the Saltamontes Chronicles – “Escape from Darkness”. Thanks to their teacher, Anna Bochniarz – Mutkowska, not only do they know it inside out but they also drew...
I would very much like to thank Aldona Wrońska – Wołczyk and the children for inviting me to their school in Reptowo. It was one of those meetings I am sure to remember, not only because of the setting, wonderful welcome and warm words, but also due to the...
This was not somewhere you would expect to hold an author’s meeting, because it was on a hospital ward, and the patients were all children and teens. Despite their difficult situations and wide range of ages, they all shared brilliant ideas and cool ambitions....
Two packed author’s meetings on one day 🙂 Children, teens and adults. People who’d read my stories and people who’d heard the audiobook of Part One broadcast on Radio Stargard. People with invitations and people “off the street”. Adults and children who came ready and...
When I meet young people, my main aim is to instil in them some self-confidence. So I didn’t tell them too much about myself; instead, I let them use their imaginations to write a story using words they’d drawn out of a hat. I also managed to combine my work with the...