Letters to My Daughter: Storytellers of the War
Return to Viet Nam.1. I’ll address these notes to you, my daughter, about this whole venture I’m on to return to Viet Nam. I’ve addressed nearly all my writing about the US war in Viet Nam to you. You were eight when you first asked about the war. Your father was in the military, and I…
Children’s Stories from Viet Nam and the Vietnamese Diaspora
Children’s books from Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora tell the story of my return to Vietnam.
Events 2023
Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled "book chat" TBA
Feb - March 2023 Pilgrimage to Vietnam with Vietnamese-American author Le Ly Hayslip and others.
Feb 16 Concord Second Start, Adult ESOL class. Concord, NH. Author presentation on writing A Feast for Joseph
Feb 8 Lake Ridge New Tech Schools, Gary, Indiana for students from many cultures reading A Feast for Joseph
Jan. 23 Clark Elementary School, Amherst, NH. The Cat Who Like Potato Soup, reading and signing with all kindergarten classes
Jan. 11 Krempels Center Writing Enrichment. “Night Heron: Reading and Writing about Birds”
Recent Past Events
Oct 4 Langham Elementary, Nederland, Texas for 2nd graders, many of whom are from military families. Presentation on Luis Paints the World.
July 26, Goodwin Public Library, Farmington, New Hampshire. A CLiF Program, Storytelling and Bookmaking with children and their families.
June 11 - Chesterville Library Literacy Celebration, Chesterville, Maine
May 6 – 8, Monadnock Poets & Writers Retreat. Greenfield, NH. I’ll be a fiction workshop leader. Info here: https://monadnockpastoralpoets.org/
April 8, Valley View Community School, Farmington, NH. Family Literacy Celebration, sponsored by the Children’s Literacy Foundation.
March 25, New Hampshire School Librarian Conference, Author Panel
March TBA New Franklin School, "Cooking Up a Picture Book" Grade 3
March 19, Wheaton Writing Academy, Workshop, "Dialogue Like Diamonds"
Feb. 18, Virtual Storytime with "Books with Buddies,"(High school students read with elementary kids) Spring Early College Academy, Houston, Texas
Feb. 2, World Read Aloud Day! Sign up here. I am booked for World Read Aloud Day but do free short zoom calls on other days. I invite you to contact me here.
Haynes Elementary School, Sudbury, MA
Valley View School, Farmington, NH
South Elementary, Mooresville, North Carolina
Hillard City Schools, Ohio
"Local Writers, Global Stories," Child & Youth Expo, Ontario Library Association, Toronto, Zoom event with OD Bonny and Andree Poulin. November 3, 2021.
"Cooking Up a Picture Book!" a workshop for ESL teachers and the Connections Adult Literacy Program of New Hampshire Humanities. October 6, 2021.
VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH AND GIVEAWAY A Feast for Joseph. September 15, 2021 6 p.m. presented by I'm Your Neighbor Books with PRINT: A Bookstore
I’m Your Neighbor Books is celebrating A Feast for Joseph. The picture book draws the reader into the food and music of the Acholi, a community living in Uganda, Sudan, and worldwide—including our own neighborhoods.
Acholi in America:
A Book Launch for A Feast for Joseph
September 15, 6:00 PM EST
Register to attend on ZOOM
Writing a Picture Book, Worcester Public Library, August 21, 2:30-3:30. Register at https://www.mywpl.org/?q=article/adult-classes-and-programs
Summer Stories, Dover Housing Authority, A Children Literacy Foundation author visit. August 11.
Farmington, NH. Elementary School, A Children's Literacy Foundation author visit. July 30. Stories, movement and art
Kingston Community Library Summer Reading Club author visit, July 8, 3:30 p.m.
Writing a Picture Book, Manchester City Library, June 24 and July 1, 6:30 p.m. Register at https://www.manchester.lib.nh.us/
ONLINE Mass Poetry Fest, May 15, 10:15 a.m. "Veteran Poets Reading Veteran Poets" Panel with Terry Farish, Karen Scofield, Jimmy Pappas, and Rodger Martin. https://masspoetry.org/aboutthefestival
Reading List: Veteran Poets Reading Veterans’ Poems
Mass Poetry Festival May 15, 2021
I'm reading
“12 Evac” by Terry Farish
Adaptation from Flower Shadows by Terry Farish, William Morrow, 1992.
“Unanswered” by Do Nguyen Mai
Do, Mai N. (2019) "Three Poems: Charges Against a Newborn; Unanswered; For the First Generation," Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement: Vol. 14 : Iss. 1 , Article 3. DOI: 10.7771/2153-8999.1183 Available at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jsaaea/vol14/iss1/3
“I’m Tired of Grieving” by Na’ema Mawdadi
ONLINE Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library Meet the Author Series, Lovell, Maine, March 25, 2021. 7-8 p.m. Children’s book writer and my friend Elizabeth Atkinson and I will interview each other about our work writing for children and teens.
ONLINE Performance: Tiny Mayhem, February 12, 2021. 8 p.m.
Showcase of new performance work by emerging and established makers. The theater group has included my short play, "Something Gold," performed by Bill Humphreys and Kate Kirkwood. Tickets here: https://www.nhtheatreproject.org/showdetail/tiny-mayhem-14319058
ONLINE Writers Workshop, The Krempels Center, January 27, 2021. "God Got a Dog" and More Prompts about Animals We Love.
ONLINE Workshop: Writing a Picture Book, January and February https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/picturebook
In this two-week workshop, participants will explore word by word and image by image how a few picture books are made. Please join me to explore the narrative components that help a picture book sing. Register at the link above.
Children's Literacy Foundation, Zoom story telling. February 10 1 - 2 p.m. Register here - https://clifonline.org/terry-farish-author/
On-line Book Club, February 23, Portsmouth, NH, The Good Braider
Thompson Free Library Reading Group on zoom. Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. Dec. 10. I joined the Thompson Library’s reading group who read The Good Braider. I like that I can meet readers in places that seemed far away. Dover-Foxcroft is a small town about half way between Bangor and way far north in Jackman.
Lemon Punch Theater Lab, New Plays on Zoom, including my short play, "Something Gold" Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Register here: https://lemonpunchtheatrelab.com/product/playwriting-showcase/
Veteran Poets Reading Veterans November 11, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Terry Farish, Rodger Martin, Jimmy Pappas, Karen Skolfield, Kyle Potvin. Sponsored by The Worcester County Poetry Association, Mason Library, Keene State College, and others. rmartin1@keene.edu
Strawbery Banke Virtual Children's Book Festival Nov. 14, 10-2 Register here https://www.strawberybanke.org/events/childrens-authors-festival.cfm
Zoom Book Club reading The Good Braider, Nov. 24, 6:30 p.m.
Monadnock Pastoral Poets and Writers Conference August 28 – August 30, 2020. CX but will return. With writer Diane Mulligan, I'll lead the fiction workshops. http://monadnockpastoralpoets.org/