Terry Farish | Author

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We are launching I‘m Your Neighbor Portland this summer at the Portland Public Library. This is a city-wide summer reading series featuring nine books about new arrivals in Maine. Even if you’re not in Maine, we invite you to join in the reading. Here are the books.

Latest news – The Good Braider has won the Boston Authors Club Young Reader Award

Scenes from a Kenyan Home

Scenes from a Kenyan Home

I made this slide show after my stay with Helen and Peter Ayanga in the village of Esabalu in western Kenya. The singing that accompanies

A Boston Story

A Boston Story

I went to the Boston Public Library yesterday where I was meeting my editor, Melanie Kroupa, to accept the Boston Authors Club Young Reader

The Story Behind the Lupine Award

The Story Behind the Lupine Award

The Good Braider has won the Lupine Award from the Maine Library Association. Here’s some backstory on this award. The award is named for the flowers

MY BLOGS

The Good Braider my blog on South Sudan and The Good Braider back story

The Elephant Rag my blog on multicultural literature

The Good Braider Discussion Guide and Other Resources for Readers

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Welcome, readers~ I’m Terry Farish, author of books for teens and children. You’ll find links to my blogs here, as well as stories, photos of my recent trip to Kakuma, Kenya and more. I welcome your messages from across the Piscataqua River (where I live) to wherever you may be in the world.