Vidal Featured in CBC Book's 9 Canadian Illustrated Books to Read This Summer
- Jul 19
- 2 min read
Wow, I was so thrilled to see Vidal in such amazing company, thank you so much CBC Books 🧡🧡🎨📚🧡
Delighted to see Vidal on CBC’s list of 9 Canadian Illustrated Books to Read This Summer.
I love that this list includes some of my favourites, including Opioids and Organs by
Arizona O'Neill , The Lost Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas , Fela by Jibola , fellow At Bay Press author George Toles’ All the People in My Head and so many more 🧡🧡💗🎉 thank you so, so much 💗💗
I'm also so grateful for the support of authors who I admire so much in the writing community, including the amazing Gary Barwin and the incredible Lucy EM Black, and more. Thank you again, so, so much.
"Mesmerizing, vividly illustrated and told story of a Sephardic Jew’s life, before and during the Holocaust, bookended with words from his still living daughters. Moving, disturbing, tender." Gary Barwin, author of Scandal at the Alphorn Factory and so many incredible books, across so many genres
I'll be launching Vidal in September, and Gary will be part of my launch, which I'm so thrilled about, because I've admired his work for so many years. More to come about that very soon.
Grateful also for the generosity and support of Lucy EM Black, whose historical fiction I love so much too:
"Vidal by Danila Botha is one of the first ever graphic novels that has ever really engaged me, and I cannot overstate the importance of that experience. As a writer of historical fiction, I often attempt to highlight those things in our past with a view to promoting reflection about subjects that transcend time and place. Botha has done this brilliantly by gifting us with a novel that addresses ethnic cleansing and the Holocaust. Vidal could easily be used to teach important concepts such as democracy, humanity, propaganda, resistance, terrorism, and accountability. Although her main character Vidal is a Sephardic Jew with his own journey, the heart of the story is universal, with a great deal of cross-contextual contemporary relevance. Botha is herself an artist and has illustrated the novel with vibrant images reminiscent of Chagall’s later work. In Vidal, she reminds us of our duty to remember but also our responsibility to take action. Highly recommended."
Lucy EM Black, author of The Marzipan Fruit Basket, A Quilting of Scars and so many more incredible books
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