In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Shannon Stocker discusses her new children’s picture book biography, Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion. This project was near and dear to Shannon for two main reasons. First, it is about music. (Shannon is a singer, songwriter and musician in her own right.) And second, it focuses on people who are seen as different. Shannon knows firsthand how people who are sick or differently-abled are viewed and treated as different. She spent seven years of her life dealing with a serious illness and, at one point, was given only two years two live. That experience gave her a new perspective on what it means to be sick or disabled. When Shannon came across Evelyn Glennie, she knew she had to write about this amazing woman. Evelyn Glennie began learning music as a small child. She also began to lose her hearing, starting at age 8, but her profound hearing loss did not keep her from continuing to play. Shannon’s new book, Listen, is the story of Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. In this episode, I’ll chat with Shannon about her writing journey, her belief that her love of words actually comes from the musician in her, and why, for her, writing is like oxygen -- it keeps her alive.
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