Did you know that Toronto has more patty bakeries than any other city in North America?

Did you know that 2025 is the 40th anniversary of the Patty War?

​PATTY DREAMS ‘A SO IT GO’ BOOK TOUR

Next stop is the BOONOONOONOOS BASHMENT LAUNCH on Sunday, January 19, 2025.

Please join me and illustrator Sahle for our Book Launch to launch our new picture book, Patty Dreams, which celebrates the joys of Jamaican Patties. Through storytelling and music, art and discussion, we will get to the story behind the story. After the reading, author Sadé Smith will moderate the conversation with Nadia and Sahle over light refreshments, followed by a book signing. We look forward to an exciting evening as we also acknowledge the 40th anniversary of Toronto’s Patty War. This event will take place at Another Story Bookshop.

Please at the link in my bio, linktr.ee/nadialhohn, or register here:

​https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/patty-dreams-boonoonoonoos-bashment-book-launch-tickets-1132836968869?aff=oddtdtcreator
 
See you soon!

PATTY DREAMS IS HERE!

5 years in the baking… a Patty Dream come true.

When I wrote the first draft of this story, one summer night, sitting on the balcony of my childhood home, I envisioned this story bringing my sister laughs.  We used to make songs all the time, pulling them from thin air, bringing words together that felt and sounded right… this was a huge inspiration for this book.

So was the Patty War which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.  I couldn’t have predicted that my book would come out just before it, but I believe in divine timing so thank you God.

And now, I get to share Patty Dreams with you.

Finally!

You can order your copy today wherever books are sold, at the link in my bio or here: https://shop.owlkids.com/products/patty-dreams

Enjoying this tune?  Please check out the #PattyDreams Playlist on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4qWkwdGIlpHR6CELd1CxX6?si=DhD6icRmQ1u5QcA1OnPX3g&pi=u-qj1sst4dQYuc

PATTY DREAMS by @nadialhohn_author (Nadia L. Hohn) and ill. @sahlgood (Sahle Robinson) is a tasty celebration of family, food culture, and Jamaican patties!

*Includes an author’s note that discusses Toronto’s Patty Wars, in time for the 40th anniversary of the 1985 “Patty Wars” in Toronto.

Pre-order your copy today! 💛

Mark your calendars:

PATTY DREAMS BOOK TOUR

Tasty and Nice Storytime on January 12 at 2-3:30pm ET at Crossroads Theatre (for more information and to register, please visit https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/patty-dreams-tasty-and-nice-storytime-tickets-1132653369719?aff=oddtdtcreator )

Boonoonoonoos Bashment Launch on January 19 at 6-8pm ET at Another Story Bookshop (for more information and to register, please https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/patty-dreams-boonoonoonoos-bashment-book-launch-tickets-1132836968869?aff=oddtdtcreator )

Stay tuned for more details!

IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS…

Turn back the clocks to ‘84. A  party’s going on right here, to celebrate Nadia L. Hohn’s latest story. So chill out  and enjoy the ride.

You’re invited to…

GETTING US TO GRANDMA’S BOOK LAUNCH (CELEBRATING 10 BOOKS)

Join me for Getting Us to Grandma’s Book Launch (& 10th Book Celebration).

No one knows maps like Nikki— but can she get her family to Grandma’s house in time?

Getting Us to Grandma’s Book Launch is a celebration...

Join me for the launch of my newest book, illustrated by TeMikaGrooms, published by Groundwood Books. Inspired by our 1980s childhoods, come along and ride on a fantastic voyage from Toronto to the Bronx.  This will be a celebration of my latest book, but also the books over my career.

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Time: 1:30-3:30pm ET

Live read from author Nadia & Q&A. Illustrator #TeMikaGrooms will be joining virtually.

Games, craft, prizes, and 2 new songs…

W/ Special Guests:

- Emcee/Poet/Beatbox #EddyDaOriginalOne @eddy_daoriginalone 

- DJ/Breakdance #DwayneEllis @dwayneellis75 

- Q&A Moderator, author #KernCarter @kerncarter 

Helpers: Deandra, Denise, Sade, Sashoya 

For details and to RSVP, please visit: 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/981174839357?aff=oddtdtcreator

Pre-order your copy today at: 
https://houseofanansi.com/products/getting-us-to-grandmas?srsltid=AfmBOopbwBu0H0k3cpUP3qcTmuOFnqgKBzlQ03Hne21cmdi-UaRayY0j

With support: @thewritersunionofcanada  @canada.council #GroundwoodBooks #NadiaLHohn
And donations of time by helpers and supporters

This launch received funding to cover venue cost and author’s reading fee, items on loan, and volunteering, but still making 10th book launch 1980s party vision happen. We still need a videographer/photographer. If you want to donate, volunteer, or offer best price, please send me a direct message.

​WE'RE AT Grandma’s!

Happy book birthday! 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 

GETTING US TO GRANDMA’S is released on October 1.

Order your copy today at: 
https://houseofanansi.com/products/getting-us-to-grandmas?srsltid=AfmBOopbwBu0H0k3cpUP3qcTmuOFnqgKBzlQ03Hne21cmdi-UaRayY0j

​For details and to RSVP for the October 19th Book Launch, please visit: 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/981174839357?aff=oddtdtcreator

For links to the @cbcbooks and @49thteachers fall 2024 booklists, please visit the links in the bio.

More exciting posts to come.

#savethedate #booklaunch @temikatheartist @temika_grooms @groundwoodbooks @houseofanansi #newbooks #2024picturebooks #picturebooks2024 #blackbooks2024 #neurodivergenceinbooks #neurodivergenceinchildrensbooks #steambooks #stembooks #maps #mapbooks #gettingustograndmas @anotherstorybookshop @torontolibrary @kidsbookcentre #book10

Turn back the clocks to ‘84. A  party’s going on right here, to celebrate Nadia L. Hohn’s latest story. So chill out  and enjoy the ride.

You’re invited to…

GETTING US TO GRANDMA’S BOOK LAUNCH (CELEBRATING 10 BOOKS)

Join me for Getting Us to Grandma’s Book Launch (& 10th Book Celebration).

No one knows maps like Nikki— but can she get her family to Grandma’s house in time?

Getting Us to Grandma’s Book Launch is a celebration...

Join me for the launch of my newest book, illustrated by TeMikaGrooms, published by Groundwood Books. Inspired by our 1980s childhoods, come along and ride on a fantastic voyage from Toronto to the Bronx.  This will be a celebration of my latest book, but also the books over my career.

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Time: 1:30-3:30pm ET
Place: Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, 341 Oakwood Avenue, just north of St. Clair Avenue

For details and to RSVP, please visit: 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/981174839357?aff=oddtdtcreator

Pre-order your copy today at: 
https://houseofanansi.com/products/getting-us-to-grandmas?srsltid=AfmBOopbwBu0H0k3cpUP3qcTmuOFnqgKBzlQ03Hne21cmdi-UaRayY0j

​Will you go to the Getting Us to Grandma’s Book Launch in Toronto on October 19th?

GETTING US TO GRANDMA’S is hitting the road!

We’re going on a Book Tour!!!
And it’s the 10th Anniversary of Sankofa’s Pen

October 1
#GettingUstoGrandmas Pub Day

October 4
Getting Us to Grandma’s Instagram live with #TeMikaGrooms, @highlightsfound 

October 5 
TBA event in Scarborough, ON

October 5
Sankofa’s Pen Bedtime Stories: Celebrating Black Canadian picture book creators at #BIPOCLiterature Event, #NuitBlanche in Toronto, ON

October 19
#GettingUstoGrandmas Book Launch in #Toronto

October 26
#BostonBookFestival in #Boston

November 16
#GettingUstoGrandmas Book Launch in #Atlanta, @braveandkindbooks 

Getting Us to Grandma’s Event in NYC, TBA

Getting Us to Grandma’s event in Montreal, TBA
 
These events will be updated regularly.

​Turn back the clocks to ‘84. A  party’s going on right here, to celebrate Nadia L. Hohn’s latest story. So chill out  and enjoy the ride.

You’re invited to…

GETTING US TO GRANDMA’S BOOK LAUNCH (CELEBRATING 10 BOOKS)

Join me for Getting Us to Grandma’s Book Launch (& 10th Book Celebration).

No one knows maps like Nikki— but can she get her family to Grandma’s house in time?

Getting Us to Grandma’s Book Launch is a celebration...

Join me for the launch of my newest book, illustrated by TeMikaGrooms, published by Groundwood Books. Inspired by our 1980s childhoods, come along and ride on a fantastic voyage from Toronto to the Bronx.  This will be a celebration of my latest book, but also the books over my career.

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Time: 1:30-3:30pm ET
Place: Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, 341 Oakwood Avenue, just north of St. Clair Avenue

For details and to RSVP, please visit: 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/981174839357?aff=oddtdtcreator

Pre-order your copy today at: 
https://houseofanansi.com/products/getting-us-to-grandmas?srsltid=AfmBOopbwBu0H0k3cpUP3qcTmuOFnqgKBzlQ03Hne21cmdi-UaRayY0j

Aside from Music and Media, I’ve planned book launches and tours for each of my titles.  Getting Us to Grandma’s is my tenth book. Partially set in the Bronx in 1980s, I envisioned a themed book bash celebration of my childhood era to celebrate this milestone as well as my other books— my biggest launch ever.

​Book launches are funded by a combination of a few ways. As an author, over the year, I’ve mostly covered the costs of my launches. My publisher is assisting with $200. This year, I learned about the Writers Union Public Readings grant to which I applied to. For the first time, I will receive a presentation fee ($300) for my reading at my launch. This year, I applied to the Toronto Lit Up grant for the second time.  I did not receive it… again. This popular and generous grant receives more applications then available funding. And I’m so happy for the authors, my peers and friends, who have received these funds over the years. As much as I am happy, I know that it could have helped me cover the costs for the big launch I had planned. 

I’m a child of the 1980s and I see this launch of Getting Us to Grandma’s not only as the launch of my new book, but as a celebration of my body of work, inspired by the 1984 road trip my family took from Toronto to the Bronx.  Think 1980s rap and other genres of the era, birthplace of rap and hiphop culture, graffiti, breakdancer, beatbox, etc. If you would like to assist with a donation or gift, however small, I would greatly appreciate it.  You can e-transfer funds to: [email protected].  Thank you.

To learn about other ways you can help, please visit this link.

Please check out my latest blog post here.

​Turn back the clocks to ‘84. A  party’s going on right here, to celebrate Nadia L. Hohn’s latest story. So chill out  and enjoy the ride.

You’re invited to…

GETTING US TO GRANDMA’S BOOK LAUNCH (CELEBRATING 10 BOOKS)

Join me for Getting Us to Grandma’s Book Launch (& 10th Book Celebration).

No one knows maps like Nikki— but can she get her family to Grandma’s house in time?

Getting Us to Grandma’s Book Launch is a celebration...

Join me for the launch of my newest book, illustrated by TeMikaGrooms, published by Groundwood Books. Inspired by our 1980s childhoods, come along and ride on a fantastic voyage from Toronto to the Bronx.  This will be a celebration of my latest book, but also the books over my career.

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Time: 1:30-3:30pm ET
Place: Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, 341 Oakwood Avenue, just north of St. Clair Avenue

For details and to RSVP, please visit: 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/981174839357?aff=oddtdtcreator

Pre-order your copy today at: 
https://houseofanansi.com/products/getting-us-to-grandmas?srsltid=AfmBOopbwBu0H0k3cpUP3qcTmuOFnqgKBzlQ03Hne21cmdi-UaRayY0j

#savethedate #booklaunch @temikatheartist @temika_grooms @groundwoodbooks @houseofanansi #newbooks #2024picturebooks #picturebooks2024 #blackbooks2024 #neurodivergenceinbooks #neurodivergenceinchildrensbooks #steambooks #stembooks #maps #mapbooks #gettingustograndmas @anotherstorybookshop @torontolibrary

​“School was never been an issue for me.  I always excelled.  I was an honour roll student in high school, got straight As on many report cards in elementary school.  I won the English and Art awards at my Grade 8 graduation.  I was extremely involved in my high school and post-secondary institutions.  I always did extra work and went above and beyond what was required.  I have four degrees (two of them Masters). I embrace the term “nerd”.
…
I started to fear losing my job over a possible gross negligence (like forgetting about my young students). I feared messing up with my work as an author and presenter.  After some investigations with testing options (low cost, free, paid) and my health insurance coverage and the encouragement from some friends, I decided to get tested.  After nine hours over three sessions, I received my official diagnosis from a clinical psychologist, who also shared my racial and cultural background— severe combined ADHD with high IQ.  I cried.”

“July is Disability Pride Month, 6 months since my diagnosis, 1 year since I knew something was different.”

Read my latest post One Year of Disability.

For paid subscribers.  Visit my Substack here: https://nadialhohn.substack.com/p/one-year-of-disability

#adhd #attentiondeficitdisorder #attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder #add #neurodivergent #neurdiversity #neurodivergence #nadiasblog #disabilitypridemonth #disabilityawareness #disability

“I can’t believe it’s that time of year. The midpoint of 2024, the end of the school year. It’s a time for endings, wrapping up, cleaning up, and pause for me. As a teacher, this will be the end of my 22nd year. I can’t believe I’m saying that, now.”

Read my June/July 2024 Nadia’s Notables Newsletter.

In this issue:

- The Antiracist Kitchen, Award Nominations

- 4, 000+ Followers

- Book Spotify Playlists

- 360 Ambassador

- What’s up next?

Visit the link in my bio or here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/nadialhohn/p/nadias-notables-newsletter-bf5?r=8gusl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#nadiasnotables @orcabook @groundwoodbooks @owlkidspublishing #nadiasnotablesnewsletter #durhamblacklitfest @cdnblacklitfest @trpnow

Read it here:

​open.substack.com/pub/nadialhohn/p/nadias-notables-newsletter-ec9?r=8gusl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true