Thank you to the small group who gathered on Zoom to discuss “The Sign For Home” By Blair Fell on Tuesday. The author didn’t join us but we had a great discussion. See below for links and topics discussed.
About the book and author “A Sign For Home” By Blair Fell:
- Author website: Home – Blair Fell
- Great interview with Fell: Interview: The Sign for Home by Blair Fell | Authorlink
- Another interview with author Blair Fell (make sure to read the fan questions with Blair’s answers at the bottom as he mentions his sensitivity reader DeafBlind artist Angela Palmer. A sensitivity reader is someone the author has read a manuscript to make sure content isn’t offensive, biased, etc.): Jungle Red Writers: THE SIGN FOR HOME by Blair Fell
Topics related to the book:
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- Last September we had Rebecca Alexander (who has Usher Syndrome , Type 3) to talk about her memoir “Not Fade Away” and she mentioned the Pro Tactile movement and she was involved with a PBS documentary on it that you can watch here: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/protactile-language-of-touch/28451/
- Haptics and Pro-Tactile from the National Center on Deafblindness: https://www.nationaldb.org/info-center/educational-practices/touch-signals/
- Haptics Video Series: https://www.helenkeller.org/resources/haptics-video-series/
- Haptics as used in Technology (I mentioned that tech like the Apple Watch use haptics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK9qsdLf58I
- Angela Palmer was one of Blair Fell’s sensitivity and several members were familiar with her. She is an artist, her website: Deaf-blind artist Angela Palmer
Jehovah’s Witness (since one of the main characters in the novel was a Jehovah’s Witness and that was a central plot point):
- A closer look at Jehovah’s Witnesses living in the U.S. | Pew Research Center
- Who Are Jehovah’s Witnesses? | About Jehovah’s Witnesses | JW.ORG
- Jehovah’s Witnesses – 15 Things to Know About Beliefs
Potential future book:
- A book series was mentioned by Ade: Guiding Emily Series (Book 5 is about DeafBlind): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HCKH3XF?asc_campaign=d21a16a6af62e1d98b35f1e9700fa959&asc_source=01GRXJEDJ827CJHX3R3R7DB4DN&binding=kindle_edition&geniuslink=true&tag=namespacebran320-20
- Author of Guiding Emily is Barbara Hinske: https://barbarahinske.com/
Our next book and book club:
JUNE BOOK CLUB: Tuesday, JUNE 25, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. “But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found in a Hearing World” by Claudia Marseille [book not in BARD but author will be attending and audiobook was released when the book was]. The book has been released as is available on Amazon. WITH SPECIAL GUEST AUTHOR CLAUDIA MARSEILLE. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]