07/12/10
The wonderful people at Jade Magazine, the online magazine aimed at professional Asian and APA women in their twenties and thirties, interviewed me recently for a profile piece about myself and my company Wanart. I’ve provided an excerpt below, to read the entire interview visit their website here.
In the Cards: An Interview with Joyce Wan
Although [...]
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06/16/10
I’m excited to announce the launch of our new FREEe-card section of the website! Tell your friends how special they are by sending them a Kiwi and Pear e-card! I’m sure it will make them smile! I’ll be uploading more designs in the coming weeks so stay tuned…
Also, new wallpapers have been added in the [...]
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03/24/10
I’m excited to announce that I have teamed up with Zephyr Games, an independent New York City game development company, to bring “Kiwi and Pear’s World Adventure” to the iphone / itouch this year. The application will be an interactive storybook featuring locations from my published picture book “Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” along with [...]
Tags: iphone app, iphone app development, iphone application, iphone application development, itouch, kiwi and pear, susanna dalton, zephyr games
11/18/09
“Build bridges instead of walls and you will have a friend.” – author unknown
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06/29/09
I received an email today from Blue Apple Books with some wonderful news – a nice review of my book “Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” in this week’s Publisher Weekly, the international news website of book publishing and bookselling including reviews, bestseller lists, commentary and more. Here’s the review:
Greetings from Kiwi and Pear Joyce Wan. Blue Apple (Chronicle, dist.), $12.99 (36p) ISBN 978-1-934706-59-6
Complete [...]
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06/21/09
My Kiwi and Pear bilingual (English/Spanish) flash cards are finally available on amazon.com! http://bit.ly/sTKVt Like my book “Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” these flash cards are also published by Blue Apple Books and distributed by Chronicle Books.
These 20 colorful flash cards, shaped like little suitcases, are the perfect complement to my book “Greetings from Kiwi [...]
Tags: bilingual, bilingual flash cards, bilingual learning, children learning spanish, english, English/Spanish, flash cards, greetings from kiwi and pear, kiwi and pear, Language, learning spanish, spanish, spanish for kids, teach kids spanish, Travel Words
06/11/09
I want to thank the nice people at the blog “5 Minutes for Books”, especially Lauren, for writing such a wonderful review of my picture book “Greetings from Kiwi and Pear.” They even gave away a free copy of my book to one lucky reader! It made my day to know that it made her [...]
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06/06/09
I just got back from the Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas! It was a huge success in terms of the response and feedback I received and the number of prospective clients and agents that I met. Now the “real” work begins! I’ll talk a little more later about my overall thoughts on the show when I’ve [...]
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05/27/09
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m taking my Kiwi and Pear characters to the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas. I’m heading out this Sunday to setup for the show which doesn’t start until Tuesday. I’ve exhibited at the show a couple of years ago but at that time i think it was a [...]
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03/18/09
“Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” is finally available on the web! Here are the direct links to places where you can find it:
Chronicle Books
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Borders
So exciting!!!
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