Quillcast episode seven: celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hana’s Suitcase

Quillcast is a podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders.

In this episode, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hana’s Suitcase (Second Story Press), the story of a Japanese teacher and her quest to discover the history behind a child’s suitcase found at the Auschwitz death camp. To mark the milestone, Q&Q Web editor Sue Carter Flinn sat down with author Karen Levine and Margie Wolfe, founder of Second Story.

Hana’s Suitcase began its life as a radio documentary for the CBC before being published as a children’s book. Since it was released in 2002, the book has been published in 40 countries and 29 languages, and inspired the 2009 documentary, Inside Hana’s Suitcase.

Click on the thumbnails to view images from Hana’s Suitcase Anniversary Album, which features over 60 pages of letters, photos, essays, and children’s art that reflect on the importance of Hana’s story.

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94609 (Photo: Second Story Press) Hana Brady's suitcase https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Suitcase-90x90.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Suitcase.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Suitcase.jpg 363 248 [] https://quillandquire.com/quillcast/2012/04/19/quillcast-episode-seven-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary-of-hanas-suitcase/slide/suitcase/ suitcase 0 0

94608 (Photo: Second Story Press) Hana and her brother, George Brady https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/sitting-outside-90x90.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/sitting-outside.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/sitting-outside.jpg 282 416 [] https://quillandquire.com/quillcast/2012/04/19/quillcast-episode-seven-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary-of-hanas-suitcase/slide/sitting-outside/ sitting-outside 0 0

94607 (Photo: Second Story Press) Margie Wolfe and Karen Levine at the Paris Book Fair in France https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/MargieKaren-90x90.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/MargieKaren.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/MargieKaren.jpg 299 340 [] https://quillandquire.com/quillcast/2012/04/19/quillcast-episode-seven-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary-of-hanas-suitcase/slide/margiekaren/ margiekaren 0 0

94606 (Photo: Second Story Press) Paper art by a Grade 8 student at Palos South Middle School, Palos Park, Illinois https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/hand2-90x90.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/hand2.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/hand2.jpg 263 543 [] https://quillandquire.com/quillcast/2012/04/19/quillcast-episode-seven-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary-of-hanas-suitcase/slide/hand2/ hand2 0 0

94605 (Photo: Second Story Press) George Brady and Fumiko Ishioka, the teacher at the Tokyo Holocaust Center who was responsible for uncovering Hana's story https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Fumiko-and-George2-90x90.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Fumiko-and-George2.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Fumiko-and-George2.jpg 345 242 [] https://quillandquire.com/quillcast/2012/04/19/quillcast-episode-seven-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary-of-hanas-suitcase/slide/fumiko-and-george2/ fumiko-and-george2 0 0

94604 (Photo: Second Story Press) A quilt made by Grade 4 students at Gander Academy, in gander, Newfoundland, and presented to Karen Levine https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/aliciaquilt-90x90.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/aliciaquilt.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/aliciaquilt.jpg 437 440 [] https://quillandquire.com/quillcast/2012/04/19/quillcast-episode-seven-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary-of-hanas-suitcase/slide/aliciaquilt/ aliciaquilt 0 0

Quillcast is produced with media partners The Walrus, Open Book: Ontario, and Open Book: Toronto, with support from Toronto Life. This project has been generously supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund.

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