2012 TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards: Winners Announced!

Last night, the Canadian Children's Book Centre and TD Bank Group presented the 2012 TD CANADIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AWARDS at the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto. A spectacular reception preceded the awards ceremony at which six awards were presented. (Le Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse was presented earlier in Montreal.)
 

Hosted by CBC's Garvia Bailey, the program began with addresses by Tim Hockey, President and CEO of TD Canada Trust and Todd Kylie, President, Board of Directors of the Canadian Children's Book Centre.

The selection for this year's TD Grade One Book Giveaway, a free book for all Canadian Grade 1 students, was announced to be I've Lost My Cat by author and illustrator Philippe Beha who delighted the audience with his anecdotes about his book.

Congratulations to the following winners of these auspicious children's book awards. 

 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award 

• $30,000 Award
• Sponsored by TD Bank Group
• Presented by Tim Hockey, President and CEO of TD Canada Trust

   Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse 

• $25,000 Award
• Sponsored by TD Bank Group

     Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award    

• $20,000 Award
• Sponsored by A. Charles Baillie
• Presented by Marilyn Baillie

 

Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction

• $10,000 Award
• Sponsored by the Fleck Family Foundation
• Presented by Quinn Fleck and David Fleck

 

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People

• $5,000 Award
• Sponsored by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Bilson Endowment Fund
• Presented by  Todd Kylie

John Spray Mystery Award

• $5,000 Award 
• Sponsored by John Spray, President, Mantis Investigation Agency
• Presented by John Spray

Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy

• $5,000 Award  
• Sponsored by HarperCollins Canada
• Presented by Adrienne Hughes

Everything from the hors-d'oeuvres, drink, dinner, company, presentations, champagne, desserts, company, chatting, awards, company, was phenomenal.  Some of the authors and/or illustrators in attendance included: Janet Wilson, Kenneth Oppel, Marina Cohen, Sylvia McNicoll, Gillian Chan, Rebecca Bender, Richard Scrimger, Kevin Sylvester, Natalie Hyde, Hélène Boudreau, Shane Peacock, Susan Hughes, Catherine Rondina, Mahtab Narsimhan, Hugh Brewster, Nancy Hartry, Lesley Livingston, Adrienne Kress, Cheryl Rainfield, Rona Arato, Nancy Runstedler, Deborah Ellis, Dave Whamond, P.J. Sarah Collins, Vikki VanSickle, Cary Fagan, Geneviève Côté, Philippe Beha, Trilby Kent, Deborah Kerbel, Rob Mills, Karen Reczuch, Susan Vande Griek, Frieda Wishinsky, Barbara Reid, Kate Cayley, Andrea Beck, Jo Ellen Bogart, Jean Little - and that small fraction includes only those with whom I spoke, recognized, or remembered.  With 400 persons in attendance, including publishers, publicists, editors, book sellers, literacy specialists and children's lit advocates, the TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards Celebration is an event rich in literati, appreciation, words, camaraderie, and encouragement.  

Thanks to the TD Bank Group and the Canadian Children's Book Centre for hosting such a wonderful Canadian event.

Governor General Literary Awards 2012 Winners announced

Yesterday, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the winners of the prestigious Governor General Literary Awards for 2012  including those in the two (English) Children's categories.

Congratulations to all the award winners and nominees for being recognized for their contributions to enriching our collection of phenomenal youngCanLit.

This year's winners in the two (English) Children's categories are: 

For Children’s Text:

Susin Nielsen
for  
The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
 

 

Tundra Books
978-1-77049-372-8
243 pp.
Ages 11-14
2012 

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians just days ago!

For Children’s Illustration:

Isabelle Arsenault
for

Virginia Wolf

 Text by Kyo Maclear

Kids Can Press
978-1-55453-649-8
32 pp.
Ages 5-10
2012

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians on March 13, 2012. 

Governor General's Literary Awards 2012: Finalists

The Governor General's Literary Awards were announced today on the Canada Council for the Arts' website.  Of the seven awards, the two related to children's book text and illustration are described here on the CanLit for LittleCanadians Awards site.

Word on the Street 2012: Kitchener, Toronto, Halifax

In addition to the three communities promoted earlier, Word On The Street, the annual celebration of literacy and the written word, will take place in Kitchener, Toronto and Halifax. 

Below, I've outlined the basics about the Kitchener, Toronto and Halifax WOTS, including listing of children's and young adult authors and illustrators scheduled to appear.  Check the website of the specific WOTS to determine how each author will participate in Word On The Street. Regardless, the list of youngCanLit authors and illustrators is mind-blowing! I truly hope you are near enough to attend one of these festivals.  Go YoungCanLit!

Kitchener

http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/kitchener

Date:     Sunday, September 23, 2012

Location:    Kitchener City Hall

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Erin Bow, children's author of Plain Kate 
• Laura Beingessner, illustrator of Our Corner Grocery Store
• Rona Arato, picture book author of Mrs. Kaputnik's Pool Hall and Matzo Ball Emporium
• Jan Andrews, children's author of Rude Stories
• Lana Button, picture book author of Willow's Whispers
• Sean Cassidy, author and illustrator of Kazaak!
• L.M. Falcone, children's author of The Midnight Curse
• Richard Scarsbrook, YA author of The Monkey Chronicles

WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS

Toronto

http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/toronto

Date:    Sunday September 23, 2012

Times:    11 am - 6 pm

Location:    Queen's Park Circle

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

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• Andrew Larsen, author of picture book Bye, Bye, Butterflies!
• Dennis Lee, poet and author of Alligator Pie and Garbage Delight
• Hilary Leung, illustrator of Ninja, Cowboy, Bear series
• Peyton Leung, author of The Pirate Girl's Treasure: An Origami Adventure
• J. Torres, graphic artist and writer of Checkers and Dot
• Susan J. Atkinson and Elizabeth Todd Doyle, author and illustrator of Witches Don't Do Winter
• Sarah Tsiang, author of The Stone Hatchlings and A Flock of Shoes
• Rebecca Bender, author/illustrator of Don't Laugh at Giraffe and Giraffe and Bird
• Kari-Lynn Winters, author of picture book Gift Days
• Dave Whamond, author and illustrator of Oddrey and My Think-a-Ma-Jink
• Kevin Sylvester, author of Neil Flambé and the Crusader's Curse
• Kari Trogen, author of Margaret and the Moth Tree
• Cary Fagan, children’s author of The Boy in the Box and picture book Mr. Zinger's Hat
• Claudia Dávila, illustrator of Luz Makes a Splash
• Kyo Maclear, author of picture book Virginia Wolf
• Cybèle Young, author and illustrator of A Few Bites
• Tim Beiser, author of Miss Mousie's Blind Date
• Joyce Grant, author of Gabby
• Debbie Ridpath Ohi, illustrator of I'm Bored
• Andrew "Too Tall" Queen, musician and children's performer
• Patricia Storms, author and illustrator of  The Pirate and the Penguin
• Stella Partheniou Grassso, author of Over the Rink: A Hockey Counting Book
• Lizann Flatt and Ashley Barron, author and illustrator of Counting on Fall
• Megan Crewe, paranormal YA author of The Way We Fall
• Francine Gerstein, author of children's non-fiction Body Works: My Itchy Body
• Deborah Kerbel, YA author of Under the Moon
• Adrienne Kress, YA author of The Friday Society
• Norah McClintock, YA mystery author of She Said/She Saw
• Shane Peacock, children’s author of The Boy Sherlock Holmes series
• Alyxandra Harvey, YA author of Haunting Violet and The Drake Chronicles
• Richard Scrimger, author of Ink Me and Me and Death
• Ted Staunton, author of Jump Cut
• Lesley Livingston, YA fantasy author of Starling and Once Every Never
• Mariko Tamaki, YA author of Skim and (You) Set Me on Fire

WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS

Halifax

http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/halifax

Date:     Sunday September 23, 2012

Time:    11 am - 5 pm

Location:    Halifax waterfront

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Don Aker, YA author of The Fifth Rule, The First Stone
• Gary Blackwood, author of The Imposter
• Lesley Choyce, YA author of Rat, Breaking Point, Dumb Luck
• Cynthia D'Entremont, author of Oak Island Revenge: A Jonah Morgan Mystery
• Theresa Meuse, children's author of The Sharing Circle
• Philip Roy, author of the Submarine Outlaw series, Outlaw in India
• Jessica Scott Kerrin, children's author of Lower the Trap, the Martin Bridge series
• Steve Vernon, author of The Lunenburg Werewolf, Sinking Deeper
• Alice Walsh, non-fiction author of upcoming A Long Way From Home
• David Weale, storyteller, children's performer and author of picture book Doors in the Air

WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS

If there are any errors in this posting, they are completely my own. Please check the Word On The Street websites provided to confirm details.

Word on the Street 2012: Vancouver, Lethbridge, Saskatoon

Across Canada, six communities are planning their WOTS days.  If you see "WOTS" in Twitter, Twitterers are talking about Word On The Street, an annual celebration of literacy and the written word.  Usually held in late September, readers and writers come together to share their love of books and magazines, participate in workshops, readings, and check out the CanLit book buyer's nirvana of marketplaces. 

Details about WOTS in Vancouver, Lethbridge and Saskatoon follow here.  I'll post about the other three WOTS later.

Vancouver

http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/vancouver 

Date:   Friday, September 28  - Sunday, September 30, 2012
Location:  Homer Street, Hamilton Street, and in and around the Vancouver Public Library (see map)

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Caroline Adderson, children's author of Middle of Nowhere
• Nicola I. Campbell, picture book author of Shin-Chi's Canoe
• Hiromi Goto, YA author of Half World, Darkest Light
• Rachel Hartman, YA fantasy author of Seraphina
• Robert Heidbreder, poet author of Noisy Poems for a Busy Day 
• Lauren Howell, author of If I Was the Mayor, What Do You Want to Be?
• Glen Huser, author of The Runaway
• Tanya Lloyd Kyi, non-fiction author of Seeing Red: The True Story of Blood
• Shar Levine, non-fiction author of Yo-Yo for Beginners, Hockey Science
• Gina McMurchy-Barber, author of When Children Play, Free as a Bird, Reading the Bones
• Julie Morstad, illustrator The Swing, How To, When I Was Small
• Susin Nielsen, author of The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen, Dear George Clooney Please Marry My Mom
• Sylvia Olsen, author of A Different Game
• Kit Pearson, author of And Nothing But the Truth, The Whole Truth
• Lois Peterson, author of The Paper House
• Rhea Tregebov, picture book author of What-If Sara, The Big Storm
• John Wilson, YA author of Lost Cause, Shot at Dawn: World War I, Allan McBride, France, 1917
• Caroline Woodward, picture book author of The Village of Many Hats, Singing Away the Dark

WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS

Lethbridge
http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/lethbridge 

Date:   Sunday September 23, 2012
Time:   11 am - 5 pm
Location:  Main Library at 5th Ave. S. and 8th St. S.

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Susan Aiyoshi, children's author of Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1941
• Amy Bright, YA author of Before We Go
• Scott Chantler, graphic artist and author of The Captive Prince, the Three Thieves series
• Shane Peacock, children's author of Becoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Final Case, The Boy Sherlock Holmes series - via SKYPE
• Kit Pearson, children's author of The Whole Truth, And Nothing But the Truth
• Janet Gurtler, YA author of I'm Not Her, If I Tell, Who I Kissed
• Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, non-fiction authors of Fatty Legs, A Stranger at Home
• Lisa Matchev, YA fantasy author of Eyes Like Stars, Perchance to Dream and So Silver Bright - via SKYPE
• Arthur Slade, children's author of Island of Doom, the Hunchback Assignments series - via SKYPE
• Thomas Wharton, fantasy author of The Fathomless Fire, Perilous Realm trilogy

WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS

Saskatoon
http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/saskatoon

Date:    Sunday September 23, 2012
Time:    11 am - 5 pm
Location:    23rd Street East between 3rd and 4th Avenues

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Adele Dueck, children's author of Racing Home, Nettie's Journey
• Alice Kuipers, YA author of 40 Things I Want to Tell You, The Worst Thing She Ever Did
• Alison Lohans, author of Picturing Alyssa 
• Marion Mutala, children's author of Baba’s Babushka: A Magical Ukrainian Christmas 
• David Poulsen, children's and YA author of the Salt and Pepper Series, Numbers
• Will Stroet, children's performer
• Alison Uitti, author of First Days Night Movies

WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS     WOTS

If there are any errors in this posting, they are completely my own. Please check the Word On The Street websites provided to confirm details.

Sean Cassidy presents . . . August 27, 2012

* Celebrate *
the YoungIFOA
(Young International Festival of Authors)
and 

the Blue Spruce™ Award
 

with

author and illustrator
Sean Cassidy

on
Monday, August 27, 2012

at 1:15 p.m.

Kid's World
Exhibition Place
CNE

with a presentation and special reading of his picture book
Kazaak!

New Releases for Fall 2012

I've spent hours perusing catalogues from Canadian publishers, looking for new releases for my MUST READ pile.  I look for my favourite authors, new books in series, illustrators whose work I adore, and books with just something a little different that grabs my attention.  While not a complete list, the books I've included below are ones for which there will be much anticipation, at least from me.

Picture Books

• Maggie's Chopsticks by Alan Woo, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant (Kids Can Press)
• Mr. King's Things by Geneviève Côté (Kids Can Press)
• Mr. Zinger's Hat by Cary Fagan, illustrated by Dušan Petričić (Tundra)

Fiction

• Nobody Knows by Shelley Tanaka (Groundwood Books)
• Small Medium at Large by Joanne Levy (Bloomsbury/Penguin)

Young Adult

• And Nothing But the Truth by Kit Pearson (HarperCollins) >>> sequel to The Whole Truth reviewed here
  
• Encyclopedia of Me by Karen Rivers (Scholastic Canada)
• Starling by Lesley Livingston (HarperCollins)
• Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins Canada) >>> sequel to This Dark Endeavour: The Apprenticeship of Victor of Frankenstein reviewed here
• Through Indigo's Eyes: Why Two Little Words Mean So Much by Tara Taylor and Lorna Schultz Nicholson (Hay House Visions)
  

Non-Fiction 

• Mimi's Village: And How Basic Health Care Transformed it by Kate Smith Milway, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes (Kids Can Press) >>>  part of the CitizenKids series
• Robbers! True Stories of the World’s Most Notorious Thieves by Andreas Schroeder, illustrated by Rémy Simard (Annick Press)

   

Picture Books 

• The Big Game by Gilles Tibo, illustrated by Bruno St-Aubin (Scholastic Canada) >>> sequel to Where's My Hockey Sweater? and The Best Goalie Ever
• A Few Bites by Cybèle Young (Groundwood) >>> sequel to A Few Blocks
•  Finding Christmas by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko (Scholastic Canada)
•  Goodnight, Canada by Andrea Beck (Scholastic Canada)
• I'm Bored by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi (Simon & Schuster)
•  Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall by Leo Yerxa (Groundwood)
•  Toads on Toast by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Colin Jack (Kids Can Press)
•  Wishes by Jean Little, illustrated by Geneviève Côté (Scholastic Canada)

Graphic 

•  Binky Takes Charge by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press) >>> sequel to Binky the Space Cat, Binky to the Rescue, Binky Under Pressure reviewed here
  
•  The Captive Prince by Scott Chantler (Kids Can Press) >>> third book in Three Thieves series

Fiction 

• Bookweirdest by Paul Glennon (Random House) >>> sequel to Bookweird and Bookweirder 
• The Boy in the Box by Cary Fagan (Puffin)
• Breakaway by Maureen Ulrich (Coteau) 
• Hunter by Eric Walters (Orca) >>> sequel to Catboy
• I am Canada: A Call to Battle, War of 1812, Alexander MacKay, Upper Canada 1812 by Gillian Chan (Scholastic Canada)
  
• Little Jane Silver and the Nameless Isle by Adira Rotstein (Dundurn) >>> sequel to Little Jane Silver reviewed here
• My Name is Parvana by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books) >>> sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy
• Nobody's Dog by Ria Voros (Scholastic Canada) 
• The One Spooky Night by Dan Bar-el, illustrated by David Huyck (Kids Can Press)
• One Year in Coal Harbour by Polly Horvath (Groundwood) >>> sequel to Everything on a Waffle
• Outlaw in India by Philip Roy (Ronsdale Press) >>> reviewed here; fifth book in the Submarine Outlaw series;  Ghosts of the Pacific (#4) reviewed here
• The Piper of Shadonia by Linda Smith (Coteau) >>>  reviewed here
• The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen (Tundra)
• A Sea of Sorrows: The Typhus Epidemic of Johanna Leary, Canada East 1847 by Norah McClintock (Scholastic Canada) >>> Dear Canada volume on escaping the Irish Potato Famine
• A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag by Gordon Korman (Scholastic Canada)
• Shade and the Sorceress: The Last Days of Ti Dian by Catherine Egan (Coteau)
• Time Flies When You're Chasing Spies: A Halifax Mystery by Allison Mahar (Nimbus)
• Ungifted by Gordon Korman (Scholastic Canada)

Young Adult 

• Bright's Light by Susan Juby (HarperTrophy Canada)
• The Darkest Corner of the Universe by Urve Tamberg (Dancing Cat Books) >>> WW2 historical fiction
• I'll Be Home Soon by Luanne Armstrong (Ronsdale Press) >>>  reviewed here 
• Live to Tell by Lisa Harrington (Dancing Cat Books)
• My Book of Life by Angel by Martine Leavitt (Groundwood Books) >>> verse novel
• Not With a Bang by Gail Sidonie Sobat (Magpie)
• Pieces of Me by Darlene Ryan (Orca) 
• Rebel Heart (Dustlands 2) by Moira Young (Random House) >>> sequel to Blood Red Road reviewed here
  
• Redwing by Holly Bennett (Orca)
• Yesterday by C. K. Kelly Martin (Random House)
• (You) Set Me On Fire by Mariko Tamaki (Razorbill)

Non-Fiction

• A Long Way from Home by Alice Walsh (Second Story Press) >>> about those stranded in Gander, Newfoundland on 9/11

Picture Books 

• Checkers and Dot by J. Torres, illustrated by J. Lum (Tundra) 
• Checkers and Dot at the Zoo by J. Torres, illustrated by J. Lum (Tundra) 
• A Good Trade by Alma Fullerton, illustrated by Karen Patkau (Pajama Press) >>> a special story about a special day for a boy in a Ugandan village
• Lumpito and the Painter from Spain by Monica Kulling, illustrated by Dean Griffiths (Pajama Press) >>> based on the true story of Pablo Picasso's special relationship with a dachshund
• Miss Mousie's Blind Date by Tim Beiser, illustrated by Rachel Berman (Tundra) >>> from team that brought us Bradley McGogg, The Very Fine Frog  
• Murilla Gorilla by Jennifer Lloyd, illustrated by Jacqui Lee (Simply Read Books)
  
• Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Christmas by Mélanie Watt (Kids Can Press) >>> fifth book in the Scaredy Squirrel series
• That Night's Train Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault (Groundwood)
• Uncle Wally's Old Brown Shoe by Wallace Edwards (Orca) >>> more hidden objects and meanings from the master

Fiction

• Neil Flambé and the Tokyo Treasure by Kevin Sylvester (Simon & Schuster) >>> fourth book in the award-winning Neil Flambé series; Neil Flambé and the Crusader's Curse reviewed here
• Secret of the Village Fool by Rebecca Upjohn, illustrated by Renée Benoit (Second Story Press)
• Becoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Final Case by Shane Peacock (Tundra) >>> the sixth and final book in The Boy Sherlock Holmes series; The Dragon Turn (#5) reviewed here
• Seven: The Series   (Orca) >>> introduced here

1. Between Heaven and Earth by Eric Walters
2. Lost Cause by John Wilson
3. Jump Cut by Ted Staunton
4. Ink Me by Richard Scrimger
5. Close to the Heel by Norah McClintock
6. Devil's Pass by Sigmund Brouwer
7. The Last Message by Shane Peacock

 
Young Adult

• I, Witness by Norah McClintock, illustrated by Mike Deas (Orca) >>> graphic thriller
• The Lewton Experiment by Rachel Sa (Tradewind)
• Oracle by Alex Van Tol (Orca)
• Shallow Grave by Alex Van Tol (Orca)
• Three Little Words by Sarah N. Harvey (Orca)

Non-Fiction

• Going Up: Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top by Monica Kulling, illustrated by David Parkins (Tundra) >>> part to Great Ideas Seried, In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up reviewed here
  
• The Hunting of the Snark, Illustrated by Oleg Lipchenko (Tundra) >>> new illustrated version of Lewis Carroll's story
• One Step at a Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way by Marsha Skrypuch (Pajama Press) >>> sequel to Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War reviewed here
• The Quiz Book for Spies by Helaine Becker (Scholastic Canada)
• Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport by Deborah Hodge (Tundra)

 

Picture Books

• Dreamboats by Dan Bar-el, illustrated by Kirsti Anne Wakelin (Simply Read Books)
• Emily and the Mighty Om by Sarah Lolley, illustrated by Sleepless Kao (Simply Read Books) 

  Young Adult

• The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress (Dial, Penguin)
• The Geomancer's Compass by Melissa Hardy (Tundra) >>> futuristic setting

• Anna May's Cloak by Christianne Cicioli, illustrated by Susan Pearson (Simply Read Books)

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I wish I could post an image of every book listed and even all those set for fall release dates but, as always, there are too many books, too little time, and too little money to purchase all these books.  Special thanks to Pajama Press, Ronsdale Press, Raincoast Books (including Simply Read Books), Coteau Books, Orca Books, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Scholastic Canada who have been very generous in sharing copies of their books with me.

Eden Mills Writers' Festival, Ontario: September 16, 2012

 Summer and early fall are great times to visit writers' festivals, literary events and celebrations of books.  In the community in which I live, the hamlet of Eden Mills in Ontario, the annual writers' festival has already slated its 2012 authors, entertainment and special events, including the advance launch of CBC's Jian Ghomeshi's memoir, 1982 on September 15.

As always, an impressive selection of Canadian authors have been invited to present at the Writers' Festival, including the following children's and YA authors (with reminders about some of their books):

Children’s Authors

Helaine Becker

 

Jill Bryant

Lizann Flatt

Susan Glickman

Susan Hughes

Monica Kulling

Ted Staunton

Young Adult Authors

Karen Bass

Pat Bourke

Evan Munday

Allan Stratton

Mariko Tamaki

Teresa Toten

Janet Wilson

Julie Wilson

Details about this year's festival (including admission, schedule, contests, etc.) can be found at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival website.