Word on the Street 2014: Kitchener, Toronto, Halifax

In addition to the two western 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!

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Kitchener

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

Date:     Saturday, September 20, 2014

Time:     11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Location:    Kitchener City Hall

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Lesley Livingston, children's and YA author of Wondrous Strange, Descendant, Now and for Never and How to Curse in Hieroglyphics

• Caroline Pignat, children's and YA author of Unspeakable, Egghead, and Greener Grass

• Eve Silver, YA author of Rush and Push

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Toronto

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

Date:    Sunday September 21, 2014

Times:    11 am - 6 pm

Location:    Queen's Park Circle

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Helaine Becker, children's and middle-grade fiction and non-fiction author of upcoming Dirk Daring Secret Agent,  A Porcupine in a Pine Tree, How to Survive Absolutely Everything, and Ode to Underwear

• Andrea Beck, author-illustrator of Goodnight, Canada, Pierre in the Air!, and the Elliot Moose series

• William Bell, author of YA books Fanatics, Stones, Zack and Only in the Movies

• Sangeeta Bhadra, author of upcoming picture book Sam's Pet Temper

• Megan Crewe, YA author of upcoming Earth & Sky, and dystopian The Worlds We Make, The Way We Fall and The Lives We Lost

• Laura Croza, picture book author of From There to Here and I Know Here

• Claudia Dávila, author-illustrator of Super Red Riding Hood and graphic novel Luz Sees the Light, and illustrator of Viminy Crow's Comic Book

• Rachelle Delaney, author of The Circus Dogs of Prague and The Metro Dogs of Moscow

• Cary Fagan, children's fiction author of The Show to End All Shows, I Wish I Could Draw, Oy Feh So?, Mr. Zinger's Hat and The Fortress of Kaspar Snit

• Gail Gallant, author of YA Apparition

• Jennifer Gold, author of YA Soldier Doll

• Matt James, illustrator of Northwest Passage, From There to Here, and I Know Here

• Lynne Kositsky, YA author of upcoming With Fearful Bravery, The Plagues of Kondor, and Minerva's Voyage

• Julie Kraulis, picture book author and illustrator of Whimsy's Heavy Things

• Kat Kruger, author of paranormal YA The Night is Found, The Night Has Teeth, and The Night Has Claws

• Lucy Leiderman, author of YA fantasy Lives of Kings and Lives of Magic

• Lesley Livingston, author of Now and For Never, Descendant, Wondrous Strange, and co-author of How to Curse in Hieroglyphics and upcoming The Haunting of Heck House

• Jonathan Llyr, co-author of How to Curse in Hieroglyphics and upcoming The Haunting of Heck House

• Elizabeth Macleod, children's non-fiction author of Bunny the Brave War Horse, Why Do Horses Have Manes?, A History of Just About Everything and Bones Never Lie: How Forensics Helps Solve History's Mysteries

• Brian McLachlin, comic creator of Alex & Charlie

• Angela Misri, YA mystery author of Jewel of the Thames

• Melanie Mosher, picture book author of Fire Pie Trout

• Kenneth Oppel, author of The Boundless, Such Wicked Intent, This Dark Endeavour, Silverwing, Airborn

• Stella Parthenious Grasso, children's author of 101 Creepy Canadian Jokes and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Puck

• Karen Patkau, illustrator of picture books A Good Trade and One Watermelon Seed, and author-illustrator of non-fiction books Who Needs a Reef?: A Coral Ecosystem and Creatures Great and Small

• Shane Peacock, author of Double You, Last Message and The Boy Sherlock Holmes series

• Caroline Pignat, author of Speakable, Egghead, and Greener Grass

• Emily Pohl-Weary, author of YA Not Your Ordinary Wolf-Girl

• Robert Priest, YA author of The Paper Sword and The Old Pirate of Central Park

• Michael Redhill, author of Saving Houdini 

• Debbie Ridpath Ohi, illustrator of Naked! and I'm Bored

• Richard Scarsbrook, YA author of The Monkey Chronicles and Nothing Man and the Purple Zero

• Richard Scrimger, author of upcoming The Wolf and Me, Zomboy, Ink Me, co-author of Viminy Crowe's Comic Book

• Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, children's author of Dance of the Banished, The Best Gifts, Underground Soldier, and Making Bombs for Hitler

• Ted Staunton, children's and YA fiction author of upcoming Coda, Jump Cut, Who I'm Not and Acting Up

• Joel A. Sutherland, author of scary story collection Haunted Canada 4: More True Tales of Terrors

• Suzanne Sutherland, author of YA When We Were Good, and Something Wiki

• David Weale, picture book author of Doors in the Air, Three Tall Trees and True Meaning of Crumbfest

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Halifax

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

Date:     Sunday September 21, 2014

Time:    11 am - 5 pm

Location:    Halifax waterfront, around the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• David Atkinson, children's author of upcoming Wereduck

• Jill Barber, singer-author of Music is For Everyone

• Janet E. Cameron, YA author of  Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World

• Lesley Choyce, YA author of upcoming Into the Wasteland, Jeremy Stone, Crash and Rat

• George Elliott Clarke, poet-author of Lasso the Wind: Aurelia's Verses and Other Poems 

• Jan L. Coates, author of Rocket Man, The Power of Harmony

• Lennise Gallant, songwriter-author of Peter's Dream and A Day With You in Paradise

• Jacqueline Halsey, author of Bluenose Adventure

• Lisa Harrington, YA author of Twisted and Live to Tell

• Faith Erin Hicks, graphic artist of The Sound of Thunder and graphic novelist of Friends with Boys

• Kate Inglis, children's author of Flight of the Griffons and The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods

• Jessica Scott Kerrin, children's author of The Spotted Dog Last Seen

• Meghan Marentette, children's author of The Stowaways

• George Murray, author-illustrator of Wow Wow and Haw Haw

• Neil Pasricha, author of The Book of Awesome
  

• Natalie Corbett Sampson, author of young adult romance Game Plan

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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.

The Word On The Street 2013: Kitchener, Toronto, Halifax

In addition to the two western 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:     Saturday, September 21, 2013

Location:    Kitchener City Hall

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Don Calame, YA author of Swim the Fly, Beat the Band and Call the Shots

• Meg Tilly, children's author of A Taste of Heaven and Porcupine

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Toronto

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

Date:    Sunday September 22, 2013

Times:    11 am - 6 pm

Location:    Queen's Park Circle

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Helaine Becker, children's and middle-grade fiction and non-fiction author of Little Jack Horner Live from the Corner, A Porcupine in a Pine Tree, How to Survive Absolutely Everything, and upcoming Ode to Underwear

• Don Calame, YA author of Swim the Fly, Beat the Band and Call the Shots 

• Scott Chantler, graphic novelist for children and YA including the The Captive Prince and Two Generals

• Megan Crewe, dystopian YA author of The Way We Fall and The Lives We Lost

• Lisa Dalrymple, children's book author of Skink on the Brink and If It's No Trouble...A Big Polar Bear

• Suzanne Del Rizzo, picture book illustrator of Skink on the Brink

• Cary Fagan, children's fiction author of Oy Feh So?, Mr. Zinger's Hat, The Boy in the Box and The Fortress of Kaspar Snit

• Gail Gallant, YA author of upcoming Apparition

• Shauntay Grant, spoken word artist and author of Up Home and The City Speaks in Drums

• Chantel Guertin, adult and YA author of recent The Rule of Thirds

• Nancy Hartry, children's author of Watching Jimmy and new Smokescreen

• Heather Hartt-Sussman, children's picture book author of Here Comes Hortense!, Nana's Summer Surprise, and Noni Says No

• Marthe Jocelyn, picture book, children's and YA fiction and non-fiction author of Where Do You Look?, How It Happened in Peach Hill, Scribbling Women and Would You

• Julie Kraulis, picture book author and illustrator of Whimsy's Heavy Things

• Monica Kulling, children's fiction and non-fiction of Lumpito and the Painter from Spain, Going Up: Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top, Mister Dash and the Cupcake Calamity, and Making Contact: Marconi Goes Wireless

• Daniel Lafrance, illustrator of YA graphic novel War Brothers

• Andrew Larsen, children's picture book author of In The Tree House, Bye Bye Butterflies and The Imaginary Garden

• Loris Lesynski, poet and children's author of Boy Soup, Dirty Dog Boogie and Crazy About Basketball

• Elizabeth MacLeod, children's non-fiction author of A History of Just About Everything, Bones Never Lie: How Forensics Helps Solve History's Mysteries, Royal Murder: The Deadly Intrigue of Ten Sovereigns and Everything But the Kitchen Sink

• Sue MacLeod, poet and YA author of Namesake

• Michael Martchenko, illustrator of numerous Robert Munsch books such as The Paperbag Princess, 50 Below Zero, and upcoming Swamp Water, as well as Allen Morgan books including Matthew's Midnight Adventures

• Maureen McGowan, dystopian YA author of Deviants and Compliance

• Sharon McKay, children's and YA fiction author of War Brothers, Whispers from the Ghettoes, Enemy Territory and Thunder Over Kandahar

• Stephanie McLellan, picture book author of Hoogie in the Middle, Tweezle Into Everything and The Chicken Cat

• Gillian O'Reilley, children's author of non-fiction The Great Number Jumble and Slangalicious

• Ruth Ohi, picture book author and illustrator of new Kenta and the Big Wave, Chicken Pig Cow, Me and My Sister, and The Couch was a Castle

• Shelly Sanders, YA historical fiction author of Rachel's Secret and upcoming Rachel's Promise

• Richard Scarsbrook, YA author of The Monkey Chronicles and upcoming Nothing Man and the Purple Zero

• Eve Silver, YA author of Rush, Book 1 The Game series

• Ted Staunton, children's and YA fiction author of Jump Cut, Acting Up and upcoming Who I'm Not and Ace's Basement

• Patricia Storms, picture book author and illustrator of Never Let You Go and The Pirate and the Penguin

• Suzanne Sutherland, YA author of When We Were Good

• Bill Swan, non-fiction author of Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq: The Story of Donald Marshall Jr., and Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death: The Story of Steven Truscott

• Kevin Sylvester, picture book, fiction and non-fiction author and illustrator of Splinters, Game Day, Neil Flambé series, and Sports Hall of Weird 

• Jan Thornhill, picture book and non-fiction author of Who Wants Pizza, I Found a Dead Bird, The Wildlife ABC and new Is This Panama?: A Migration Story

• Meg Tilly, children's author of A Taste of Heaven and Porcupine 

• Teresa Toten, YA author of The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B, The Taming, and Me and the Blondes

• Andrew H. Vanderwal, historical fiction author of new Death of a King and The Battle for Duncragglin

• Frank Viva, children's picture book author and illustrator of Along a Long Road and A Long Way Away

• Elizabeth Wein, YA author of Code Name Verity and new Rose Under Fire

• Elizabeth Wennick, YA author of Whatever Doesn't Kill You and Changing Jareth

• Kari-Lynn Winters, children's fiction and non-fiction author of Gift Days, Buzz about Bees, Jeffrey and the Sloth and upcoming Stinky Skunk Mel

 

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Halifax

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

Date:     Sunday September 22, 2013

Time:    11 am - 5 pm

Location:    Halifax waterfront, around the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

YoungCanLit writers/illustrators scheduled:

• Laura Best, children's author of Bitter Sweet and Flying With a Broken Wing

• Lesley Choyce, YA author of Reckless, Crash, Breaking Point and new Jeremy Stone

• Jan Coates, children's fiction author of  The Power of Harmony and A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk

• Charles DeLint, YA author of Eyes Like Leaves, Under My Skin and newest Over My Head

• Sam Fisher, children's author of Scare Scape

• Darren Hynes, YA author of Creeps

• Kat Kruger, YA and adult author of The Night Has Teeth and The Night Has Claws

• Hugh R. MacDonald, author of Trapper Boy

• Jill MacLean, children's and YA author of upcoming The Hidden World of Sigrid Sugden and Nix Minus One

• Jo Ann Yhard, historical fiction author of Buried Secrets at Louisbourg, The Fossil Hunter of Sydney Mines and Lost of Brier Island

 

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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: 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

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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

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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

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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.