Showing posts with label literary festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literary festival. Show all posts

August 21, 2012

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!


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

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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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.

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
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


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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
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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
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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.