Dear Teachers and Librarians,
Can you believe that the OLA Tree award ceremonies are almost here? In one short week, students from all grades and parts of Ontario will be arriving, eager and anxious to see which of the many fabulous authors have received the highest number of votes.
Authors' Booking Service would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have worked so hard behind-the-scenes to make this year's events possible.
Read on for.
A Special Invitation!
New Book Announcements!
Quick Links
Meet the Illustrator: Robin Baird Lewis
Breaking News
THINK! Brain Teaser.
ABS authors coming to your area!
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A Special Invitation to the Grand Opening of the:
Churchill Meadows Branch Library and Activity Centre
On: Saturday, May 12, 2007 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
At: 3801 Thomas Street
(northeast corner of Thomas St and Churchill Meadows Blvd, west of Tenth Line)
Entrance on Churchill Meadows Blvd.
Congratulations and best wishes to Todd Kyle and staff!
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New Book Announcements from our Authors!
Peggy Dymond Leavey: Treasure at Turtle Lake. Escaping the fallout from his attempted shoplifting, 12-year-old Joel leaves Toronto to go live with his dad in Turtle Narrows. On the way he meets a man who shows him a map to hidden treasure. (Juvenile Fiction)
Arthur Slade The Invasion of the IQ Snatchers is all about aliens who decide to take over the world using Nanaimo bars and is set in the lovely city of Nanaimo. (Juvenile fiction)
Marina Cohen Shadow of the Moon What would happen if all light in the Universe failed? No sunlight. No fire. No electricity? Armed only with a pickle jar filled with fireflies, twins, Drake and Stella Livingstone, are about to find out. (Juvenile fiction)
Anita Daher Racing for Diamonds When Jaz joins the Junior Canadian Rangers and is teamed up with an annoying partner, she has no idea that all her new-found skills will soon be put to a life and death test. (Juvenile fiction)
Anita Daher Spider's Song At a Yellowknife festival AJ is befriended by a travelling musician, a man to whom she finds herself instantly drawn. Soon, she realizes that he is her father. Or is he? (Young adult fiction)
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Quick Links!
To inquire about an author visit, reply to this message or email us at authors.bookingserv...@gmail.com
For a complete list of our authors, visit: http://authorsbooking.livejournal.com/6464html
Check out information in past newsletters by visiting: http://groups.google.ca/group/authorsbooking/topics
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Meet the Illustrator: Robin Baird Lewis
One of the most common questions an illustrator gets asked is "when did you begin to be an illustrator?" In Robin's case, there are three possible answers to that question.
1.) when she was four years old and her distracted mother plunked her down with some paper to draw pictures;
2.) when she was fifteen and commissioned to create posters for a local field regiment recruitment campaign, or;
3.) when she was first "published" in the early 1980s in the early Canadian Children's Annuals followed by Red is Best.
The real answer is that Robin has always illustrated. Her notebooks throughout school were covered in marginal pictures and cues so that her stronger visual ability could help her study.
A second very popular question is "Where do you get your ideas?" The answer is a simple one. "All around me," replies Robin.
Tolerant friends and family members commonly find they are subject to inclusion in Robin's illustrations. After all, she reasons, why not liven up the task of drawing a crowd scene with people you know? And so her talents for caricature and capturing likenesses have come into play regularly for virtually all of her illustrated assignments.
After a lengthy career teaching applied visual arts and English in secondary schools, Robin took a risky early retirement (or escape as she prefers to see it) in order to be more flexible in family obligations while maintaining an involvement in her local arts communities. Freelance work now shares time with workshops on mask making, stage prop design, make-up, book-making and creative problem solving which she designs and leads as an arts consultant & literacy advocate. She has developed a musical craft programme for after-school enrichment classes, organized & directed summer arts camps which in turn have grown into a role as a co-ordinator of local children's drama instruction defining their motto appropriately as "We train children for the stage of their lives!"
In all of her endeavours, Robin's passion to Fight Evil With Creativity remains resolute. _______________________________________________________
Breaking News!!!
We're delighted to announce that L.M. Falcone's book, The Devil, the Banshee and Me has been shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award. The Ellis Awards will be announced at their annual Award Dinner in Toronto on June 7th.
For more details about the Arthur Ellis Awards, visit Crime Writers of Canada at: http://crimewriterscanada.com/cwc/index.html
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THINK! Brain Teasers, Word Puzzles, Logic Problems.
Answer to last week's puzzle: In each case, moving the first letter to the end of the word will give you the original word when read backwards.
This week's puzzle:
Within each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. Insert "&" between them to create a familiar phrase.
For example, "Thighbone/Swallowtail" conceals "High & Low."
1. Gulliver/Clearness
2. Tragicomedy/Pentagon
3. Chinchilla/Magdalene
4. Terrestrial/Ecoterrorist
5. Thundershower/Intellectual
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Authors in your area!
Here are listings of Ontario and Out-of-Province authors' availability by date and location. In most cases, the listings below offer travel cost savings for bookings in the specified areas.
PLEASE NOTE: These, and other authors are also available for many additional dates and locations. E-mail us to inquire about the author of your choice!
NO LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL COSTS!!!
There's still time to book one of these authors coming from out-of-province in May and June: kc dyer, Carol Matas and John Wilson. See below for details of when and where.
MAY:
Matt Beam May 14 - 16: Southern Ontario, May 17-18 Sudbury area, May 21-23 North-western Ontario.
Robin Baird Lewis May 14-18; 28 - 31 & weekends: 40 km of Guelph/Brantford area.
Werner Zimmermann is available within driving distance of Guelph on the following dates: May 15, 17, 18, May 23 - 25, May 28 - 31
Adrienne Mason: May 10 - 18. Toronto area.
John Wilson: (Red Maple & White Pine nominee, 2007) Sarnia area: May 9 - 11. Ask about dates around the time of the Red Maple/White Pine in the Toronto area!
Peggy Dymond Leavey (Silver Birch 2007 Toronto area: May 14, 15 & 18. Also available from now until the end of the school year within a 250 km radius of Trenton, Ont. This includes Ottawa, Petawawa and Huntsville. Special rate to the end of June.
Cora Taylor available May 20th to the end of June. (From Sauble Beach)
Edo van Belkom: May 24th, afternoon slots in the Newmarket area.
JUNE:
Robin Baird Lewis June 1 - 22 & weekends: 40 km of Guelph/Brantford area.
James Bow: Ottawa area: June 1.
Gail Nyoka (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) Innisfil area: June 4th
Veronika Martenova Charles Tillsonburg: June 6.
kc dyer: June 11 & 12. Toronto area. kc is gaining a reputation for her exciting presentations, and this is a fantastic opportunity to book this B.C. author without high travel costs!
Carol Matas: Mid June - ask us about dates! Carol will be driving from Winnipeg to Toronto for Book Expo. She will be driving home via Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, Brantford, London, Windsor and is able to do a small number of readings along the way. Carol is one of Canada's best known and loved children's authors.
Matt Beam June 18 to end of year: Southern Ontario.
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Authors from out-of-province in the FALL 2007:
Tololwa Mollel: Eden Mills and nearby communities during the week of September 10 to 14, 2007.
Michael Kusugak: Mid Oct. 2007. Contact us for dates. Toronto & surrounding area.
Valerie Sherrard: November 2007: Southern Ontario.
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Going, Going, Gone.
The following authors' spring schedules are now full: Linda Bailey, Anita Daher, Valerie Sherrard, Jocelyn Shipley, Marsha Skrypuch, Arthur Slade & Kathy Stinson. Contact us to inquire about their fall schedules.
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Questions, comments or suggestions about this service? We'd love to hear from you!
Valerie & Marsha
Authors' Booking Service
Connecting Canadian Creators and Educators
If unable to reach us here, please contact Marsha at mar...@calla.com or Valerie at val...@nbnet.nb.ca
