Welcome Susan Juby, Sharon MacKay and Jill MacLean!

[Valerie Sherrard]

Dear School and Library Staff,

Important: Please remember to send messages to a...@authorsbooking.com. If you use the reply button instead, your message may not reach us. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

Last Month’s Book Draw Winners!

Congratulations to the following winners, who select a title of their choice from a list of autographed books from our members: Andrea Tufts, Tasha Serba, Tara Neate, Janet Downer, Julie McMann, Colleen Ciceri, Carol Misiewicz, Pam Love, Lina Barns and Nette Timmermans.

Each session booked through Authors' Booking Service automatically earns you one ballot in our monthly draws. Some of you may be contacting authors directly, thinking this will save time or money. Neither is true - we pride ourselves on speedy responses, and there is no difference in an author's fee whether booked directly or through this service. The bottom line is that if we don't know about your booking your name will not be in the draws for free books.

If you'd like to see a full list of available books, check out the "Books for our Draws!" on our blog at: http://authorsbooking.blogspot.com

 

Have you visited our web site? We’re at www.authorsbooking.com and we’d love to have you stop by. For lists of our members, click on Our Presenters.

 

Still to come:

News
Nominees for your Forest of Reading Events!

Authors coming from out of province

Ontario members – save on travel costs!

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NEWS!

 

Welcome to Susan Juby, Sharon MacKay and Jill MacLean! 

They have just joined the growing list of OLA nominees whose bookings are being arranged through ABS.  

 

Pages are now up on our site: http://authorsbooking.com/2043/2064.html

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FOREST OF READING NOMINEES!

 

We are pleased to help coordinate visits for the nominees listed below, who have opted to take advantage of the OLA’s arrangement to have ABS coordinate this year's bookings.  (This service is, as always, absolutely free to the OLA and hosting organizations.)

 

Planning to book a Forest of Reading Nominee?  Find visit details here:

http://authorsbooking.com/2043/2064.html

 

Or, would you like to browse our regular list of members?  Check them out here:

http://www.authorsbooking.com/2043/index.html

 

Ontario-based nominees have general availability, while many out-of-province nominees will be in Ontario in May for the Festival of Trees and are now accepting bookings for around that time.

 

Contact us at a...@authorsbooking.com to book the author or illustrator of your choice.

 

Blue Spruce

 

Jeremy Tankard (A/I): Boo Hoo Bird (general availability)

Tim Beiser (A): Bradley McGog, the Very Fine Frog (general availability)

Robert Heidbreder (A): Crocodile Play (May 2010)

Linda Bailey (A): Stanley’s Beauty Contest (May 2010)

Valerie Sherrard (A) There’s A COW Under My Bed! (May 2010)

David Jardine (I): There’s A COW Under My Bed! (May 2010)

Frieda Wishinsky (A): You’re Mean, Lily Jean (general availability)

 

Silver Birch

 

Shane Peacock: Death in the Air (general availability some months)

Linda Demeulemeester: Grimm Hill, the Secret Deepens  (May 2010)

Arthur Slade: Jolted (May 2010)

Alma Fullerton: Libertad (general availability)

Anna Kerz: Mealworm Diaries (general availability)

Jill MacLean: Nine Lives of Travis Keating (May 2010)

Natale Ghent: The Odds get Even (general availability)

Robert Paul Weston: Zorgamazoo (general availability)

 

Silver Birch Non-Fiction

 

Jane Drake (A) and Ann Love (A): Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten our World (general availability)

Larry Verstraete: At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times  (May 2010)

Rona Arato: Courage and Compassion: Ten Canadians Who Made a Difference (general availability)

Hugh Brewster: Dieppe (general availability)

Helaine Becker (A): Insecto-Files: Amazing Insect Science and Bug Facts You’ll  Never Believe (general availability)

Kristin Butcher (A): Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers  (May 2010)

Frank Edwards: Robert Munsch (general availability)

 

Silver Birch Express

 

Harry Endrulat: A Bear in War (general availability)

Marsha Skrypuch: Call Me Aram (general availability)

Cyndi Sand-Eveland: Dear Toni  (May 2010)

Lois Peterson: Meeting Miss 405  (May 2010)

Cary Fagan: Ten Lessons for Casper Snit (general availability)

Mindy Willet and Tom MacLeod: The Delta is my Home (May 2010)

 

Red Maple

 

Caroline Pignat: Greener Grass (general availability)

Rene Schmidt: Leaving Fletchville (general availability)

Philip Roy: Submarine Outlaw  (May 2010)

Sharon MacKay: War Brothers (general availability)

Susin Nielson: Word Nerd (May 2010)

 

White Pine

 

Susan Juby: Getting the Girl (May 2010)

Hiromi Goto: Half World  (May 2010)

Julie Burtinshaw: The Perfect Cut  (May 2010)

Shelley Hrdlitschka: Sister Wife  (May 2010)

Lesley Livingston: Wondrous Strange (general availability)

 

Golden Oak

 

Ann Alma: Brave Deeds (May 2010)

Marsha Skrypuch: Call Me Aram (general availability)

Susin Nielson: Word Nerd (May 2010)

 

Tamarack (French/en Francais)

 

Mireille Messier: Tous les oeufs dans le même panier (general availability)

 

Is your community planning a SPECIAL EVENT in celebration of the Forest of Reading programs?  In the past, overlapping dates have made it difficult to book nominees for these events.  We can help!  Let us know your plans and we can help coordinate dates and nominated guests for your celebrations!

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FALL VISITS!

Coming from Out-of-Province:

Joan Marie Galat: Visiting the GTA November 23 - 27.  (What planet has an atmosphere that can freeze and fall to the ground?  How many stars are in the Milky Way?  What are three ways to tell the difference between a star and a planet? Joan answers these, and many other questions.)

 

Celebrate Canada’s roots on Louis Riel Day, February 15, with Jacqueline Guest, Métis author of 16 novels including Belle of Batoche, the story of the North West Resistance of 1885.  Jacqueline is available in the Niagara area for curriculum-based, highly visual interactive Cultural and Historical Presentations Feb 15-19.  Literacy, Learning and Laughter!

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ONTARIO MEMBERS:

Save on Travel Costs for these Ontario members:

Helaine Becker (Silver Birch Non Fiction Nominee) is available in the morning, in London, on November 17.

 

Marina Cohen is available in London in the afternoon of November 18th.

 

Lynne Kositsky has time slots available in the Vaughan area on Nov. 18.

 

Frieda Wishinsky (Blue Spruce Nominee) has one time slot available in Ottawa on November 26.

 

Janet Wilson will be in Richmond Hill on February 3 and has time slots open in the afternoon.

 

Andrea Beck is available in London on May 7, 2010.

 

Liam O’Donnell is now accepting bookings for May 2010.

 

Ontario Members General Availability

Once monthly we post a complete list of Ontario authors. Please let us know if you would like information about any Ontario-based author in the meantime.
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We've done the groundwork to help make your author visit hassle free. Let us know how we're doing and how we can improve this service!

Marsha & Valerie

We respond to all e-mails quickly. If you haven't had a reply within 48 hours, your message has probably not reached us. In that case, we welcome you to contact either of us at home. Valerie: val...@nbnet.nb.ca Marsha: mar...@calla.com