Susin Nielsen's First Book
Authors Booking Service
THE CLOCK IS TICKING, BUT THERE’S STILL TIME!
Forest Of Reading Presenter Availability
Coming from Out-of-Province
Lois Peterson, Silver Birch Express nominee for The Ballad Of Knuckles McGraw is available on May 9, 10 and 11.
Vicki Grant, Red Maple nominee for Not Suitable for Family Viewing, is available in the GTA from May 9 to 13.
Don Calame, White Pine nominee for Swim the Fly, is available in the GTA for Book Week (April 30 to May 7) and Forest of Reading Week (May 7 to 13).
Ontario-Based Nominees
Nominees who still have some availability in April and May are:
Andrew Larsen, Blue Spruce nominee for The Imaginary Garden.
Lana Button, Blue Spruce nominee for Willow's Whispers.
Sharon Jennings, Blue Spruce nominee for C'Mere boy.
Ann Love and Jane Drake, Silver Birch non-fiction nominees for Talking Tails: the Incredible Connection Between People and Their Pets.
Monica Kulling, Silver Birch Express nominee for It's A Snap! George Eastman's First Photograph.
Sharon Jennings, Silver Birch fiction nominee for Home Free.
Marina Cohen, Red Maple nominee for Ghost Ride.
Kathy Kacer, Red Maple non-fiction nominee for Whispers from the Ghettos.
Marc Ngui illustrator of Red Maple nominated title, Watch This Space.
Sharon McKay, Red Maple non-fiction nominee for Whispers from the Ghetto.
Richard Scarsbrook, White Pine nominee for The Monkeyface Chronicles.
Alyxandra Harvey, White Pine nominee for Hearts at Stake.
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The CLA has announced that the two honour titles for the 2011 Book of the Year for Children are: Dear George Clooney Please Marry My Mom by Susin Nielsen and The Secret Fiend by Shane Peacock.
The CLA has announced that Dust City by Robert Paul Weston is an honour title for the 2011 Young Adult Book of the Year.
Don Aker’s The Fifth Rule, the sequel to his multi-award-winning The First Stone, was released in February to rave reviews and will be featured in The Globe and Mail’s Atlantic Summer Reading Guide 2011. Don will be participating in Atlantic Author Day on June 18, when authors will be appearing at venues all over the region to sign copies of their books and chat with readers.
After writing 26 books for kids, author Frank B. Edwards is now focusing his energy on e-picture books for Apple devices. Working with animators and programmers, Frank is resurrecting Bungalo Books, the company he and illustrator John Bianchi launched in 1986. The first titles, available by June through Apple’s app store, will be Melody Mooner Stayed Up All Night and Melody Mooner Takes Lessons.
Janet Wilson has been shortlisted for the 2010 Science in Society Children's Book award for Our Earth: How Kids are Saving the Planet.
Mrs. Kaputnik’s Pool Hall and Matzo Ball Emporium by Rona Arato is a finalist in the ForeWord Reviews 2010 Book of the Year Awards.
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Meet the Author!
Susin Nielsen’s first novel was “published” when she was eleven years old. It was called “The Smallest Snipet of Snipeton” (pronounced “Snippet” – she still doesn’t know why she didn’t spell it with two “p’s”) and her school, Gregory Drive in Chatham Ontario, put it into the school library. Okay, the truth is, all of the kids in the class wrote books, and illustrated them, and had them put in the school library. But as Susin remembers it, hers was very popular! She still has the original copy today. It was about, well, the smallest snip(p)et in a community called Snip(p)eton, and he runs away, and has adventures with dogs and farmers, and winds up happily back at home at the end …
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NEW RELEASE
Rachna Gilmore: That Boy Red Eleven-year-old P.E.I. youth Roderick "Red" MacRae, resourceful, pig-headed, and impulsive, and his family, weather the challenges of farming through a particularly turbulent year. This novel traces the misadventures – some hair-raising, some hilarious – and coming of age of a remarkable boy, while celebrating the strength and spirit of Canadian families during the Depression.
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Going, Going ... here’s your last chance to book one of these members!
Sigmund Brouwer, alone or with Stanley Cup Winner Gaston Gringas is available April 28 – May 4 in various parts of Ontario. English and French immersion schools!
Gail Sidonie Sobat is available in the GTA April 27 and 28 and the Durham area on April 29.
Jacqueline Guest is available in Toronto on the morning of April 28.
kc dyer is available in the Toronto area on May 2 and 3.
Helaine Becker is available in Brantford in the morning on May 3.
A Royal Little Pest Team is available in St. Catharines on May 4
Eric Zweig has one time slot open in Barrie on May 5.
Helaine Becker is available in Peterborough in the afternoon on May 5.
WRAP UP YOUR SCHOOL YEAR WITH A VISIT FROM:
Celia Godkin! Celia is available in the GTA from May 24 - 26.
Tololwa Mollel, who is also available in the GTA. His dates are May 25 - 30.
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