Author Visit News for the Week of January 25, 2007
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Marsha Skrypuch
Jan 24, 2007, 7:45:34 PM1/24/07
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Dear Teachers and Librarians,
The countdown is on and we hope you’re as excited as we are about the upcoming OLA Superconference!
Many of our authors will be traveling from various parts of the province, and Valerie will be driving all the way from New Brunswick to take part in this event. Whatever the distance, we know the trip will be well worth the experience!
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ABS Author signings at the OLA Superconference
Last week we gave you details on ABS authors who are participating at the OLA Superconference. Today, we’d like you to know where and when our authors will be signing!
Authors signing at the NBS Booth for the Forest of Stories readers' choice program (half hour sessions):
Thursday Feb 1:
Peggy Dymond Leavey: 11:30
Lucy Falcone: 12:30
Gail Nyoka: 12:30
Curtis Parkinson: 1:00
Edo van Belkom: 1:00
Helaine Becker: 1:30
Friday, February 2:
Nancy Belgue: 11:00
Marsha Skrypuch: 11:30
Frieda Wishinsky: 1:30
Other OLA Signings:
Unless otherwise noted, all signings are half hour sessions
Thursday, February 1:
Frieda Wishinsky: Kate Walker & Co. booth 10:35 - 11:15
Martin Springett: Orca booth (214) at 11:00
Gail Nyoka: Sumach Press booth at 1:30
* Valerie Sherrard: Dundurn booth (322) at 1:30
Marsha Skrypuch: Fitzhenry & Whiteside booth at 1:30
Nancy Belgue: HarperCollins booth from 1:00 - 2:00
Nancy Belgue: Orca booth at 2:00
* Valerie Sherrard’s schedule is now full following the conference. Her next available dates are mid April. Contact us today to avoid disappointment.
Friday, February 2:
Liam O'Donnell: Owlkids booth 9:30
Marsha Skrypuch: Dundurn booth (322) at 10:30
Helaine Becker: Scholastic booth at 11:00
Curtis Parkinson: Tundra booth at 11:00
James Bow: Dundurn booth (322) at 11:00
Matt Beam: Penguin booth from 11:00 - 12:00
Anne Dublin: Kate Walker & Co. booth at 11:30
Kathy Stinson: Kate Walker & Co. booth at 12:30
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Meet the Author: 2007 Silver Birch Nominee: L.M. Falcone -- Walking with the Dead
"Watch your absolute favourite show then turn off the TV! Start reading and start living." L.M. Falcone is a former television writer for such series as The Littlest Hobo, The New Monkees! and Nickelodeon’s hugely popular pre-teen series Are You Afraid of the Dark? She also created and produced the situation comedy pilot Choir Practice starring singer/actress Susan Anton. Lucy spent ten years writing for television and film in Los Angeles before returning to Canada. A former teacher, Lucy resigned early in her career to pursue writing.
Some colourful odd jobs kept body and soul together: Private Investigator for the Acadia Investigation Bureau, props assistant on feature films, catering for the television series The Golden Girls and Empty Nest, and she once applied for a job as a fish plucker! Lucy loves to travel when researching a new project. She's lived in an Amish community in Pennsylvania and on a sheep farm in England - in the very village where Robin Hood lived! Lucy now makes Toronto her home.
She is presently writing juvenile thrillers, the first of which, The Mysterious Mummer, received a Telefilm Canada grant to be adapted into a screenplay. Her other novels include Walking With The Dead and The Devil, The Banshee and Me.
_______________________________________________
Our Newest Member -- Diane Haynes!
Authors’ Booking Service is pleased to announce that Diane Haynes is available for Ontario school and library visits from February 19 through March 2, 2007, and again in the fall of 2007. Haynes is the author of popular wildlife rescue novels for teens.
Diane’s books Flight or Fight and Crow Medicine incorporate animal welfare science and the little-known world of wild animal rehabilitation into traditional adventure novels.
_______________________________________________
Updated Author Availability: Readings outside of Toronto – on the dates given.
Helaine Becker-- Feb 13 and 1. Helaine also has one session open in the Ottawa area Feb 22/23, flight from Toronto has already been paid for.
Kathy Stinson -- Kitchener January 30, February 6, 13 & 20. One morning reading after recess each of these dates.
Gail Nyoka -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) Scarborough, Markham, Richmond Hill, Aurora, Bradford - January 26 - 31 & February 5 - 28
Robin Baird Lewis -- Cambridge - Feb 12 & 15 (afternoon) 13 (all day) and 16 (11:00 am - 2:00 pm.)
Nancy Belgue -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - Sarnia, Windsor, Kingsville, Leamington
James Bow -- Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, London, Hamilton, Avon Maitland
Karen Krossing -- Southern Ontario
Werner Zimmermann -- Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, London, Brantford, Avon Maitland
Celia Godkin -- Kingston, Ottawa
Peggy Dymond Leavey -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) Trenton, Belleville, Coburg, Oshawa
Deb Lougheed -- Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Owen Sound
Curtis Parkinson -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - Bancroft, Gravenhurst, Ottawa
Shane Peacock -- Trenton, Belleville, Oshawa
Marsha Skrypuch (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - Brantford, London, Hamilton, Collingwood
Cora Taylor -- Sauble Beach
Gillian Chan -- Dundas, Ancaster, Brantford, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville
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Authors available in Toronto and surrounding area on the dates given.
Peggy Dymond Leavey -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - in Toronto Jan. 29 & 30 and February 2.
Nancy Belgue -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - in Toronto Jan. 29 & 30
Gail Nyoka -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) January 26 - 31 & February 5 - 28
Frieda Wishinsky -- (Red Maple 2007 nominee) Toronto and surrounding area January 29 and 31; February 12 to 16
The following authors are generally available in the Toronto:
The following authors are generally available for Toronto during January & February: LM Falcone (Silver Birch 2007 nominee), Natale Ghent, Robin Muller, Liam O'Donnell, Robert J. Sawyer, Martin Springett, Jan Thornhill, Matt Beam, Deb Lougheed, Helaine Becker (Silver Birch winner, 2006), Gillian Chan, Marsha Skrypuch (Silver Birch 2007 nominee), James Bow, Anne Dublin
______________________________________________________________
For a complete list of our authors, please visit here and click on links to individual names for more information.
Do you have questions, comments or suggestions about this service? We’d love to hear from you!
All the best,
Marsha & Valerie
Authors' Booking Service
Connecting Canadian Creators and Educators
The countdown is on and we hope you’re as excited as we are about the upcoming OLA Superconference!
Many of our authors will be traveling from various parts of the province, and Valerie will be driving all the way from New Brunswick to take part in this event. Whatever the distance, we know the trip will be well worth the experience!
_______________________________________________
ABS Author signings at the OLA Superconference
Last week we gave you details on ABS authors who are participating at the OLA Superconference. Today, we’d like you to know where and when our authors will be signing!
Authors signing at the NBS Booth for the Forest of Stories readers' choice program (half hour sessions):
Thursday Feb 1:
Peggy Dymond Leavey: 11:30
Lucy Falcone: 12:30
Gail Nyoka: 12:30
Curtis Parkinson: 1:00
Edo van Belkom: 1:00
Helaine Becker: 1:30
Friday, February 2:
Nancy Belgue: 11:00
Marsha Skrypuch: 11:30
Frieda Wishinsky: 1:30
Other OLA Signings:
Unless otherwise noted, all signings are half hour sessions
Thursday, February 1:
Frieda Wishinsky: Kate Walker & Co. booth 10:35 - 11:15
Martin Springett: Orca booth (214) at 11:00
Gail Nyoka: Sumach Press booth at 1:30
* Valerie Sherrard: Dundurn booth (322) at 1:30
Marsha Skrypuch: Fitzhenry & Whiteside booth at 1:30
Nancy Belgue: HarperCollins booth from 1:00 - 2:00
Nancy Belgue: Orca booth at 2:00
* Valerie Sherrard’s schedule is now full following the conference. Her next available dates are mid April. Contact us today to avoid disappointment.
Friday, February 2:
Liam O'Donnell: Owlkids booth 9:30
Marsha Skrypuch: Dundurn booth (322) at 10:30
Helaine Becker: Scholastic booth at 11:00
Curtis Parkinson: Tundra booth at 11:00
James Bow: Dundurn booth (322) at 11:00
Matt Beam: Penguin booth from 11:00 - 12:00
Anne Dublin: Kate Walker & Co. booth at 11:30
Kathy Stinson: Kate Walker & Co. booth at 12:30
__________________________________________________
Meet the Author: 2007 Silver Birch Nominee: L.M. Falcone -- Walking with the Dead
"Watch your absolute favourite show then turn off the TV! Start reading and start living." L.M. Falcone is a former television writer for such series as The Littlest Hobo, The New Monkees! and Nickelodeon’s hugely popular pre-teen series Are You Afraid of the Dark? She also created and produced the situation comedy pilot Choir Practice starring singer/actress Susan Anton. Lucy spent ten years writing for television and film in Los Angeles before returning to Canada. A former teacher, Lucy resigned early in her career to pursue writing.
Some colourful odd jobs kept body and soul together: Private Investigator for the Acadia Investigation Bureau, props assistant on feature films, catering for the television series The Golden Girls and Empty Nest, and she once applied for a job as a fish plucker! Lucy loves to travel when researching a new project. She's lived in an Amish community in Pennsylvania and on a sheep farm in England - in the very village where Robin Hood lived! Lucy now makes Toronto her home.
She is presently writing juvenile thrillers, the first of which, The Mysterious Mummer, received a Telefilm Canada grant to be adapted into a screenplay. Her other novels include Walking With The Dead and The Devil, The Banshee and Me.
_______________________________________________
Our Newest Member -- Diane Haynes!
Authors’ Booking Service is pleased to announce that Diane Haynes is available for Ontario school and library visits from February 19 through March 2, 2007, and again in the fall of 2007. Haynes is the author of popular wildlife rescue novels for teens.
Diane’s books Flight or Fight and Crow Medicine incorporate animal welfare science and the little-known world of wild animal rehabilitation into traditional adventure novels.
_______________________________________________
Updated Author Availability: Readings outside of Toronto – on the dates given.
Helaine Becker-- Feb 13 and 1. Helaine also has one session open in the Ottawa area Feb 22/23, flight from Toronto has already been paid for.
Kathy Stinson -- Kitchener January 30, February 6, 13 & 20. One morning reading after recess each of these dates.
Gail Nyoka -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) Scarborough, Markham, Richmond Hill, Aurora, Bradford - January 26 - 31 & February 5 - 28
Robin Baird Lewis -- Cambridge - Feb 12 & 15 (afternoon) 13 (all day) and 16 (11:00 am - 2:00 pm.)
Nancy Belgue -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - Sarnia, Windsor, Kingsville, Leamington
James Bow -- Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, London, Hamilton, Avon Maitland
Karen Krossing -- Southern Ontario
Werner Zimmermann -- Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, London, Brantford, Avon Maitland
Celia Godkin -- Kingston, Ottawa
Peggy Dymond Leavey -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) Trenton, Belleville, Coburg, Oshawa
Deb Lougheed -- Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Owen Sound
Curtis Parkinson -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - Bancroft, Gravenhurst, Ottawa
Shane Peacock -- Trenton, Belleville, Oshawa
Marsha Skrypuch (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - Brantford, London, Hamilton, Collingwood
Cora Taylor -- Sauble Beach
Gillian Chan -- Dundas, Ancaster, Brantford, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville
_________________________________________
Authors available in Toronto and surrounding area on the dates given.
Peggy Dymond Leavey -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - in Toronto Jan. 29 & 30 and February 2.
Nancy Belgue -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) - in Toronto Jan. 29 & 30
Gail Nyoka -- (Silver Birch 2007 nominee) January 26 - 31 & February 5 - 28
Frieda Wishinsky -- (Red Maple 2007 nominee) Toronto and surrounding area January 29 and 31; February 12 to 16
The following authors are generally available in the Toronto:
The following authors are generally available for Toronto during January & February: LM Falcone (Silver Birch 2007 nominee), Natale Ghent, Robin Muller, Liam O'Donnell, Robert J. Sawyer, Martin Springett, Jan Thornhill, Matt Beam, Deb Lougheed, Helaine Becker (Silver Birch winner, 2006), Gillian Chan, Marsha Skrypuch (Silver Birch 2007 nominee), James Bow, Anne Dublin
______________________________________________________________
For a complete list of our authors, please visit here and click on links to individual names for more information.
Do you have questions, comments or suggestions about this service? We’d love to hear from you!
All the best,
Marsha & Valerie
Authors' Booking Service
Connecting Canadian Creators and Educators
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