Authors for Family Literacy Events

[Authors Booking Service]

Happy New Year everyone!

 

Are you wishing you'd arranged for an author to be part of your Family Literacy Event?  

 

It's not too late!!!

 

Following our regular news section, we are pleased to provide a complete list of members who have availability for events during Family Literacy Week.  Each person has included details of his or her available dates, cost and travel particulars.  We hope this will assist those of you who still wish to book an author or illustrator for your event this year.

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NEWS

Welcome Loris Lesynski!

Our list is growing! We are pleased to announce that poet and artist, Loris Lesynski has joined Authors Booking Service. Currently, Loris working on a book of soccer poems, several pages of which will feature selected poems written by actual children. To read more about Loris, go here.

NHL Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier teams up with Sigmund Brouwer!

During select dates in February and March, NHL Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier will be available for special literacy presentations with Sigmund Brouwer. (Audience: entire school assembly. Length: one hour. Format: literacy talk by Sigmund Brouwer, followed by motivational talk by Bryan.) 

Bryan won six Stanley Cups as a player and a seventh Stanley Cup as a coach, and is known as one of the best 'all-around' players in the history of the NHL. Teachers and students will be blown away by the motivational talk and the video of hockey highlights. Bryan welcomes all parents to be involved too. The fee is $1000; it is a unique and limited opportunity to tie in with Bryan Trottier's hockey exhibition tour in the following cities on the following dates. Because of this tie-in, there are no additional travel expenses.

Newmarket, February 14
Waterloo, February 15
Oshawa, March 1
Barrie, March 2

Silver Birch Express nominee Chad Solomon has two new puppet programs:
Puppets: Rabbit and Bear Paws – The Way. Students become puppeteers in what is sure to be a comical retelling of how Turtle Island (North America) was created. Recommended for daycare - Grade 4, presentation length: 40 min, Cost $250.00

Bullying and puppets: Rabbit and Bear Paws. Students become puppeteers to discover how to resolve bullying with restorative justice. Recommended for Grades 1- 3, Presentation length: 45 min, Cost $250.00

 

S is for Scientists: A Discovery Alphabet, the latest release from 2010 Silver Birch winner Larry Verstraete, has been selected as an Outstanding Science Trade Book for 2011 by the U.S. National Science Teacher’s Association and Children’s Book Council.   Called “a terrific introduction for children into science” by one reviewer, the book celebrates the breakthroughs and diverse methods of science.  Larry is available for school visits around the time of the OLA Superconference.

 

Life Above All (based on Allan Stratton's Chanda's Secrets) has been named to the National Board of Review (U.S.A.) top five Best Foreign Language Films list.
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OLA NOMINEE UPDATES

Our list is growing. Newest nominees to join our roster are:

Red Maple nominee, Barbara Haworth-Attard
Blue Spruce nominee Lana Button
Silver Birch Express non-fiction nominee Monica Kulling.

 

Click here for a direct link to our growing list of OLA nominees.

 

See our regular member list here.

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MEMBER AVAILABILITY

Contact us today about booking ANY of our Ontario members for the coming school year!

 

Rachna Gilmore will be attending the OLA Superconference and is available for readings in the Toronto area on February 3 and 4.

Jo Ellen Bogart will be in Ottawa and has dates available April 18 and 20, 2011.

Helaine Becker will be in the Ottawa area several times this school year and will waive travel costs for full day bookings (4 sessions). Contact us for more details.
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OUT-OF-PROVINCE AUTHORS coming your way!

 

Contact us to be placed on ANY of our out-of-province members’ waiting lists and we’ll notify you when they make plans to visit Ontario.

Sigmund Brouwer will be in Ontario for school and library presentations January 25 – 29, 2011.

Winnipegger Larry Verstraete, winner of the 2010 Silver Birch Award for At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times, will be visiting Toronto area schools on February 1st  & 2nd . From cliff-hanging true stories to the steps he uses to create award-winning non-fiction, Larry’s sessions involve students in the thrills and challenges of writing his favourite genre. He’ll also take students behind the scenes of his latest release, S is for Scientists: A Discovery Alphabet, a book that has been selected as an Outstanding Science Trade Book for 2011 by the National Science Teacher’s Association and Children’s Book Council.  To book Larry for your school, please contact Author’s Booking.

 

Pam Bustin will be in the GTA for the OLA Super Conference and has availability for school and library visits on February 2, 4 and 5.

Philip Roy (Submarine Outlaw) is available for visits in the GTA, Hamilton and Oakville area in April 2011.

Métis children's and YA novelist Jacqueline Guest will be in Toronto at the end of April 2011 and is available for visits at that time.

 

Arthur Slade has availability downtown Toronto on the morning of May 11.

 

Lois Peterson: Silver Birch Express Nominee for The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw will be in the GTA May 9-15, 2011.

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MEMBERS AVAILABLE FOR FAMILY LITERACY EVENTS!!!

 

Name: Marina Cohen
Daytime availability: 28th
Evening Availability: 25th & 26th
Travel cost particulars: .42/km from Markham
Will travel within a 2 hour drive from Markham
Fee for daytime presentations: $250
Fee for Evening Event: $250

Name: Robin Muller
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost particulars: Standard
Will travel: Roughly an hour from the city, weather permitting.
Fee for daytime presentations: $300.
Fee for Evening Event: $300

Veronika Martenova Charles
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: 24,25,26, 27
Travel cost particulars: Standard km
Will travel:  60 km
Fee for daytime presentations:  $250
Fee for Evening Event:  $250

Erin Bow
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: All
Travel costs: Standard
Will travel: 100 KM from Kitchener/Waterloo.  Further for multi-sessions
Fee for daytime presentations: $250
Fee for Evening Event: $300

Jacob Berkowitz
Evening Availability: January 24-28
Travel Costs: None in Ottawa area
Maximum Distance: Ottawa area
Fee for daytime: $250
Fee for evening: $250

LM Falcone
Daytime availability: 24, 26, 27, 28
Travel costs: Kilometrage from Etobicoke/Toronto's West End
Will travel:  60 km
Fee for daytime presentations: $300.00. Multi-session discounts

Martin Springett
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost particulars: Public transportation from Toronto.
Will travel: 100 K
Fee for daytime presentations: $250 per.
Fee for Evening Event: $250 per.

Kari-Lynn Winters
Daytime availability: Jan. 24, 25 or 28
Evening Availability: Jan. 24, 25, or 28
Travel costs: .42 per kilometre from St. Catharines
Maximum travel: Up to 2 hours each way. Can stay overnight at no charge for multiple bookings in London or Simcoe areas.
Fees (day or night):  $250 per 50min. presentation

Vicki Grant
Daytime availability: 26 through 28
Evening Availability: Same
Travel costs: .42 per kilometre
Will travel: Greater Toronto area
Fee for daytime presentations: $300 plus tax. Multi-session discounts apply and can be shared between neighbouring schools
Evening event: $300

Jo Ellen Bogart
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost: .42 per km
Will travel: max 150 km from Guelph
Fee for daytime presentations: $275 + tax
Fee for Evening Event:  $350 + tax

Sigmund Brouwer
Available: Monday, 24 in cities along the 401, from London to Toronto
Tuesday, 25 and Thurs, 27 in Barrie area and south to greater Toronto to Hamilton area
Travel cost: none
Presentation fee: will try to work with school budget

Matt Beam
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: All except Thursday, Jan 27
Travel cost particulars: Standard
Will travel: Open to all locations
Fee for daytime presentations: $250, $450 for two
Fee for Evening Event: Same

Sharon Jennings
Daytime availability: 24, 27, 28.
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost particulars: Flat fee (varies) for outside GTA
Will travel: No restrictions.
Fee for daytime presentations: $250.00
Fee for Evening Event: $400.00

Julie Burtinshaw
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost particulars: Local transit or mileage rate
Will travel: Open
Fee for daytime presentations: $250
Fee for Evening Event: $275. 00

Patricia Storms
Daytime availability: January 24, 25, 26, 27
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost: Public transportation
Will travel: Depends upon available transportation.
Fee for daytime presentations: $200 + HST
Fee for Evening Event: $250 + HST

Harry Endrulat
Daytime availability: January 24–28
Evening Availability: All evenings in Kitchener and Waterloo only
Travel cost: no travel cost between Kitchener and the GTA (outside this area, the standard kilometre rate applies)
Will travel to the GTA - daytime
Fee of $250 per 45-minute session day or evening

Tim Beiser
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost: No fee within reach of TTC. Outside Toronto: $0.42/km.
Will travel: No maximum distance. I'm happy to travel.
Fee for daytime presentations: $250
Fee for Evening Event: $250

Richard Scarsbrook:
Daytime availability: January 24 to 28 inclusive.
Evening Availability: January 24, 27, and 28.
Will travel: the closer to Toronto, the better, but I will consider any reasonable distance.
Fee per session day or evening: $275, multi session discounts considered

Rona Arato
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost particulars: Standard mileage rates
Will travel 50 kms daytime, 20 kms evening
Fee: $250 1 session. Multi session discounts

Kate Jaimet
Daytime availability: Jan 24, 25, 26, 27
Evening Availability: Jan 24, 25, 26
Travel cost particulars: No travel cost
Will travel: Anywhere within metro Ottawa (ie, Ottawa, Kanata, Orleans, Barrhaven, plus rural villages like Manotick, Osgoode, Metcalfe, etc)
Fee for daytime presentations: $250 for 1/2 day, $500 for full day. I would also be willing to do 1 free presentation for a school in a low-income area
Fee for Evening Event: $250

Y. S. Lee
Daytime availability: All
Evening Availability: None
Travel cost particulars: public transportation from Kingston, ON; no charge within Kingston, ON
Will travel: 300km radius from Kingston (includes GTA)
Fee for daytime presentations: $300 for half-day session
Fee for Evening Event: n/a

Chad Solomon
Evening Availability: Evenings Available in that time period: 24 - 28 open
Travel cost particulars: $50.00 for outside the GTA
Will travel:
Fee for daytime presentations: $250.00
Fee for Evening Event:$300.00

Allan Stratton
Daytime availability: All except 24th before 3:00
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost particulars: Standard mileage
Will travel: Mississauga to Pickering to Richmond Hill for one session; more for three sessions
Fee for daytime presentations: $300/550/800/ 1,000 (1 to 4 sessions)
Fee for Evening Event: $300

Natale Ghent
Daytime Availability: All
Evening Availability: All
Travel cost particulars: .42 cents a km from Toronto
Will travel: two hours daytime; one hour evening unless more than one session
Fee for daytime presentations: $300 for one; $250 for two or more
Fee for Evening Event: same

Robert Paul Weston
Daytime Availability: January 25, 26, 27
Evening Availability: January 25, 26, 27
Travel cost: $0.42/km travelling from Toronto
Will travel: Within 2 hr drive of Toronto.
Fee for daytime presentations: $250
Fee for Evening Event: $250

Ann Love and Jane Drake
Daytime availability: Ann and Jane – Jan 24 and Jan 28; Jane alone Jan 25, 26, 27
Evening Availability: none
Travel cost particulars: Jane travels from mid-town Toronto, Ann from Nobleton Ontario
Will travel: 50 km (Jane alone within Toronto only)
Fee for daytime presentations: $300 for both, $250 for Jane alone.

Mahtab Narsimhan
Daytime Availability: All week.
Evening Availability: 5pm to 8pm all week
Travel cost particulars: .42 per kilometre from Toronto
Will travel: GTA area in daytime, close to the Yonge and Eglinton evenings.
Fee for daytime presentations: $250 plus HST
Fee for Evening Event: $250 plus HST

Alma Fullerton
Dates Available during the week of January 24 - 28, 2011: Jan 24, 25, 26, 27
Evenings Available in that time period: all dates specified
Travel cost particulars: Midland, standard Kilometrage
Maximum dstance you will travel (specify if different for evening events): 175 km
Fee for day/evening events: $300 for one hour long presentation, $500 for two
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