And the winners are ...
Authors Booking Service
We are pleased to present ...
AWARDS GALORE!
OLA Forest of Reading:
(Bold font indicates names of ABS Members.)
Blue Spruce Winner: Dave Whamond for My Think-A-Ma-Jink
Silver Birch Fiction Winner: Kevin Sylvester for Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders
Honour Title: Home Free by Sharon Jennings
Silver Birch Non-Fiction Winner: Valerie Wyatt for How to Build Your Own Country (Fred Rix Illustrator)
Honour Title: What’s the Big Idea? by Helaine Becker.
Silver Birch Express Winner: Ashley Spires for Binky the Space Cat
Honour Title: A Different Game by Sylvia Olsen
Red Maple Winner: Vicki Grant for Not Suitable for Family Viewing
Honour Title: Ghost Ride by Marina Cohen
Red Maple Non-Fiction Winner: Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland for The Bite of the Mango
Honour Title: Whispers from the Ghettos by Kathy Kacer and Sharon McKay
White Pine Winner: Richard Scarsbrook for The Monkeyface Chronicles
Honour Titles: Swim the Fly by Don Calame, and Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers.
Hackmatack:
The winner of the 2011 Hackmatack award for non-fiction was Valerie Wyatt for How to Build Your Own Country.
Other:
The Independent Publishers Association has awarded a Bronze Medal to The Glory Wind by Valerie Sherrard in the 2011 Canadian Regional Fiction (west) category. This prize is not specifically for children's writing, but is awarded to a work of fiction in any genre.
Helaine Becker’s A Porcupine in a Pine Tree (illustrated by Werner Zimmerman) has won the 2011 CBA Libris Picture Book of the Year Award.
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NOMINATIONS:
Congratulations to the following ABS members who have been shortlisted for the 2011 – 2012 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards:
Susin Nielsen for Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom
Valerie Sherrard for Tumbleweed Skies
Marsha Skrypuch for Stolen Child
Robert Paul Weston for Dust City
John Wilson for Written in Blood
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YOUR TURN
“I just wanted you to know how absolutely wonderful Don Calame was with the students here at BCI. We had so much fun!!!” - Bobbie Henley
Thanks for taking the time to write, Bobbie! We love feedback on our members!
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Tours for the 2011 – 2012 School Year:
Is the author you would like to book on our list but living in another province? Let us know you’re interested and we’ll put you on that person’s waiting list and let you know when he or she will be visiting Ontario. (There is, of course, no obligation to book.)
A list of our regular members can be seen here: http://www.authorsbooking.com/2043/index.html
Booking a fall visit NOW means you can get your application for funding in early!
Coming this FALL
Susin Nielsen will be visiting the Oakville-Burlington corridor, as well as the Barrie area the week of October 24. Time slots are going fast so book now to avoid disappointment.
Linda Bailey will be visiting Ontario this November – dates and locations to be determined. Please drop us a line if you’d like to be added to Linda’s waiting list.
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Just click on Our Presenters for a list of links to details on any of our members. Each individual page has information on publications, presentations, fees and much more!
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Questions? Comments? We’re listening!
Marsha & Valerie
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