The Royal Pest Creators

[Authors Booking Service]

How many names do YOU recognize from our member lists?  Browse our lists and then send us a note at a...@authorsbooking.com telling us the number of our authors and illustrators who were familiar to you.  Put 'Contest' in the subject line of your email and we’ll enter you in a drawing for one of three free signed books from our members. 

 

A list of our regular members can be seen here:

 

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

 

Our Forest of Reading nominee list can be found here:

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

 

The list of books that are available to be won can be seen here:

http://authorsbooking.blogspot.com/2008/12/book-for-our-draws.html  

 

(Don't forget that every session you book through us automatically earns you a ballot in our monthly draws.)

 

 

Read on for availability lists, a personal glimpse of the Royal Pest Team, and a new release from Jacqueline Guest!

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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 limited 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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NEW RELEASE:

 

Jacqueline Guest: Ghost Messages. Ailish, a 13-year-old Irish fortune teller, must discover who is trying to wreck the first transatlantic telegraph cable from Ireland to Newfoundland and find her stolen treasure hidden aboard ship by a murderous sailor. Can Davy, the mysterious boy in the hold help or will she face danger alone?

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A PERSONAL GLIMPSE OF the ROYAL PEST TEAM

 

Anita Reynolds MacArthur has had an insatiable love of books from as far back as she can remember. When she was a teeny bopper, Anita would strap on a backpack and cycle to the local library. She would proceed to fill the backpack with reading material and cycle home. This became such a pattern, that her father was convinced she was meeting a boy at the library. Her father couldn’t have been more wrong – Anita wasn’t boy crazy at the time, but she was sure was crazy about books!

Karen Roy started doodling on the edges of all her school books when she was quite young. As you can imagine, this did not please her teachers. But it pleased Karen very much. This did not please her parents either, since they had to meet with her teachers. Luckily Karen found better places to doodle. This pleased Karen even more. Karen was the kid who failed to "work to her full potential." Sometimes it takes a while to sort out where potential lies. Luckily Karen works to her full potential now... which pleases her parents very much.

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ABS MEMBERS COMING YOUR WAY!

 

Jo Ellen Bogart will be in Ottawa and has dates available April 18 and 20, 2011. Transportation for her trip to Ottawa is being partially subsidized, so is much reduced.

 

Sharon Jennings is available in Brampton on April 15th in the afternoon, one or two sessions. No travel fee.

 

Sigmund Brouwer and Stanley Cup Winner Gaston Gringas are available to present to English and French immersion schools as part of Brouwer’s Rock and Roll Literacy program.  Available dates are: April 28 p.m.: Kitchener to Burlington, April 29 and May 3 or 4 in the GTA.  Sigmund also has some availability for his regular presentation this spring. 

 

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.

Celia Godkin will be in the GTA and is available for bookings May 24 - 26.

 

Tololwa Mollel will be in the GTA and is available for bookings May 24 - 30.

Sorry!!  Except for the above dates and locations, Helaine Becker’s spring schedule is now full.
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Questions?  Comments?  We’re listening!

 

Marsha & Valerie

Contact us at a...@authorsbooking.com.  We respond quickly to all e-mails.

 

Please note: If you haven't had a reply to messages sent to the above address within 2 working days, your message may have gone astray.  In that case, please contact either of us at home.

Valerie Sherrard: val...@nbnet.nb.ca or Marsha Skrypuch: mar...@calla.com